demands and supplies - titanium backplate
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RonFrank
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Mikhail Frenkel:
So maybe you could start a poll that reads, does cost factor into your scuba equipment purchases. I bet the results will be close to 100% in the "yes it does" category.
Money is ALWAYS an issue. Even most wealthy folks factor in cost vs. benefit.
If breathing was not an issue, I'd stay UW forever!
RonFrank:
There is a market for current fashion over practicality with some. I've seem some open water divers just qualified that have just been out and bought a VR3 with no clue purely because it was the most expensive and a few other things like that.
However these tend to dive for a few months, get bored then move onto the next hobby so arent a significant part of the market.
Divin' Dave
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To answer the question, no.
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Homunculus
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RonFrank:
i don't know how to post polls. if you know, please let me know.
also, the way you phrased the question - is a bit tricky. of course everyone will say yes. however, lots of people buy $700 regs, $1200 computers and these are the same people who would answer "yes" to the question you asked. so by the same token, most people would probably say "yes" to "would you buy smth that you want and can afford" question. the questions i want to ask is "would you buy a Ti backplate if it was cheaper than other Ti backplates available today?".
Surely it should be "Why would you pay 5x the price for this titanium backplate vs this aluminium plate"?
It'd be interesting to know how many (if any) Ti plates are sold now.
It'd be interesting to know how many (if any) Ti plates are sold now.
cap_bert
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I hear what you are saying. As was said above, i think that people would buy a ti bp, if for no other reason than it is made of titanium. Especially with slick marketing (like sb.. hee hee). Seriously though, i think that you could make a marketable product, especially if you have access to machines that can manufacture the things with relative ease. I would shoot for a price range that is in the ball park of the ones currently out there on the market. I wouldn't try to undershoot the price too much so that people don't look at your price and say "there must be something wrong with this if these other ones are so much more expensive." I hope it works out. Keep us posted.
_bert
neil:
Gold is always sold by the troy ounce. There are 12 troy ounces to a troy pound or 14.583 troy ounces to an avdp. pound. Assuming that you figured the weight of your gold backplate in avdp. pounds, it would weigh about 210 troy ounces. We would not want to cheat anyone; would we?
Diver Dennis
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Halcyon was selling the Stealth BP/W and the only difference I could see was the darker logos. You can buy a Ti dive computer and those aren't cheap either. I agree with a lot of the posts here, do you need one? No, but I'll bet they would sell especially if marketed properly.
captndale:
Okay, gold is 668.70 right now, times 210 = 140, 427 dollars. You're right, that would have been a huge ripoff. So all those people in Troy, NY use a different weight system?
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