The intro price for an untextured model is 14.96. Add the 14.96 to pay for textures, some as kj pointed out that people may not even want...and you have $30 and that is just for one set. It's not $20. I think that the biggest thing is the fact that there are no textures AT ALL. Had they come with a base texture then I think it would have been better received. I also think if they had packaged the V3 and M3 separately it would have been better marketing.

I kind of look at it this way. Someone who wishes to purchase my art will never pay the price that I feel it is worth, so a compromise has to be reached somehow in order to sell the piece. I have to sell it at a price that I can live with and hope that it is a price they will buy at.

But it will never be a price that will pay me back for the time spent and the creativity used. The only time that will happen is if I can sell many more pieces. So, I sacrifice the higher price in order to sell more. It actually works out better that way. More people have my art in their homes which makes me a happy camper and I sell enough at some point that I actually do make my money back :)

This has nothing to do with what I feel I "deserve" or the quality of the work.... and I certainly will never make a potential customer feel that they are trying to "cheat" me out of what I deserve by trying to reach a price that they are comfortable with. It's just their state of mind or their economic situation. Everyone is a bargain hunter. :)

And while these packages are nice, the props package has three swords, with no scabbards or belts for the characters to wear them, so if I want to use the swords I either have it on the ground, stick it into something or carry it, which could be pretty ackward if I'm on a horse or just trekking through the forest. So for me the props package is NOT complete and at $18 bucks on sale it should be.

So, while the packages are nice....and the textures are pretty, it's not making my credit card act against my will at this point in time :)

I am really hoping that this offering models without textures and then the textures for the same price separately is NOT going to be the start of a trend. If it is, though, guess I'll be saving much more money, which will make my hubby very happy :)