Comments on: Would rational people buy cup of coffee? (Yet alone virtual coffee) http://www.gameproducer.net/2011/08/03/would-rational-people-buy-cup-of-coffee-yet-alone-virtual-coffee/ I bake games. Indie style. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:09:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Juuso http://www.gameproducer.net/2011/08/03/would-rational-people-buy-cup-of-coffee-yet-alone-virtual-coffee/comment-page-1/#comment-146162 Juuso Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:35:49 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=5943#comment-146162 Taking those into consideration... are you suggesting that bigger budget games should cost me more to buy, since they were more expensive to produce? Taking those into consideration… are you suggesting that bigger budget games should cost me more to buy, since they were more expensive to produce?

]]> By: greg http://www.gameproducer.net/2011/08/03/would-rational-people-buy-cup-of-coffee-yet-alone-virtual-coffee/comment-page-1/#comment-146160 greg Thu, 04 Aug 2011 01:04:04 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=5943#comment-146160 Sir, you know nothing of the economics of food & beverage retail. You think fancy coffee houses are charging you for coffee? They're charging you primarily for labor: it's the biggest expense that goes into a retail cup of coffee. Same goes for fast food restaurants and everything else of that service-oriented ilk. So when you compare the cost at a coffee house to the cost at home, the biggest difference isn't profit margin on the raw beans, etc. It's that you're cutting out the labor. Which, on your own, are labor costs you'd pick up yourself. Same is true for restaurant costs versus cooking for yourself. Same is true for paying an automotive shop for changing your motor oil instead of doing it yourself at home. However, if you're willing to come over to my house and clean my toilets for a hefty 50% margin on the pennies cost of the cleaning supplies, please do. It would be a hell of a bargain for me. Clearly labor is worthless to you. Sir, you know nothing of the economics of food & beverage retail. You think fancy coffee houses are charging you for coffee? They’re charging you primarily for labor: it’s the biggest expense that goes into a retail cup of coffee. Same goes for fast food restaurants and everything else of that service-oriented ilk.

So when you compare the cost at a coffee house to the cost at home, the biggest difference isn’t profit margin on the raw beans, etc. It’s that you’re cutting out the labor. Which, on your own, are labor costs you’d pick up yourself.

Same is true for restaurant costs versus cooking for yourself. Same is true for paying an automotive shop for changing your motor oil instead of doing it yourself at home.

However, if you’re willing to come over to my house and clean my toilets for a hefty 50% margin on the pennies cost of the cleaning supplies, please do. It would be a hell of a bargain for me. Clearly labor is worthless to you.

]]> By: avision http://www.gameproducer.net/2011/08/03/would-rational-people-buy-cup-of-coffee-yet-alone-virtual-coffee/comment-page-1/#comment-146158 avision Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:06:40 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=5943#comment-146158 Well, when i buy a cup of coffee the main reason is that i`m not at home... Well, when i buy a cup of coffee the main reason is that i`m not at home…

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