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11 years ago
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2 journals in one day - amazing, right?
Anyways, I just saw where there are suits are going for $7-8k on furbuy. WTF? Oh God furs, stahp! I mean, they are great suits, but let's step back people.
Should a fursuit - a pile of fabric and plastic - REALLY be worth the price of a very good used car?? And before I get the whole "you're just hatin' on artists because you are not as rich as the rest of us" reply, let's look at this. Forget the whole "I worked 2 whole WEEKS on it" argument, forget the "well if people WANT to pay that much for it" argument - it's fucking fur and plastic folks. Until you put it on and bring it life, it has all the intrinsic value and worth of a pair of old underwear. WITH skid-marks. No, really, step back and look at the reality of it and let that sink in. You are basically giving away the equivalent to a good down payment on a house for an article of clothing you will don a dozen or so times a year. If you can read that sentence and NOT see the inherent absurdity of that situation then folks, there is no hope for you. Honestly. I've said it once, and I'll say it again - there are a lot of furs out there with more money than brains.
I'm sure I will get a lot of trolling and hating for this, but hell, I am kind of interested to see how people will try to justify this. I just hope you have clean underwear on when you do....
Anyways, I just saw where there are suits are going for $7-8k on furbuy. WTF? Oh God furs, stahp! I mean, they are great suits, but let's step back people.
Should a fursuit - a pile of fabric and plastic - REALLY be worth the price of a very good used car?? And before I get the whole "you're just hatin' on artists because you are not as rich as the rest of us" reply, let's look at this. Forget the whole "I worked 2 whole WEEKS on it" argument, forget the "well if people WANT to pay that much for it" argument - it's fucking fur and plastic folks. Until you put it on and bring it life, it has all the intrinsic value and worth of a pair of old underwear. WITH skid-marks. No, really, step back and look at the reality of it and let that sink in. You are basically giving away the equivalent to a good down payment on a house for an article of clothing you will don a dozen or so times a year. If you can read that sentence and NOT see the inherent absurdity of that situation then folks, there is no hope for you. Honestly. I've said it once, and I'll say it again - there are a lot of furs out there with more money than brains.
I'm sure I will get a lot of trolling and hating for this, but hell, I am kind of interested to see how people will try to justify this. I just hope you have clean underwear on when you do....
In reality, I don't suit as much as I used to, I used to throw my suit on just because, but now I mostly just do it at cons, though I still enjoy it. Regardless, 2 to 4K is about my limit.
But what you going to do they want to waste money on that then good for them, once it gone they only have themselves to blame when they need the money
Or as an old pedlar told my father when he was a boy (born 1928 in rural Pennsylvania), "If they're stupid enough to buy, I'm greedy enough to sell."
That said, there are some suits that would be worth that much. In the same way as there is art that is valuable either for its extraordinary aesthetic or it's storied history. Fender's, for instance, is now worth far more than he paid for it. Clockwork Creatures is less of a costumer than an artist, and it shows in the prices.
Market forces. It's the reason we have watches that cost $500 and are exactly the same as $100 watches.
In the case of the "overpriced" fursuit, it's the "I gotta have it before someone else gets it". Market sets the price, no matter how "ridiculous" that number gets to be.
Oh, and my fursuits? Yeah, I have what I consider an expensive one. He's glomped you, too!!
However, although none of them are daily wear clothes (and I buy cheap ones at that), they do get worn a lot on a regular basis with all the fur meets and charitable events I attend.
Yeah, when auction fever hits, things get ridiculous..