"A fool and his money are soon parted" - Good thing, too, as a fool with too much money is a danger to himself and others.
I like the "Photographer's Notebook": Take 8 sheets of typing paper, 1 sheet of cover stock, fold, cut in two and staple - $10. " ...entirely hand finished in our studio, does not include the pencil in the photograph... " - at that price, with such a thin profit margin, we can all understand why the pencil can't be included.
At one time I believed that "A quality product, serving a real need, at a reasonable price.*" was the key for a successful product.
It isn't. Instead, its being able to read the zeitgeist. It always was. Lesson learned too late in life...
* Hewlett-Packard slogan before lawyers and Carly Fiorina. Agilent is what is left of the real hp; too bad it didn't get the calculator division.