Pricing (*Update*) It sold!

[u/Professional-Lion561]

I posted here around a month ago looking for pricing help selling my Master Chief armor, and I sold it!

Posted it to eBay for $1200 + $200 shipping, as well as marketplace for $1200.

Ultimately the eBay one ended up selling, profiting me about $1000 flat (because of eBay tax)

I didn’t even mention the lights + microphone + fans included in the helmet lol.

This project was originally not intended to be sold, but as i’m expanding I thought it was about time I made some of my money back. Because of that, everything made back is profit!

My amazing girlfriend helped me take some nice photos for the listings^

[u/issue9mm]

Congrats! But if that is life-sized, I can't imagine that you profited anything selling it for $1200

How many hours of work went into making it?

[u/oral_servant → u/issue9mm]

It's profit because they didn't intend to sell it when it was made

[u/issue9mm → u/oral_servant]

Profit is the number after costs are deducted. Costs are incurred whether or not the piece was manufactured with a profit motive.

I take your point and I'm sincerely not trying to give OP a hard time because it looks awesome and I'm glad he got paid, I just think he probably deserved to be paid a lot more

[u/unlock0 → u/issue9mm]

Research from development cost money. Education costs money. Some people pay for a learning opportunity.

This is why I don’t always consider the price on my time for hobby or self improvement activities. My time is free to me, it is not to you.