jerseypride Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 price is lol: The Wilco Box Set Our Wilco Box Set is an unprecedented and exclusive collaboration between Best Made and indie legend Wilco, made in an extremely limited quantity for die-hard fans. Each of the band's 10 studio albums are included in vinyl format, individually signed by frontman Jeff Tweedy. In true Best Made fashion, the collection is presented in an album crate inspired by our Audubon toolbox and built in our axe workshop from fir ply, hand-finished with marine spar varnish. $1,198 https://www.bestmadeco.com/products/wilco-box-set?gclid=Cj0KCQjw9ZDeBRD9ARIsAMbAmoYq80uMJ82o5m7hbzhi6YAk5qcDKm9MQUjZIV6vBXaPjNOGnddPcdwaAu1KEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freezeflash Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Lol indeed. From the same brand that sells $200 chinos, $248 fleece crewneck sweatshirts, and $50 t-shirts. So tired of these companies who want to cater to bearded wannabe outdoorsmen. Their customer base wouldn't last an hour atop a grassy knoll. OneThreeOneTwo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oblivions Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 TFW you have so much money you have to find creative ways to get rid of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmhmm Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 WOW. As anyone who knows wood/quality should know, the wood they're using for that box is literally the cheapest wood/material you could possibly use for something like this. It's not even considered solid wood, it's thin layered sheets placed on top of one another of incredibly low-quality material- and for $1200, at the minimum it should be solid, quality wood. Velocity of Sound and OneThreeOneTwo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrocks Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 are there really only 10 of these?i agree the price is ridiculous and the wood is LOL but thats pretty rare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natenomm Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 There's also a Wilco-branded tool for cutting wood. The price? Spoiler If you have to axe, you can't afford it. https://www.bestmadeco.com/products/gray-ghost?taxon_id=1452 ex lion tamer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alzanderchap Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 I've bought several things from Best Made that I absolutely love but of all the stuff they make, this is without a doubt the most cheaply made. I'm glad its not for a band that I actually like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseypride Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 26 minutes ago, shamrocks said: are there really only 10 of these?i agree the price is ridiculous and the wood is LOL but thats pretty rare It appears there's only 5 left. OneThreeOneTwo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apirk Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 (edited) 46 minutes ago, shamrocks said: are there really only 10 of these?i agree the price is ridiculous and the wood is LOL but thats pretty rare Well the albums are just the regular albums signed by Tweedy so the only rare thing is the box, which you could build yourself if you were handy enough and then that would be a 1/1 Edited October 15, 2018 by apirk jerseypride 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsimmons Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 the people who need to buy all 10 Wilco albums at once are the same people who would buy clothes from this company. All of this makes sense. OneThreeOneTwo and fish 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Looks like only 1 left. Ridiculous that they could sell any. OneThreeOneTwo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oblivions Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Seriously. Super rich people spend money on the zaniest of things. This will likely be displayed in a second den or living room alongside an old antique toy truck that cost $3,000 or like a tribal mask that cost $5,000. OneThreeOneTwo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannonfunk Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 (edited) Carpenter here. It's really, really bad. A novice carpenter could easily cut down, build, and stain all 10 of these boxes in a single work day, and I suspect the designer spent even less time on it than that. You don't usually leave the edges of plywood exposed (it's a building material, not a decorative wood), and you certainly don't stain the edges. If the albums cost $20 each (assuming they didn't get them at wholesale price), that's $200. The raw material the boxes were built from probably cost less than $10 each. Altogether, the 10 boxes cost $2,100 to produce. In total, they sold all 10 for a total of $12,000... essentially a $10,000 profit. Not bad for a days work, right? Edited October 16, 2018 by cannonfunk OneThreeOneTwo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneThreeOneTwo Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 The leather and brass probably cost more than the wood lol. This is one for the ages. I bet you none of those people buying this have any idea the first two albums were recently reissued with a lot more extra vinyl between them. It would be nothing for them to buy a copy of either. Heck, they could buy the Kicking Television and B-Sides boxsets at top-price and not blink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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