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I have the pricing on all the raw controllers however Duet3D is a major reprap contributor and it's not right to undercut them! No margin for Duet would mean no development of the reprapfirmware base, it could potentially end their project.
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For example we get bearings for $0.10-$.22 a piece that I see routinely sold for $5 a piece. For other products the AliExpress price is not too far from ours.
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At cost means the raw price we pay to get the product with no profit or margin added.
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Yes it is mutually beneficial. Reprap community benefits and company gets good PR and related sales. Classic loss-leader approach, main difference being an intent to only break even so we can sustain it, and maybe even get ourselves a slightly better margin over time.
I can tell you why companies charge 25X on a product...you'd better believe it's because people don't know better, and trust a name. It's simply not the case even with the internet that everyone wants to pay with a new AliExpress account to get cheap bearings with a delivery date of maybe 3 weeks +- 2 weeks. Most small bearings on these sites will be cheapened, the end result usually being they fall apart or have high friction...so you have to buy and test lots.
Also key to understanding manufacturing and why I'm posting is that there are misunderstandings about such quality differences. A bearing is not a bearing! There are dozens of classes (abec rated, p0-p6 clearances, ball types, and greases) - different qualities you aren't aware of most likely.
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