[tptacek]

I have a problem with the idea that $9.99 is expensive. I bought a croissant to go with my coffee this morning and ended up spending that.

The idea that using hours that bill at $150-$200 (current stab at journeyman iOS dev rate) to build products that sell "pricey" at anything over $1.99 is a problem. Problem might be the wrong word. Con.

Marco will be fine. Or he won't, I guess. That's not my problem with this line of pricing thinking.

[smackfu]

It's the $10 croissant and coffee when all the other coffee shops are selling $3 ones. It better be a damn good croissant for the extra money.

[tptacek]

It probably is, but that's not why I paid for it; I paid for it because it's the coffee shop in my building and I'm not going to go out of my way to optimize over 5-6 dollars.

If it was crappy coffee, it would not matter to me if it cost $0.50. I can get crappy coffee for free in the lobby of the parking garage I park at.

[jrajav]

There may be problems with your line of pricing thinking, too. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4393817

[tptacek]

Thanks for linking to that; it makes a better case for what I'm saying than I'm willing to spend the time making now.

Stop encouraging people to burn $150/hr hours making things that are "pricey" if they cost more than a buck.