Just trying to be diplomatic here, but this debate flared up over the original statement that you “didn’t think it was fair to charge premium prices for those that don’t have equipment.” Maybe you didn’t mean to say it like that.
I commended you for being gracious to create and share models with the community. That’s a really nice thing to do. But don’t preface it with spite towards those looking to make some money. I’ve personally never sold anything, but I’ve been taken advantage of. To have you stuff downloaded, modified, reposted and resold is hurtful. The way people combat this is high prices. Someone is less likely to take advantage of you on $50 download vs a $10 one. That issue aside it’s often justified by the risk and time it takes to get everything going. Once you gain momentum, improve work efficiency, become savy with copyrights and licenses and your work is free errors, many choose to drop the prices.
I encourage people to try and learn something new. Printers are coming down in price Learning 3D software is great for the mind, and the possibilities are endless. I’m not at home right now, but the printer is running off a couple building models for a friend’s layout and I’m not there…what a time to be in the hobby! Fortunately that friend is appreciative and covering my NHL game ticket tonight. Everyone benefits.
There’s no need for you to defend your desire to make money from your hard work. What you have created is yours to do with as you please, including charging others who want to benefit from your work.
The free market is a wonderful way of determing a fair price for any commodity. What you have is worth whatever others are willing to pay for it. Your work is very impressive and you have every right
I meant to say it exactly like that, but unfortunately there seems to be a difficulty with certain posts in response to mine understanding the difference between “premium prices” and “prices.”
I feel like a broken record here. Posters, PLEASE read my posts on this thread before submitting a contribution, in agreement or otherwise. As I’ve already stated multiple times, I’m not opposed to people charging for their work. I’m opposed to the extremely high pricing people demand for something that I seem to be failing to prove (even if I post my own work) is not worth as much as being charged (I’ve already posted shapeways links as examples, and I very much am tired of repeating myself).
This thread is based of my perspective/ premise that the selling of these 3d models nowadays isn’t the issue. Its the price of the 3d prints. File cost itself is something different and those prices ought to be much higher for a decent model as unpermitted resale is an issue, but on this thread I’ve been talking about the cost of the models, not the files.
Again, if you are not interested in exploring the possibilites of doing your own model design and printing to circumvent commercial 3d printed model services, or discussing possibilites for printing the model I am giving to you guys completely free, I would strongly advise you pursue and participate in threads that more align with your opinions, unless you are able to post in a manner that does not divert and hijack the intention of the origional post. And please please stop trying to get one more post in to continue the arguement or have
It’s very simple. If somebody is asking more for a product than you think it is worth, don’t buy it. If you do buy it, you are saying it is worth what you are paying for it.
If you want the thread to be about designing and creating 3D models, you should keep your comments on that subject. When you start to complain about what other people are charging for their work, you invite rebuttals.