Originally Posted by
Willie
I still think we're missing the point here. Cost and price are totally different things.
How much did it cost to create the latest World of Warcraft? Is it related to the selling price? NO How much does it cost to produce a can of Coke? How much do you pay for it in a hotel vending machine? Price is unrelated to cost, totally related to perceived value.
If I have a source of great discus, I'm going to charge an arm and a leg for it. If people think my fish are great, they're going to clean me out. If they do, I'm going to raise prices. If my fish don't sell at the price, I'm going to drop prices to move them.
It happens that producing high quality discus IS a lot more expensive than producing high quality guppies. But that doesn't mean I'm not going to add a much higher premium on top of the cost of production to sell my fish.
Remember the old saying, "if something sounds too good to be true, it is too good to be true"? That applies to discus as well. Trust me, I've been there.
Willie