Originally Posted by
JeffS
The market price of these frames won't be tested until at least the second batch arrives (six months from now), or maybe even later batches. Positive press and low supply could keep them in demand for quite some time.
If i had to make an uneducated guess, I'd say that the BD frames are likely less profitable than the rest of the Surly line.
True, but there's nothing to prevent Surly from changing the pricing. I suspect that as they produce and sell more of them their COGS drops anyway, so it could be justified as something more than just "stick it to the early adopters." If they do, the'll want to look at what happened with the i-phone, and NOT do it that way. At any rate, the current price is reasonable given the response they are getting to the product (IMO).