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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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 Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject: A tale of Foam, Merchants, and Headphones |
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So, I have a pair of Grado SR80 headphones. They are, perhaps, some of the best headphones you can possibly get for less than $100 (they cost $99, heh). Sometime around last year, I lost the foam for one of the speakers, and, thinking Grado just wasn't in Korea, I put them in a drawer, sadness on my face.
Around 6 months ago, I found the boutique headphone shop in Yongsan and OH MY GOD! Not only did they have Grado, but they had replacement foam. How much? $20.
Screw that, I said, and put the matter further to rest.
I go back yesterday, deciding to suck it up because I got an Ipod touch and I really don't like the earbuds. So, I go back. How much? $32. For the set.
Now, I don't know when they increased in price, whatever, the thing is, Grado is a little known headphone maker. Those foam pieces cannot be flying off the f'ing shelves. Why not call your manager, and ask if he will simply sell me *one* for $16. Why lose the entire f'ing sale? Who is ever going to need both pieces of foam at the same time? Yes, I know you want $32, but the likelihood of selling both at the same time is so low. How about making $16 instead of f'ing $0?
Thing is, I run into this all the time, the odd inflexibility of Korean merchants. It seems to go up the more foreign the product is too. |
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The_Eyeball_Kid
Joined: 20 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:30 pm Post subject: Re: A tale of Foam, Merchants, and Headphones |
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| jdog2050 wrote: |
So, I have a pair of Grado SR80 headphones. They are, perhaps, some of the best headphones you can possibly get for less than $100 (they cost $99, heh). Sometime around last year, I lost the foam for one of the speakers, and, thinking Grado just wasn't in Korea, I put them in a drawer, sadness on my face.
Around 6 months ago, I found the boutique headphone shop in Yongsan and OH MY GOD! Not only did they have Grado, but they had replacement foam. How much? $20.
Screw that, I said, and put the matter further to rest.
I go back yesterday, deciding to suck it up because I got an Ipod touch and I really don't like the earbuds. So, I go back. How much? $32. For the set.
Now, I don't know when they increased in price, whatever, the thing is, Grado is a little known headphone maker. Those foam pieces cannot be flying off the f'ing shelves. Why not call your manager, and ask if he will simply sell me *one* for $16. Why lose the entire f'ing sale? Who is ever going to need both pieces of foam at the same time? Yes, I know you want $32, but the likelihood of selling both at the same time is so low. How about making $16 instead of f'ing $0?
Thing is, I run into this all the time, the odd inflexibility of Korean merchants. It seems to go up the more foreign the product is too. |
I'm with the merchant on this one. He's got a very marginal, low-demand, high-end luxury product and someone wants him to reduce its saleability by making it even more low-demand. What are the chances of someone else ever wanting just one of the pair? It's like demanding to be sold one trouser leg. |
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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:49 pm Post subject: Re: A tale of Foam, Merchants, and Headphones |
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| The_Eyeball_Kid wrote: |
| jdog2050 wrote: |
So, I have a pair of Grado SR80 headphones. They are, perhaps, some of the best headphones you can possibly get for less than $100 (they cost $99, heh). Sometime around last year, I lost the foam for one of the speakers, and, thinking Grado just wasn't in Korea, I put them in a drawer, sadness on my face.
Around 6 months ago, I found the boutique headphone shop in Yongsan and OH MY GOD! Not only did they have Grado, but they had replacement foam. How much? $20.
Screw that, I said, and put the matter further to rest.
I go back yesterday, deciding to suck it up because I got an Ipod touch and I really don't like the earbuds. So, I go back. How much? $32. For the set.
Now, I don't know when they increased in price, whatever, the thing is, Grado is a little known headphone maker. Those foam pieces cannot be flying off the f'ing shelves. Why not call your manager, and ask if he will simply sell me *one* for $16. Why lose the entire f'ing sale? Who is ever going to need both pieces of foam at the same time? Yes, I know you want $32, but the likelihood of selling both at the same time is so low. How about making $16 instead of f'ing $0?
Thing is, I run into this all the time, the odd inflexibility of Korean merchants. It seems to go up the more foreign the product is too. |
I'm with the merchant on this one. He's got a very marginal, low-demand, high-end luxury product and someone wants him to reduce its saleability by making it even more low-demand. What are the chances of someone else ever wanting just one of the pair? It's like demanding to be sold one trouser leg. |
I see where you're coming from, but I disagree with your analogy; it's more like he's sitting on a set of tires for a rare car. Now, he can sit on the set forever, or, he can sell them when and as people need them, seeing as it's rare that people will even need *one* let alone all 4. |
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The_Eyeball_Kid
Joined: 20 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:53 pm Post subject: Re: A tale of Foam, Merchants, and Headphones |
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| jdog2050 wrote: |
| The_Eyeball_Kid wrote: |
| jdog2050 wrote: |
So, I have a pair of Grado SR80 headphones. They are, perhaps, some of the best headphones you can possibly get for less than $100 (they cost $99, heh). Sometime around last year, I lost the foam for one of the speakers, and, thinking Grado just wasn't in Korea, I put them in a drawer, sadness on my face.
Around 6 months ago, I found the boutique headphone shop in Yongsan and OH MY GOD! Not only did they have Grado, but they had replacement foam. How much? $20.
Screw that, I said, and put the matter further to rest.
I go back yesterday, deciding to suck it up because I got an Ipod touch and I really don't like the earbuds. So, I go back. How much? $32. For the set.
Now, I don't know when they increased in price, whatever, the thing is, Grado is a little known headphone maker. Those foam pieces cannot be flying off the f'ing shelves. Why not call your manager, and ask if he will simply sell me *one* for $16. Why lose the entire f'ing sale? Who is ever going to need both pieces of foam at the same time? Yes, I know you want $32, but the likelihood of selling both at the same time is so low. How about making $16 instead of f'ing $0?
Thing is, I run into this all the time, the odd inflexibility of Korean merchants. It seems to go up the more foreign the product is too. |
I'm with the merchant on this one. He's got a very marginal, low-demand, high-end luxury product and someone wants him to reduce its saleability by making it even more low-demand. What are the chances of someone else ever wanting just one of the pair? It's like demanding to be sold one trouser leg. |
I see where you're coming from, but I disagree with your analogy; it's more like he's sitting on a set of tires for a rare car. Now, he can sit on the set forever, or, he can sell them when and as people need them, seeing as it's rare that people will even need *one* let alone all 4. |
I know I was deliberately facetious with my analogy, but I still thinks it's six of one, half a dozen of the other in this case. I can see both sides of it. I don't think it's as cut-and-dried as you make out. |
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halfmanhalfbiscuit
Joined: 13 Oct 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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http://www.nextag.com/Grado/replacement-cushion/brand-html
$15 plus whatever for postage seems a bit better.They're just foam rubber after all.
Anyways,they come as a set of two.I hear Grado headphones,whilst sounding good,aren't that comfortable,good to have a spare. |
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