admin wrote:
Surely they can't get any lower?? A :🙂
ugh, I ask myself this question at work ALL the time. I see high end products, that have real value, are often specialist tools and represent an opportunity for both the us as the manufacturer/importer and our dealers to make some decent margin being rapidly turned to a commodity item. That's what's been happening with espresso machines for a while - they are seen as a commodity product that can be made and sold cheaply. I should say, that along my coffee journey I have owned some atrocious pieces of so called equipment to make coffee with. but I didn't know better and slowly but surely I found myself with a Sunbeam Ristretto $99 plastic fantastic. Then I bought a proper grinder. and a Pullman tamper .... you see what I'm saying. I don't disagree that $84 is a stupidly cheap price for an apparent espresso machine, but, it could be a mere stopover and look around on a longer journey.
