Has anyone checked Dixieart's airbrush prices lately??

saltydog

Member since
July 2003
From: Lower Alabama

Posted by saltydog on Friday, August 13, 2004 8:23 PM

Japanese are not the only ones, makers of SUVs and any other 85% plastic/fiberglass vehicles are overcharging as well IMO!! Wink [;)]

ok, maybe 85% is a slight overstatement, but i remember when paying $45,000.00 dollars for a mercedes was way out there, now you pay that for a freakin' pickup!!! Sign - Off Topic!! [#offtopic]

sorry. later.

Chris

The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris

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MikeV

Member since
April 2003
From: Hayward, CA

Posted by MikeV on Friday, August 13, 2004 7:48 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by jroden144
Is it because they're so popular or what?

No, that is just typical overpriced Japanese products. Tongue [:P]

Badger sells more airbrushes worldwide than all other airbrush companies combined and yet they don't charge exuberant prices, so popularity is not the reason.

Mike

“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon

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saltydog

Member since
July 2003
From: Lower Alabama

Posted by saltydog on Friday, August 13, 2004 1:24 PM

Jroden, you got a steal if you bought the eclipse from dixie at that price friend. i was shopping for my double action brush sept. of last year, and remember comparing the omni line of brushes to the iwata, and the eclipse was $105 then. later.

Chris

The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 13, 2004 1:17 PM

When I bought my Eclipse, it WASN'T the Revolution model. It was the HP-CS (I think it's the 4500 model). It was $59 delivered with free shipping! I know it wasn't more than that, because I wouldn't have paid more than that.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 13, 2004 11:31 AM

It's always that expensive. I thought steel was close to $0.02 per tonne and aluminum is a couple of pennies a pound

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 13, 2004 11:28 AM

$105 seems to be the going price even at Coast. I f I remember right Iwata raised their prices earlier this year and it had to be a while longer than a year that the airbrush was only $59. Are you sure you don't mean the Revolution which is around $59?.
John

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 13, 2004 10:10 AM

Material prices in General have gone up.... Steel alone has tripled in price in almost a year

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Has anyone checked Dixieart's airbrush prices lately??

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 13, 2004 8:26 AM

Holy hell! I hadn't visited their website since I bought my Iwata Eclipse CS a little over a year ago for about $59. Now they're going for $105!! Is it because they're so popular or what? Is this the trend everywhere? If it's just Dixieart and they're running some price fixing scam, screw em! I'll buy from Coast from now on!

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