"We were gonna ask 1399 euros for this (overpriced already) but we think that some people might want to give us more money if we market it as an experiment"

Fraterkes · 21h ago

Look, we can talk endlessly about what these toys are supposed to cost, but fact is that you couldn’t even buy a second-hand Field for 1399 before this month. This really is “cheap” to the degree that I’m surprised scalpers haven’t emptied their stock in a week.

perks_12 · 22h ago

This. They make fabulous products, but they are already on the Apple side of pricing, where you pay more for the brand than the product.

milliams · 19h ago

I think they've forgotten to tell us what the product is.

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