[Greenbuilding] Totally turned off by high prices for green products

[Corwyn]

On Dec 19, 2006, at 23:37, Geri Spieler wrote:

> Thanks for writing.
>
> But, you don't say where you bought your pedestal sink for $150.00 or 
> your faucet for $100.00?

The sink came from Home Depot.  A quick google shows my sink currently 
available at $189 retail with free shipping (not at home depot, I hate 
their website).  It was not the cheapest available either.

> We buy from manufacturers and suppliers. If they charge us $200.00 how 
> can we sell it for $100? We have rent, employees, insurance and taxes.

If they charge you $200, get new suppliers.  But really, I wasn't 
telling you what to charge.   You were complaining that a 'green' sink 
was going to cost you $5300.  I show you an alternative which should 
cost you less than $200, saving you $5100, why are you complaining?

I will be the first to admit that porcelain is not the greenest 
manufacturing technique, but compared to wood vanity, and counter top 
costing $5300, I suspect it is the greener option.  The embodied energy 
of that sink HAS to be less than 82 gallons of gas.

> I'm not setting the prices, the market is. That's my problem. It is 
> nice to think that enough people would pay  $5000.00 for a  five foot 
> vanity cabinet, but I live in the real world.

You seem awfully defensive.  If you think my numbers are off, please 
say so.  Nobody but you is telling you that a green sink needs to cost 
$5000.

> We are a designated Green business, and we are trying to show lots of 
> people what a green bathroom has to offer. These are people that will 
> benefit from the education of seeing the bathroom and learning why it 
> is different and will make a difference.  Showing them what Green 
> products look like is a big part of the battle. Preaching won't do it.

Who's preaching?  A number of people come to this list looking for 
validation of their excuses why they can't be green, rather than ideas 
of how they can be green.  When they get ideas rather than validation, 
some of them go off in a huff, others learn and become some our 
greatest proponents.


Thank You Kindly,

Corwyn

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