As many have stated the price appears high. First, this is more of a custom piece. Second, material is always rising, including diesel fuel for UPS, which delivers the stuff. I have chemicals that are over $100 @ gallon. Right now the biggest killer is insurance to cover your butt when selling to JD public. Having said that, for its small size, perhaps $499 would be more in line, but a GB with Corbin is not going to happen.
I’ve been reading and watching this Smuggler thing since I was approached a year ago, about building something along these lines. Even with good molds there’s a lot of cleaning and finishing to make a decent finished product. The numbers and the demand just don’t add up. Like FJRandy said ‘would you pay me for my time’? I don’t think so either, but we all have to eat and pay our bills.
The Smuggler is a nice piece from what I seen, but looks a little small for my needs. My idea for a box follows more alone the lines of the one on the SV that FJRandy made. Everyone has different needs for sure and to me that plastic rack is worthless.
Gotta go with Groo on this. I could care less what it costs someone to make something. Not my problem. It's simply a matter of the supply and demand curve meeting at a point on the scale where it represents a fair return on investment.
It's a 2 way street, not a one way dead end. This is why I'll not bother to make them, for most people don't seem to understand the meaning of "fair return". Roll-up your sleeves and try it some time.
