I just checked their website, and while yes, they do have gorgeous cases, I was genuinely mindblown to see their average is between $75 and $120.

I have a high income so it’s genuinely not about money, I just don’t see how creating a case can be so expensive?

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    11 months ago

    There’s a brand on Amazon that makes quality cases that are like the castify cases called Mosnovo. Generally $18-$30. The designs are on the limited sign, but they’re great.

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    11 months ago

    I’ve got an otterbox case which at full price is $120+. I got it from Amazon for $40.

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    11 months ago

    Me currently using a $17 CAD spigen case and have been using spigen cases forever now almost 10 years

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    11 months ago

    No one pays that price. Influencers have codes they give out that brings the price down 20-30.

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    11 months ago

    I bought a Casetify case (on sale though, I probably wouldn’t have paid full price for it).

    It’s a nice case and has a design I liked from an artist I’ve followed for a while, plus it feels pretty solid and has withstood a couple of nasty drops pretty well.

    It’s just over a year later and the case is still holding up really well, although my wife’s case (different design but also Casetify) fell apart after about 8 months.

    I like the case I have from them but given what happened to my wife’s one, I probably wouldn’t buy from them again. My wife now has Spigen case that was cheaper but feels about as nice as the Casetify, but just looks a lot more generic.

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    Just remember that, back in the early days of the app store, somebody made an app called “I am rich”. They listed it for $999, and all it did was display a photo of a gemstone. 7 people bought it.

    There’s a saying “a fool and his money are easily parted”, and so long as that holds true, there will be people taking advantage of it. And honestly? I can’t blame them. If you can figure out how to swindle somebody out of $100 for a $10 product, all the power to you.

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    11 months ago

    Social status…

    All of their cases have big obnoxious “Casetify” on the camera border, perfect for material conscious people to flaunt them.

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    11 months ago

    Somehow they sell a lot of cases. Baffling, I know. Funny thing is their cases aren’t even that nice IMO.

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    Amazon - $10-30 for a case, some are better than others, some are the same thing you pay those high prices for. I find it hilarious that people spend so much money on a case.

    In my opinion Casetify is a trend. A lot of celebs have them and people follow suit.

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    11 months ago

    I mean, they pay for those overpriced original apple cases, that’s more absurd to me