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Offline LGolem
 Post subject: Expensive travel goban
Post #1 Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 12:12 am 
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http://www.loropiana.com/flash.html#/la ... E4240/T53S
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Offline imabuddha
 Post subject: Re: Expensive travel goban
Post #2 Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:27 am 
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Looks nice, but not ~$4500 nice. :shock:

Flash-only websites fill me with the urge to defecate. :tmbdown:
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Offline palapiku
 Post subject: Re: Expensive travel goban
Post #3 Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 1:38 pm 
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what an atrocious website
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Offline billywoods
 Post subject: Re: Expensive travel goban
Post #4 Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 4:24 pm 
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"We were unable to determine your location."

Oh. That's too bad for you.

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Offline Erythen
 Post subject: Re: Expensive travel goban
Post #5 Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 7:23 am 
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For that kind of money (listed as $9,395) you could buy from Mr. Kuroki a very nice single piece Hyuga Kaya table board, Size 32 Hyuga (Native Japanese) Clamshell stones, and Mulberry bowls. OR A very nice Japanese Kaya floor board.

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Offline gogameguru
 Post subject: Re: Expensive travel goban
Post #6 Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:30 pm 
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Oh my...

I spend 30 seconds waiting for the page to load and another 30 seconds trying to find a price or an add to cart button. Then I saw the price... :tmbdown:

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Offline tchan001
 Post subject: Re: Expensive travel goban
Post #7 Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:23 am 
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Loro Piana is a expensive fashion brand. We have such a store in Hong Kong. Not that I shop there but I do know they sell expensive sweaters made with Vicuna. Not sure if they have exclusive rights to market this exotic South American fiber but they are certainly one of the few with legal rights to do so. So their accessory items would not be cheap either. Just think about how much a Hermes brand go game set would cost if they made one.

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Offline ScatCat
 Post subject: Re: Expensive travel goban
Post #8 Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:26 am 
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I suppose you're paying for the brand name. In all honesty, I prefer my travel sets.
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Offline EdLee
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palapiku wrote:
what an atrocious website
You're being kind.
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Offline FlyingAxe
 Post subject: Re: Expensive travel goban
Post #10 Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 9:28 pm 
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It's not atrocious because it asks for what you (and I) consider high prices. There is no such thing as a fair or unfair price. Whatever two parties to agree to pay is the fair price. (Such things as coercive monopolies are another thing. Maybe their price can be considered unfair.)

I think the website is atrocious because of the design.

But yeah, the prices are silly. :)
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Offline tchan001
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Post #11 Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 10:03 pm 
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It's actually cheap compared with the prices of some of the boards gogameguru sells :)

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Offline billywoods
 Post subject: Re: Expensive travel goban
Post #12 Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:36 am 
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FlyingAxe wrote:
It's not atrocious because it asks for what you (and I) consider high prices.

I thought others were calling it atrocious because the website itself was gaudy and ill-designed and the items for sale were tasteless. :)
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Offline dfunkt
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Post #13 Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 4:33 am 
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Ugly over-priced product.
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Offline walpurgis
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Post #14 Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 5:41 am 
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Does the price tag make it look so ugly? I think it looks really nice, but would never buy it for that price. Also the website layout isn't so bad in itself. What makes it bad is using flash.

But everything there is only for rich, superficial (and most likely annoying) people, so let's be sure to show them we're the better, responsible go players, no?
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Offline billywoods
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Post #15 Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 8:37 am 
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walpurgis wrote:
But everything there is only for rich, superficial (and most likely annoying) people

I'm saying exactly the opposite, actually. A large part of go is about the aesthetic - nobody ever heard of an alabaster stone making a satisfying thud on a wool-and-suede goban. Lava lamps are fun, but I wouldn't light up a church with them. It's kitsch. I genuinely don't like it.

(Though yes, I do happen to think that someone who wants to pay $10,000 for a go board that has been "interpreted" by a clothing company is rich, superficial and most likely annoying. Feel free to convince me otherwise...)
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