Why are sex machines so expensive?
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October 11th, 2009
In a recent conversation with friends, sex machines became the topic of the night. All curious, we decided to look them up online and joked around about the possibility of one of us buying the other a sex machine. So, after looking at several websites, I found my ideal sex machine which is called the Sybian. We looked at several sites and the cheapest Sybian was around $1000. I doubt any of my friends would ever be able to afford buying me such an expensive toy, no matter how much they cared about me and my sexual pleasure. So, for the pleasure of all womenkind, does anyone know why sex machines are so expensive?
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I don’t know why, but I do know that George Clooney shares your confusion. Watch Burn After Reading, and you can see him make his own at home for the reason you bring up.
I thought diamonds were a girl’s best friend. What do I know?
I’ve seen some videos with those, didn’t think they would be that expensive.
@wildpotato He only would have sold it for $200 or so but ended up destroying it.
@pdworkin That’s probably only in James Bond nowadays.
It’s a plot by men to withhold feminine satisfaction. Everyone knows a machine is better than a live man. Harder to get pregnant, too!~
@Samurai No way, am I really remembering it that badly? I thought he made it for his wife, not to sell.
@wildpotato
Minus the cost of the cusion and the latex dildo…
I don’t know, @daloon, I’d say a machine and a man are about equally impossible to get pregnant :)
The toys at this site vary in price range. Some are pretty nice, and others are damned expensive. $90 for a glass dildo seems expensive, but the smile on my wife’s face made it worth the price.
@evelyns_pet_zebra Good god there are a lot of weird things on that site with even weirder shapes
@pdworkin if that’s directed at me, you have no idea what tmi really is, I thought I was pretty restrained with that answer. }:^)
@Sarcasm yeah, makes a penis seem ordinary.
@evelyns_pet_zebra Ha, funny you should post that particular link. I was at the reality version of Babeland (in SoHo) just the other day. It’s the most upscale sex shop I was ever in. Organic lubes and everything. I even have a little sticker somewhere around here from them that says “Cream Your Pie.” Edit: Blast, I think I lost it. Guess I’ll have to go back again.
They’re so expensive for the same reason anything is so expensive… because people will pay it. If the parts and labor amount to $100, and people weren’t willing to pay more than $200, then they’d sell ‘em for $200. Instead, they’ll sell ‘em for whatever the market will bear. (Which is apparently about $1000.)
There are probably used ones out there.
@Samurai…ummm yuck! I would like a clean, brand new machine—thank you very much.
<—- is handy with tools, I may have to see what it takes to build a Sybian-like device.
There will always be a market for people willing to pay for something that can satisfy them sexually in place of the real thing. If all of a sudden people of the world realized that a real person could give many more times satisfaction than a machine, the price would go down.
@Ansible1 if my penis was able to vibrate like a few toys I’ve seen, I could start that harem I’ve always dreamed of.
@evelyns_pet_zebra I’m now picturing a glass dildo breaking right in the heat of the action. Thanks for that. Thanks a lot.
@Ansible1…except that that is not always the case and many times men come in “small”, “tiny”, “jackrabbit”, and “two-pump-chump” sizes that do not fit all. SO yeah, a machine will def do a better job…no strings attached… no offense to anyone out there with a penis
You guys should read the essay written by the dude who invented this device and its partner for men, the Venus. He has some very intelligent and interesting things to say. For instance, I never knew that responsiveness in women (and, presumably, in men) is a thing that we can actually influence over time. Seen in such a light (as something that increases overall responsiveness), the Sybian could well be, as he says, a boon to the quality of sex between two people as well as a fun toy in its own right.
@curiousk You could always go on the Howard Stern Show. He keeps one in his studio for use by willing guests, according to Wikipedia.
