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Originally Posted by Stubeck
Mind if I ask how much the parts are from Shapeways? Maybe I'm quoting stuff incorrectly, but stuff always comes as super expensive from them.
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These were abit on the pricey side I guess. With shipping and exchange to Canada I paid about $58. I saved abit of money using the option that allows Shapeways to process it when they're slow, so I was originally quoted as having the order done and shipped by Nov. 17th, but they processed it in like 3 days, guess they werent overly busy. By doing that I saved about $12 US.
I personally dont mind the cost, I dont smoke anymore, I hardly drink anymore and I'm on a diet and my intake of junk food is way down. So my hobby is my only vice that I spend money on atm. If I go to a movie its 20-40 bucks if you take someone. Sporting event, professional....stupid amount of money.....so 60 bucks, not that much really.
Also I think the designers can set a price, then Shapeways factor in their costs for a total. For example, some of the accessories for this build I'm gonna order from Shapeways later on, one item is a storage container for the roof rack, its really nicely detailed and its pretty large, cost...$13 CDN. Not bad. I also need 4 snowboards, there is a really nice design by a guy and the cost is $17 US each.....so that's $68 for 4....way too much money IMO.
I might just take some time and see about designing things myself, and see if it'll be cheaper. I know there are guys that can do this, I just need to sit down and focus on trying to design something and see how it turns out.
David