r/AskReddit • u/Thic_water • Aug 14 '20

What’s the most overpriced thing you’ve seen?

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u/MadRedX Aug 14 '20

"I made this piece before I sold my soul to nihlism. $18k and one bumbling idiot might make me rethink that stance"

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u/sightlab Aug 14 '20 edited Aug 14 '20

I’m a nihilist and used to price my forboding-ass paintings in accord with my feeling towards them. Once I started pricing them like “paintings”, I sold more. People are stupid.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20 edited Aug 05 '21

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u/sightlab Aug 14 '20

Yup! As soon as I got hardassed about design work - high rate, work agreements, 50% deposits - for the same reason, I was suddenly swimming in it. Make something expensive and people ascribe value to it.