Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods?

@russ69 +2

Mike

If they charge enough and sell just 1 that might be all they need for easy money and a big profit. Some might call it a scam. But It’s attempted here all the time (sell something for absolute top dollar that can be finagled). It’s something agon is designed to do ie facilitate sales of one-off hyped up items only here on the “high end” site….the Ultimate hifi boutique shop. Complete with free forum for marketing efforts. See the occasional ad for a 10k power cord from a total unknown, for example. High end means more expensive and elaborate. Things few others are likely to own or want. Duh! Get a clue hombre! All else is subjective. So nope, no price is too high. The sky is the limit. All you may need is a buyer. So just factor in expense of hiring a few good shills perhaps. You know, the usual story just with expensive hifi things. Have at it!

Then you have the reputable vendors who have to be concerned about maintaining a good reputation. Different story !

I would comment but it would get removed - as before

making fun of the wealthy and their justification of why they *need* and *deserve* to buy x and y.

Reading this forum is an amazing social experiment about how delusional rich people are.

and btw I wonder if the Lamborghini comparison is appropriate for most audio products. Lamborghini - whoever owns it - does not claim that their car is x times better than other cars. It's VW plastic in large part. But you can drive it to the mall to impress people, which is where the price is justified. Audio does not have that feature. 

I’ve read of two examples from completely separate sources that were so similar they must be indicative.

A speaker manufacturer and an amplifier manufacturer both told virtually an identical story:

‘The ‘bean counters’ looked over the business and said, ‘You’re selling this for $3000.00 dollars? Price it at 10 (thousand dollars.)’

And then there was a story I read from a salesman about customers who are their own worst enemy, who think high price means best quality:

‘People would ask, ‘What’s the best pair of speakers you have? And I’d show them the $3000 pair, the best I had. Then, they’d see the $8000 pair and lose interest in the ones I was showing them. What are these?, they’d ask; tell me about these (the $8K pair.)