Leonardo
Elite Cafe Member
Dear Roger,
I think that in no way you are setting yourself up for obsolesence! Also I think that, deep inside ourselves, we know what we are paying for at the time of making a purchase. What happens is that, some times (almost all the times ), we can not afford what we would really like to own.
I my self would love to have my Colt .45 Auto engraved by one of you artist! But perhaps it is because all of us know what we are talking about.
I like a lot the finest things like my Silhouette eye glasses or my golden S.T. Dupont lighter (nothing like kill yourself with class!) but, again, almost all the times I must resign myself to a lower end things... at last, any of these possession will not be with us inside the wooden box... Oh, the glasses might be...
I have seen and listened many chats between fellows in shooting places at the time of showing themselves their guns (way cheap guns!) but talking marvels about them... the most of the people do not know nothing about what their are talking about... but they talk very much!
Getting back on my lighter, when someone ask me for a light it is highly improbable that he/she recognize the lighter... people have no idea what I have in my hand unless he/she would be a jeweler or an educated person. This is the market the machine "engraving" are intended for. The manufacturers do not want to loose a single opportunity to profit.
There are two important commercial concepts to take in account here, like the Real Value and the Perceived Value. Those guns that were machine decorated have and attractive perceived value that easy the sales although they have not a real value at last.
Regarding the word "engraving" or "engraved", at my best knowledge, there is no other way to call it in Spanish. We call it "grabado" in all the cases with no difference between the different procedures to do it. Perhaps Mario Sarto, Arnaud, Jean, etc., can tell us how they call "engraving" in their languages and also if there are any differentiation depending on the procedure involve to do it.
Well, as you use to say... just my 2 cents. :beat up:
Best regards,
Leonardo.
I think that in no way you are setting yourself up for obsolesence! Also I think that, deep inside ourselves, we know what we are paying for at the time of making a purchase. What happens is that, some times (almost all the times ), we can not afford what we would really like to own.
I my self would love to have my Colt .45 Auto engraved by one of you artist! But perhaps it is because all of us know what we are talking about.
I like a lot the finest things like my Silhouette eye glasses or my golden S.T. Dupont lighter (nothing like kill yourself with class!) but, again, almost all the times I must resign myself to a lower end things... at last, any of these possession will not be with us inside the wooden box... Oh, the glasses might be...
I have seen and listened many chats between fellows in shooting places at the time of showing themselves their guns (way cheap guns!) but talking marvels about them... the most of the people do not know nothing about what their are talking about... but they talk very much!
Getting back on my lighter, when someone ask me for a light it is highly improbable that he/she recognize the lighter... people have no idea what I have in my hand unless he/she would be a jeweler or an educated person. This is the market the machine "engraving" are intended for. The manufacturers do not want to loose a single opportunity to profit.
There are two important commercial concepts to take in account here, like the Real Value and the Perceived Value. Those guns that were machine decorated have and attractive perceived value that easy the sales although they have not a real value at last.
Regarding the word "engraving" or "engraved", at my best knowledge, there is no other way to call it in Spanish. We call it "grabado" in all the cases with no difference between the different procedures to do it. Perhaps Mario Sarto, Arnaud, Jean, etc., can tell us how they call "engraving" in their languages and also if there are any differentiation depending on the procedure involve to do it.
Well, as you use to say... just my 2 cents. :beat up:
Best regards,
Leonardo.
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