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No! No! charge me more please.....
- Thread starter Plastic Thunder
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You have completely lost me. I have no idea what you are posting about, lol.
jakebake91
* Ace Member *
At this point....I wouldn't even bother trying to figure it out. Don't think it's worth it.
wims
Double Eagle Member
Don't post while drinking
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MANBURGARLAR
Eagle Member
Don't buy pricier signature series discs, and stick to older stock runs?
People love to ride the hype train and Discraft is fully taking advantage of it. Just like teenagers spending money on video game loot boxes.
The only time I justify a more expensive disc is something like ledgestone or if you actually want to support a specific pro (I buy MJ comets).
People love to ride the hype train and Discraft is fully taking advantage of it. Just like teenagers spending money on video game loot boxes.
The only time I justify a more expensive disc is something like ledgestone or if you actually want to support a specific pro (I buy MJ comets).
dysmike
Double Eagle Member
I know i done good when the grammar cherries and berries show up
That's not grammar, it's a different word with a completely different meaning.
Uhh isn't it obvious? Like the guy already told you, his DX discs in the 90s cost the same as in 2020. So your comment of "better stock up now, kids" is not only laughable but highly inaccurate. I mean DX didn't even see an increase due to inflation. That's pretty special. And it should definitely tell you something. $20 for a putter is laughable no matter how you try to twist it (just look at the Discraft fanboy in this thread trying his hardest lol). Now, if the materials cost more that would be different. But that isn't the case at all. Those production run Luna feel like extremely cheap quality, I just wonder how much that cost them to make. Probably under $1 for materials LOLI don't think we are to the place where manufacturers believe that the low-cost accessibility to the game is no longer important. So far they seem fairly reluctant to move very far away from the $7 DX/$10 Pro/$13 Champ/$15 Star general range that was set basically as each plastic was introduced. The push upmarket is happening in specialty runs; we can ensure cheap golf discs by simply refusing to buy them.
Maybe we will get away with it; all the disc companies seem to be run by disc golfers so maybe they will always fundamentally believe in $8 golf disc as important even if the market allows them to move that price point up. Who knows?
The better question would be, how long have you been out of diapers? Talking about a crappy putter being overpriced at $20 is a perfectly logical comment to make. I'm more concerned about the "no no charge me more please" people. Sounds like you are slave employees to these companies (a lot of you probably are). Even if Paul hand signed every single one of those, $20 would still be overpriced. This is sports equipment, people. It's sad that the disc companies are catering to collectors and resellers instead of the people who actually love and play the game. Doesn't matter if a disc golfer runs the shop, disc golf obviously doesn't make people less greedy......
Disc Golf isn't cable or the internet. Poor analogy. How much would it cost me annually to play basketball? About $10-20 for a ball. People like to think that disc golf is cheap just because of its expensive, much bigger brother. In that sense, it's fairly inexpensive. But in the real world, $100-200 a month for a hobby doesn't exactly fall into the cheap realm lol. It's really up to the person. With ball golf, if you win a tournament, they're not giving you store credit to buy more golf balls that they couldn't sell on the shelves of their store. But somehow to you, that equals money. LMAO!
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*Milking their customer base. Fixed.
Imagine if Discraft priced the Luna at $10 (just a hypothetical). How many Innova guys would they have trying out a Discraft disc? How many customers would they be adding to that base? The answer is obvious. Ok. Now, how many people are coming to your brand for a $20 putter? More like, how many true disc golfers are you turning away?
One thing I've learned is that when the resellers come out of the woodwork and enter your niche hobby (could be anything), the hobby will quickly go down the toilet. Even to the most loyal, it will become a money grab. Those who just like to throw discs will be forced to resell discs just to equip their bag how they want it........... we are pretty much already there. How many disc golfers calling themselves pros are also Al Bundys flippin plastic LOL
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jenb
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More like my discs hit trees with insufficient force to have an effect on premium plastic.
Maybe try MVP. Those discs bounce off trees like a bottle rocket
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Fair enough.
Baseline plastic doesn't get enough love.
It does. Just not from heavy throwers. Baseline is actually the bread n butter for the companies. They don't care about your little resell shop ordering 1,000 discs and sitting on over 50% of them waiting for a sucker to walk in LOL But they definitely care about wal mart ordering 100,000 at a time of DX and Pro.......
In 20 words or less what's your point? Or are you just in a whining mood?
