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Jaysun
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Mar 9, 2015
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Phoenician Grinders offer more than just a price tag ......"Phoenician Engineering is proud to offer our Elite Series Grinders as these medical devices are the epitome of grinding devices sourced from 304 Stainless Steel and Type II Titanium. These materials are far superior and more costly than Phoenician’s aluminum counterpart and will ultimately last the user their entire life. Due to the tooling, and other machining implications imposed by these material types, these grinders take a substantial amount of time to complete to our standards of perfection. Our Stainless Steel options start at $2,000.00 and Titanium at $4,000.00. Included in this pricing we offer custom 24K Gold, Silver, or Copper plating on any Elite Series Grinder. These plating options are also available on all our aluminum grinders. Pricing for these plating options on aluminum starts at $600.00. "
autoteleology
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Mar 9, 2015
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JaysunThese are nice, but the community will never go for this because it flies in the face of the core appeal of Massdrop - BANG FOR THE BUCK. I won't deny the quality but this is the poster child of diminishing returns. Wrong market for this item, frankly.
Half_pine
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Mar 10, 2015
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JaysunSo...the description actually says that the body itself is just a fancy aircraft aluminum...only the screen is stainless...and nowhere is it mentioned that any part of the actual grinder utilizes titanium...looks like these are just well designed aluminum grinders with a $300-$400 plating job....just sayin'.
The design looks really well done though, so I'd definitely go for the $70 one and skip the plating...if I needed a grinder.
zoomorph
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Mar 11, 2015
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autoteleologyThat's what you thought, but to Massdrop this site is actually about profit, and they don't make much profit on legitimate bang-for-your-buck deals. Now, if they could just sell 10 grinders making, say, $200 profit each, there's an easy 2 grand. Backfired in this case, but it was worth a shot!
For now they'll have to stick with the meager 2-digit profits on titanium toothpicks and pieces of stained wood, which have worked. According to wikipedia, Massdrop has $8M funding and over 1M active users. It looks like they're still testing the waters with regards to how luxurious of items they can push on their users, but they'll need to start generating profit sometime.
For now they'll have to stick with the meager 2-digit profits on titanium toothpicks and pieces of stained wood, which have worked. According to wikipedia, Massdrop has $8M funding and over 1M active users. It looks like they're still testing the waters with regards to how luxurious of items they can push on their users, but they'll need to start generating profit sometime.
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