News Cooler Master has so many leftover Shark X cases that it's selling them at $4,300 a piece in Japan — the case is admittedly cheaper than the $7,000...

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Cooler Master is now selling the case of its Shark X pre-built as an independent product. Giving builders an opportunity to build their own unique system inside of Cooler Master's shark-themed PC case.

Cooler Master has so many leftover Shark X cases that it's selling them at $4,300 a piece in Japan — the case is admittedly cheaper than the $7,000... : Read more

 

[Ralston18]

Leftovers....

Classic example of letting form get in the way of function.

And a costly way at that.

Good candidate for any number of management course case studies.

 

[AkroZ]

Leftovers....

Classic example of letting form get in the way of function.

And a costly way at that.

Good candidate for any number of management course case studies.

The case should not be expensive to make, they just go for premium market and overpriced too much, this happen often.
The issue with the discount is for the 7000$ buyers, this give a bad reputation unless the seller paid back the difference.

 

[SirStephenH]

The case should not be expensive to make, they just go for premium market and overpriced too much, this happen often.
The issue with the discount is for the 7000$ buyers, this give a bad reputation unless the seller paid back the difference.

It's not a discount. $4,300 is for the case alone, $7000 is a fully pre-built PC.

 

[Notton]

Leftovers....

Classic example of letting form get in the way of function.

And a costly way at that.

Good candidate for any number of management course case studies.

I think this case is a hard sell in Japan because of its size.
The average room sizes are smaller, and Xshark takes up a ton of room.
That's not to say the pricing is high compared to the disposable income of the vast majority of its citizens.

The case should not be expensive to make, they just go for premium market and overpriced too much, this happen often.
The issue with the discount is for the 7000$ buyers, this give a bad reputation unless the seller paid back the difference.

It's a boutique, low quantity, and high quality item.
Did it really cost $4300 per unit to go from drawing to production? IDK

It's not a discount. $4,300 is for the case alone, $7000 is a fully pre-built PC.

Which is over ￥107,000. You can buy a use Kei car with that kind of money.

 

[San Pedro]

Which is over ￥107,000. You can buy a use Kei car with that kind of money.

$4300 is more like ¥500,000+. You can definitely get a used kei car for that price. I don't see it selling well at all no matter where they sell it at that price.

 

[Notton]

$4300 is more like ¥500,000+. You can definitely get a used kei car for that price. I don't see it selling well at all no matter where they sell it at that price.

My first choice for selling it would be Dubai.
Akihabara might be a tourist hot spot, but shipping a Shark X from Japan to anywhere else in the world would be a pain.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Honest to God. I wouldn't give them 43 dollars for one of those. Sad.

 

[DingusDog]

Not much demand for these huh who could have foreseen this?

 

[tom2tec]

Typical upper class mismanagement, the people making the decisions live in an affluent fantasy, they have no real appreciation of values and they aren't ethical enough to respect those who do. Incompetency is the problem with elitism.

 

[Rob1C]

Put me down for none.

 

[Riley-Nero]

IT'S NOT EVEN A SHARK!! Fish have vertical tails, that has a horizontal tail, it's definitely a mammal, and closer to a porpoise or orca.

 

[pixelpusher220]

Is Japan really the market for these? Given the generally quite small homes and resulting multi-function everything for saving space, these seem pretty 'extra'. The posts about it being the same cost as a used Kei just reinforces that

 

[mac_angel]

Bahahahahah!
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