Fair Replica Orbit Ball Price? - Poll
 

I see that a team in Wisconsin is trying to mass produce replica orbit balls. My team may be interested, but we were wondering what others think a fair price would be. They say it costs them $10 to make each ball.

Re: Fair Replica Orbit Ball Price? - Poll
 

My team made a few without the spandex, so I know how hard it is. That's why I voted 25 bucks.

Re: Fair Replica Orbit Ball Price? - Poll
 

Normally, I'd say $10, because, as a rule, I'm not interested in paying more than retail price for anything, but since I know it's a fundraiser, I'd be willing to pay a little more. I'd consider $11 or $12 to be reasonable. However, since we're also making a bunch, I wouldn't be buying any unless they were cheaper than our cost of materials.

Re: Fair Replica Orbit Ball Price? - Poll
 

I'm starting to think $15 wouldn't be a rip-off. They are $10 to make and we can't find them anywhere.

Re: Fair Replica Orbit Ball Price? - Poll
 

If they're $10 to make, cost $10 for the retail ones, and can't be found anywhere, I'd say $15 is a reasonable price to ask. It makes up for the labor put in, and gives the team somewhat of an incentive to do it, since it is time consuming.

Re: Fair Replica Orbit Ball Price? - Poll
 

Having seen how long it takes to make these balls ....
If the materials cost $10 for each one...
$20 is a more than fair price.

I would start there... that's only $10 for the time.
I think you have at least a man-hour in each ball...unless you can do it alot faster than I have seen....and don't forget the cost of cutting all the materials etc...

$20 is very fair.

If someone doesn't WANT to pay for one of these at that price.. I think they should just build them themselves....

As far as not "wanting" to pay more than the market price...
No one has established a market price for these....the other orbit balls are no longer available and you cannot compare that price for a non-existent product with this product...

If I were you guys I would take orders and see what the market bears for prices....

I bought a package of three from Logoloc
With shipping and their "extra" markup I paid over $14 per ball...
Those were ALL gone in half a day...

Reward your efforts...
There is market and a demand.... use it