[razzmatazmania]

I'm surprised there isn't moralizing about the price point. I don't see why the US is so far behind in manufacturing efficiency. Everything seem to be 10-100x the cost of comparable Chinese goods, and US labor isn't paid anywhere close to 100x more.

[komali2]

Why would manufacturing cost come into play? Isn't it a given that a company will charge as much as they can get away with charging? Cost of labor and material I understood to only matter at the absolute bottom of a highly commoditized market e.g., bolts or capacitors or whatever. This is the only consumer ultrasonic knife (as far as I know) so they can charge whatever.

[gpm]

Eh, it's pretty clear this price point isn't driven by manufacturing. It's driven by being a bespoke item with tons of R&D costs that need to be recouped.

If this turns into a significant market, I'm sure the cost will plummet.

[Eisenstein]

This episode of the Search Engine podcast goes into detail about that:

* https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-puzzle-of-the-all-...

[j_bum]

Did you mean the Search Engine podcast..?

[Eisenstein]

I did. Thanks for the correction.

[ajmurmann]

Is it that they cannot sell it for cheaper or that this price will maximize profits?