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larvatus · February 16, 2005, 05:19 PM

I call it the "Will you have frech fries with that?" principle. It's a lot easier to create mass demand by persuading people that they want what you have, than to meet individual preferences by eliciting a negotiated compromise. Most people will gladly give up the burden of personal choice to accept a ready-made solution. Hence the Glock.

Can we persuade enough potential buyers to pony up a 40% non recoverable engineering fee for a benchmade production run of $5,000 handguns built to the standards of S&W Registered Magnums or pre-war Colt National Match? That is what it would take to persuade a manufacturer to absorb the startup costs.

February 16, 2005, 05:19 PM	#5
larvatus Junior member Join Date: May 18, 2004 Posts: 925	I call it the "Will you have frech fries with that?" principle. It's a lot easier to create mass demand by persuading people that they want what you have, than to meet individual preferences by eliciting a negotiated compromise. Most people will gladly give up the burden of personal choice to accept a ready-made solution. Hence the Glock. Can we persuade enough potential buyers to pony up a 40% non recoverable engineering fee for a benchmade production run of $5,000 handguns built to the standards of S&W Registered Magnums or pre-war Colt National Match? That is what it would take to persuade a manufacturer to absorb the startup costs.