Kate Spade Kindle Covers

[simran]

But they are selling them- that's what we have to learn from. Why are those junky covers selling so well? Is it the designer tag? Is it because Amazon promotes them? Is it because they have $3 invested in each unit and are laughing all the way to the bank? If they sold them for $10 each, I wouldn't have started this thread.

But they are getting $125 each! How can we, the custom leatherworkers, convince the people wealthy enough to buy things like Kindle Covers to buy from us? The price of the final product is actually not a factor. We could build a smilar case for less that $10 + whatever time spent customizing it. Kate Spade has maybe invested $3 per unit? Sound about right? So how do we get the business? Most of us can build a better case than that and maybe even afford to compete in price, so why aren't our phones ringing instead of Amazon's? Something to think about today.

Anyone have any ideas?

Johanna

ain't it a hoot?? I've got a Nook. I was looking at these things in B&N & marveling at the prices paid for this stuff. WOW!!!

[WanderingStar]

I'm not sure if this is the right thread for this, but as we were talking about designers and brand names I thought I would stick this in and see what you all think.

I recently had an old friend approach me to do some custom work. He showed his boss who is the CEO of Blaque Tye in Las Vegas. It's a new clothing line, but they wanted me to do some prototype belts and I agreed so I put out the money and time to design and make the belts and now they are not sure if they want to pay as much as they cost. And considering I am giving them a sharp discount and only charging them 148 for four custom belts and buckles (this includes the cost of material) Does this seem fair to anyone else? Or should I tell them to forget it and sell them locally for twice what they are willing to pay.

Let me know if this is in the wrong area. I'm new to the boards so I haven't found my way around everything yet.