My perspective of burando = expensive has changed. I used to not want any brand and I felt like I was mostly paying for the label. I was more comfortable buying replicas of something from quiteland and whatnot. I still think that partly true, especially with the damn plastic jewelry for $40 and Jesus Diamante.
With the
recent discussion about brand being expensive I got a little bit more insight as to why. I already knew about high quality materials, small business etc. but I didn't know about
this... I know jackshit about production costs.
I never check brand websites because I'm usually trying to find a good deal on the egl comm sales. I mean w/ like offbrand and bodyline n stuff, you are getting better deals. (especially bodyline. Damn DHL) But when trying to find a rare print or AP.....
I recently made a wishlist of at least one brand JSK from AP, BTSSB (and usakumya bag), and Meta. I want Sugary Carnival, or Memorial Cake, Circus Tutu, and just something from Meta....yeahh, the rare prints XD So looking in yahoo japan auctions and mbok, I surprisingly found good deals!!!
The cheapest I found the memorial cake jsk going for was 18000 en on mbok, but I was outbidded. Found the
two circus tutus for around that same price on yahoo, starting prices were 5000 and 3000 en Didn't bid on it though. Now with Sugary Carnival, I've only been able to find the special set at a good price. The one without horses. The rest are your typical scalped up prices. I've found
two, one on yahoo,and the other on mbok, Starting prices like
25000 en and like 19500 en. Wow. I know that since they are w/o horses, that playing a role, but still.
This got me thinking. Scalpers really skewed why I thought brand was expensive. There was a
resent sale of the black SC for $500 and the blk Miracle Candy OP for $350. Someone is (trying) is sell a
pink OP for
$800</a> Her justification was:
"Sugary Carnival is super hard to find and goes for a lot in the Japan secondhand Lolita stores it goes for almost 60,000+ yen. So that's why the price is high."
In other words, "since others have scalped up the price, so can I". GTFO.
With rare prints/ AP prints, it like some people reserve them just to scalp the price :/ Like with the new melty chocolate.......With popular/rare prints, I feel people should just to auctions for OP's, JSK, and skirts like this:
Set the price lower than what you paid. The time left should be 2-6 days. Let the buyer(s) determine the price. In the end, you should really just wish to get back the money you paid for + a little more :/ You should be all greedy n shit and want $300+ what you paid. Its obvious the price will be a little more than what you paid. I've sen this done with the aforementioned yahoo/mbok deals. I just really wish everyone would follow ;/