Portal-Loving Seamstress Creates Cuddly Personality Cores

[Danpascooch]

WOW! $45 for a cloth ball barely larger than my fist, just what I always wanted!

I love how the seller has the balls to charge for shipping at that insane price.

If the guy who makes Minecraft blocks can do it for $10, she definitely doesn't deserve more than $25 for this.

If she did $45 worth of work on this, she's doing it wrong, because it is not worth $45 for a single one of these cloth balls.

EDIT: Actually, add in $10 for the talking (one of those recorders you shove in Teddy Bears costs about $9) That brings it to $35, at the most

EDITEDIT: Wait wait wait wait. She still charges $45 for the silent one? Wow.

They aren't made in Korea by children. That's what westerners cost for labour.

Then why are the handmade Minecraft blocks only $10? I used a fair comparison in my post.

 

[Hungry Donner]

It's nice that Valve allows her to sell these, most places won't and some will even go after free patterns.

 

[MasterSplinter]

Do you smell something burning?

 

[Hulyen]

The price might be higher to keep her from getting flooded with orders as well - especially if this is just a hobby to supplement income. If you have to hand make that many of one thing, you can get burned out on it REALLY quickly.

 

[Gindil]

Am I the only one to think this is downright creepy?

 

[Lord Devius]

Spoiler: price rant

My mom, a former professional seamstress, says that she's actually undercharging at $45 a pop.

I don't believe her. I could, given the time and money, get the materials for this at roughly $20 ($10 for fabrics, $10-ish for soundbox), and make it within an hour and a half. I'm not a crafty person by any means, but this is easy enough. Even at $10 an hour which my mom claims is what her time is worth, I could get this done for a final price of $35 or so.

Overpriced. Seriously.

They're cool, but what the hell is with the price? $45 for a tiny plush sphere? Psh.