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I love https://www.luigicases.com - it's the web site for an Italian gentleman who makes leather cases and straps for Leica cameras. But the web design is straight out of the 90's, along with loads of extraneous text and even some family photos. And you can't actually buy anything via the website - you send the guy an email and a corresponding Paypal payment (https://www.luigicases.com/a000-PURCHASE-info.htm).

Basically, it's so bad, it's charmingly good.



If the goods are handmade then the bad UX serves as a rate-limiter to constrain demand to supply. I'm assuming the system works well for him as otherwise he'd switch to a better solution.


It would be more profitable and professional to increase prices.


Some people have a price in mind that they feel their work is valued at, and see that as ethical.

When I got my tattoo, the artist refused to accept more than His agreed to price, as an example.


If you'd ever done A/B testing before you probably would not make this statement. Also, it's quite possible they prefer to stay small and don't want more business.


surprisingly (to some, specially hardcore capitalists) some people do not want it all.

i.e. some of us reject the (roughly summed up as) "go big or go home" attitude


once you get too greedy it can introduce competition.


I think we might be hugging it to death. Oops.


> we are experiencing problems with our web site, sorry

> we are working to settle it correctly ASAP !

Probably


this makes me think of http://www.terrysrubberrollers.com/


Along the same lines is the McHale Packs site (legendary custom backpacking/mountaineering packs): http://www.mchalepacks.com/




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