I was wondering why the crown bats have increased £100 in less than a year? No disrespect intended but to me the same process and craftsmanship that has always been a hallmark of B3 would not have changed much. I'm assuming same machine is being used as is the finishing by human hands.
Most of the other forum sponsors offer amazing deals (Hunts £165 custom G1 for example) where as B3 seem to keep getting more expensive.
I am a very big fan and hope you guys don't head down the GN/GM road where the top bats are over £550.
The topic and responses have morphed a little into questioning the price. it seems to me like the original question focused on the price rise.
I think as a consumer its a valid and natural question but in reality not one that can really ever be answered.
The price is the price and its not dictated by any one factor.. just look at oil. Through a global economic down turn it remained strong, There is now a generally accepted improvement in most economies and oil falls through the floor.
We already heard from the Doctor that willow has not gone up by such numbers and tbh if you are asking your existing customer base to carry the cost of your planned expansion through increased price then you probably have a floored business model. Thats not the case here, B3 are clearly offering competitive products at all price points, their business model has resilience because unless i am mistaken they are producing for other brands.
To me crown willow is the equivalent of a mont blanc pen. In essence there are many other similar products that will do exactly the same job, there is no particular added value in the way they are made and although they look nice (usually) its not going to make my handwriting any neater.
Of all the pens made mont blancs represent a small percentage (like crown willow) and as a result are priced to appeal to the minority that can either afford it or place personal value in having one. Just like bats pens perform at all grades. Therefore the pretty ones can attract a higher price.
That higher price can rise and fall (its not based on costs plus margin) and as its essentially a vanity product then the reason for that rise and fall is not tied to any normal economic logic. As they are rare then the price will always be higher but a change in that higher price does not have to have logic.
Any company that spans the the market in its product offering has to distinguish its premium product in one way or another and price is a pretty clear cut way of doing that, especially when you pride yourself on your attention to customer service at all levels. Reassuringly expensive works because of the basic phycology in our behaviour, its exploited by many companies but in many others (like B3 in my opinion) its an appropriate mechanism to offer a product to those that are willing to spend the money, spend i with themt. In this model the price will always be linked to what people are willing to spend, it has very little to do with the true cost of producing it.
I'm personally unlikely to ever buy a crown bat mainly because i can't justify the cost v my ability to use it but if i was either much richer or a far better batman then i would get one... the price would be the price. Like a great piece of art... if you want it you have to pay the artist what they think its worth, its got nothing to do with the price of fish
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