[meteorite-list] Membrane Boxes

[stan .]

i dont think many people complain about the small ones - but the 20 or 30$ 
ones really get me - especially since the plastic used scratches pretty darn 
easily. they should make the boxes out of the same stuff used for the 
security devices on DVDs.. that junk is indestrucable. sure a 30$ box used 
to house a 1 kg moon rock isnt that big a deal, but if you have a big 
collection with hundreds of pieces the size of the larger boxes thats 
thousands of $ worth of plastic that probably cost less than a value meal at 
mickie d's to make. plastic that will VERY quickly show the signs of wear 
and tear unless you stash all of your space rocks in a safe deposit box some 
place and only visit them once in a blue moon.


just my two cents...




>From: Michael L Blood <mlblood at cox.net>
>To: <cynapse at charter.net>,Martin Altmann 
><altmann at meteorite-martin.de>,Meteorite List 
><meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Membrane Boxes
>Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 19:01:14 -0800
>
>Hi Darren,
>         Would you please make these membrane boxes? I am sure everyone
>on the list - and all of Christendom would be happy to give you 6 c each
>for a 100% "mark up" and be happy to do so.
>         Sincerely, Michael Blood
>
>
>
>on 2/11/06 3:09 PM, Darren Garrison at cynapse at charter.net wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:17:54 +0100, you wrote:
> >
> >> Huh, where is the problem?
> >> Hartman is taking for 100 microboxes 1.3$ each.
> >
> > Meanwhile, I can buy gem jars for around 20 cents each.  It's a matter 
>of
> > scale.
> > I wouldn't worry about a $1 difference in price for something that cost 
>$1000,
> > or $100.  But at $10, it starts to be a factor, and the difference 
>between
> > something that cost $1.30 and something that cost $0.20 and serves 
>virtually
> > the
> > same purpose IS going to make a difference in my opinion.  I'm not 
>judging the
> > price that the reseller has to charge, I'm judging the price the 
>manufacturer
> > charges.  With gem jars, you have something that costs a few cents to 
>make and
> > sells for around 20 cents.  With membrane boxes, you have something that 
>costs
> > a
> > few cents to make and sells for over a dollar.  That's my point-- price
> > gouging
> > by a monopoly single source.
> >
> >>
> >> Wouldn't you make photos of those persons you love, because the albums 
>to
> >> keep the photos are to expensive?
> >
> > Not a good analogy.  A better one is, would I buy a frame for the 
>picture from
> > company X at one price, or buy a frame made from the virtually the same 
>amount
> > of virtually the same materials a different company for 5 or 6 times the
> > price.
> > You might do that.  I wouldn't.  (And I haven't made a film-based photo 
>in
> > over
> > 3 years-- I've taken maybe 15,000 with my digital camera since then, and 
>at
> > least 90 percent of them have never seen paper).
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