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Im sorry, but I really don't understand your perspective. Does Porsche screw their customers when they charge $500 for an oil change? Is Coach "screwing" it's customer by charging that much for a purse? High five audio devices often don't have cabling that consumer devices do - is that screwing the consumer?

I can appreciate that you don't want to pay that much, but how is it "screwing"?

[p1necone]

"Does Porsche screw their customers when they charge $500 for an oil change"

Uh, yes? Either they've designed their cars so that routine maintenance is unnecessarily difficult or they're overcharging for it, either way they're screwing you.

As an enthusiast it's been my experience that high end audio stuff is usually designed in a modular way and uses standard inputs and outputs and it's the cheaper, consumer grade gear that often uses stuff like non standard speaker inputs. Although the HiFi market certainly has it's own fair share of overpriced snake oil.

I don't know much about coach specifically so I won't comment on that, but there are plenty of handbag brands that exist purely as a status symbol and charge obscene amounts of money just because customers are willing to pay that much, and yes I also perceive that as dishonest.

[taxidump]

>but how is it "screwing"?

Because all you get for $1000 is a one nice stand?

[oarsinsync]

Good thing the Apple Watch is such a good bargain then, since all you get from Rolex for $10000 is one nice watch.

Not all things in technology are created for all people. If you think selling a $6000 screen with a $900 discount if you only need a VESA mount because you already have a $2000 desk & mount setup is absurd, you’re not the target market.

[morsch]

Good thing the Apple Watch is such a good bargain then, since all you get from Rolex for $10000 is one nice watch.

A Rolex is a piece of jewelry, a status symbol. Might as well compare it with a Louis Vuitton handbag. What you are saying is that the display is desktop jewelry.