@curiousk I hate that men are catagorized into “large” or “small” or “take too long to cum” or “damn, that was so quick”, why do you judge men by their physicality? Is it right for us men to judge you the same way?....the pressure seems to be among the man, not the woman. My girlfriend and I have a great sex life..I just feel for those who don’t Do you think woman would like to be catagorized as a “one-fit-clit”, or a “one bang chick”?
Thinking of Fleshlights makes me ill.
@wildpotato thanks for the tip…I will def try Howard!
@Ansible1 Im glad to hear that you and your babe have a great sex life. I’m not categorizing but summarizing my experiences thats all. No need to get offended.
Even at $1000, sounds like a machine is cheaper in the long run than a man.
Not all sex machines are expensive. All i need is a sandwich, a beer and football once in a while. Much cheaper than $1000 no?
Ah, but then there is the upkeep – the big screen TV, the boat, the pickup truck…
@Darwin i’d work on the boat and truck as a hobby… so not much on the upkeep
Yeah, but the big screen HDTV so you can watch football while drinking beer and eating that sandwich is already gonna cost $1000 or more. And while you are busy doing that, you wouldn’t be available for sex.
Buy a little male bull calf for a few hundred bucks. Raise it, and soon enough voila…
@Darwin have you never had sex while watching football? it’s quite an experience…
@Dr_C – In Texas, most men are so engrossed by the game that they forget that sex exists. “Not tonight, honey. The Cowboys are playing!”
I had never heard of a “sex machine” until today…wow…
I had a roommate in college who said her boyfriend was a sex machine. He certainly must have had an inexhaustible source of power considering how often I found the door to the bedroom locked so that I had to sleep on the couch again.
@Darwin well since i’m not a cowboy fan (thank god for that… no Tony “Oh-no” to worry about) i don’t think that will be much of an issue :). Plus… i already have my own big screen so no need to buy a new one. See? cheap!
Anything exotic is expensive.
Maybe I should hire out my hubby, we have toys, but nothing is better than his fingers!! I would make a fortune! If people are prepared to pay so much for pleasure!!
Because an object is worth what people are willing to pay it, and only two things really rule human life: sex and self-preservation. Now, i’m pretty sure having people paying for “not dying” is illegal, making them pay for orgasms though…
It’s like Field of Dreams. If you build it, she will come.
@filmfann ^ screen now full of coke thanks ;)
@Saturated_Brain glass dildoes are solid and almost 2” thick. I was concerned about the one I got breaking, but it’s not like a light bulb, the darn thing is sturdy beyond belief. I even dropped it on a hard floor and it didn’t chip or crack or nothing. The thing is built like iron. If my penis got that hard, I could pound nails with it and throw away my hammer.
I used to want a sex machine.
Then I met my boyfriend… nothing, and I mean NOTHING comes even remotely close to what he does for me. And to think I’m the only girl he’s ever been with…
I think it’s because since the market is new-ish the demand is not very high so production would not be on a large scale. Mass production is where it’s at ;) – LB
@Thammuz You think you don’t pay to not die? What about taxes? And medicine and health bills? And food, water, heat, and clothes? Practically all I spend my money on is not dying.
I don’t know, I wouldn’t buy one for that much – they seem pretty bulky as well…but I’d use it if someone had it, just to try it and NOT on the Howard Stern show – that show is beyond stupid
actually all I cost is a good steak and some foreplay…
@wildpotato: paying for this stuff is not the only way to obtain it. Sex machines can be the only way for some people…
supply and demand. You can actually build them for less, and find blueprints online
Becuase of economy of scale. All such machines (and BDSM gear, too) are hand made (rather than made on an assembly line) which greatly drives up per-unit costs. As @Violet just said, there are plans online for f——ing machines, Sybians, etc., and most of the parts are readily available at Home Depot and such (I’ve slowly been putting plans for my custom gear online). And some gear can even be bought at regular ol’ discount medical/surgical supply stores at a fraction of the price you’d pay at on online kink store…
expensive overhead – production, marketing, and a very small consumer base
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