frost91 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Well, as some of you may know. due to my wife expecting and all, i have been out of sync with the hookah world. recently i browsed several vendors and found out that many KMs are very PRICY. does anyone know what happeend? or is it just me who thinks the prices have gone up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGHTS OF BAGHDAD Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 theres more of a demand for them and the manufacturer knows it..so they wana cash in while they can..but the prices are just stupid high now..i got lucky and got a brand new 35'' km tri-metal for only $100 but the site doesnt take online orders at the moment..but has for me theres no way i will spend more then $125 on a hookah.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyk Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 yeah these new km prices are insane. i purchased a 36'' km pear for $90 a yeah ago n now i really want a tri metal but the prices are way to high for me. hopefully they come back down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Ninja Robot Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 prices have gone up.what happened? we all bought KM pipes due to word of mouth because of their quality and KM said "hey these victims...ehem, costumers over in the US will pay a shitton more than they rightly should because of the streetcred the brand now has"then they followed through.I hear MZ is still around and Tamseh is an up and comer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGHTS OF BAGHDAD Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 i dont know why but i feel Tamseh is gona come out with something soon to phuck km's quiet of life and give them something to think about while in bed..lol im not 100% sure but i just feel like they will do something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1v3th3ad Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 I like the Temsehs and hope they rise...I have too many hookahs for being a college student right now to get one...KMs-supply and demand...anything that people highly like, will go up in price, blame corporate pigs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frost91 Posted September 22, 2009 Author Share Posted September 22, 2009 yea. exactly what i thought. that is ridiculous. If it was good they shouldve produced more, now their sales are gonna drop and they're popularity will drop back down. . well i know thehookah has many cheeper kms, but my friend bought a ice chiller 3 months ago and man, was that thing light. it was literally the weight of my trimetals downstem. what is km doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinamon Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 how do we know that it is the manufacturer that is raising the prices?it might be the american importer that is raising the prices because they know more about the north american demand than anybody else.they might also be blaming the price increase on the manufacturer so they dont look greedy.this kind of shit happens everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGHTS OF BAGHDAD Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 QUOTE (chinamon @ Sep 21 2009, 10:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>how do we know that it is the manufacturer that is raising the prices?it might be the american importer that is raising the prices because they know more about the north american demand than anybody else.they might also be blaming the price increase on the manufacturer so they dont look greedy.this kind of shit happens everywhere.i wouldnt put it past them...they are in the business of making money but how much? when does making a profit end and greed kick in? i think it will hurt vendors real bad cause they will be stocked up on all this higher priced km's collecting dust and people buying all the other lower priced ones..notice i didnt say lower brand..i just said lower priced..there are a ton of good hookahs out there for under $100 and just like the op reconized the price increase and said wtf..others will to.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Morgan Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought MZ got out of the hookah business? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDHarding Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 I'm so glad I picked up my KM Sig Ice last year. $125 or so from Trading Caravan Company on Ebay. Woot!Though they gave me their super tough base with it, instead of the KM base, but I just bought one from John, so it's still good. Though the gold paint wore off of it. Pff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norcalsmoker Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 QUOTE (JDHarding @ Sep 21 2009, 07:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I'm so glad I picked up my KM Sig Ice last year. $125 or so from Trading Caravan Company on Ebay. Woot!Though they gave me their super tough base with it, instead of the KM base, but I just bought one from John, so it's still good. Though the gold paint wore off of it. Pff.I just bought a KM sig ice from caravan for $105 a couple weeks ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehelios Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 What was the price for a single pear a year ago? I'm seeing them going around $110 on Nazarhookah. Is $20 really such a huge fuss? Mya's are machine made mass produced pieces and those things easily go over a $100 and no one's really complaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGHTS OF BAGHDAD Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 QUOTE (thehelios @ Sep 21 2009, 11:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>What was the price for a single pear a year ago? I'm seeing them going around $110 on Nazarhookah. Is $20 really such a huge fuss? Mya's are machine made mass produced pieces and those things easily go over a $100 and no one's really complaining.the ones were talking about are the $150+ ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 i remember when the mash'al came out for $140 with the bohemian vase and i thought god damn thats expensive. now its a super steal at that price. trimetals for 200+ are pretty damn expensive imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGHTS OF BAGHDAD Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 nazar has a 29'' km tri-metal for only $103.49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majid Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 That's strange since i've been seeing KM's popping up on euro websites for reasonable prices. KM signature for 55 euros/80 dollars for instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoapplesplease Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Yea the KM prices are becoming rebonkyular.I'm boycotting them untill prices come down to reality.Along with mya's and other "top" brands.I'm thinking about trying to get a large nargilm pro 620.Or a nice syrian but not an Al fahker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no longer welcome Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Yep, KM prices have gone up, according to the importers it's from Egypt. MZ's will be scarce and may be out of business. Temsah's are here but selling slow even though the same quality and build as KM, and much cheaper.Also, there should be more Temsah relatively soon. As usual, it seems like everything is going up in price, not just hookahs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norcalsmoker Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 QUOTE (NIGHTS OF BAGHDAD @ Sep 21 2009, 10:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>nazar has a 29'' km tri-metal for only $103.49Anyone have this pipe? How is it? I'm thinking about getting it, I don't own a trimetal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Ninja Robot Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 BAH!!!! I'ma have to buy the perpetual rive I've always wanted before it's no more!Why did MZ possibly go out of business? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGHTS OF BAGHDAD Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 i dont have that one but its a km..its going to smoke right like all km's do..its just a matter of colors and designs with them..i honestly think its a steal at that price considering what the new km's are going for..if i didnt just buy my tro metal a month ago i would have placed my order first then told you guys about it on nazars..lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog_916 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 There's a reason prices are going up. The price of constructing a metal and glass device is going up. Commodity prices and competition from China for metal is causing industry to scour areas for scrap stainless steel or other metals like copper and brass. I'm sure labor is becoming more expensive because it's no longer unpaid or low-paid labor that's constructing the hookahs, it's decently paid workers. Plus the cost of transporting cargo or freight via ship or plane is getting more expensive with the cost of oil returning to a 70-85 dollar a barrel level. Back in '08, '07, '06 most of the stock was either already here or was inexpensive to retrieve through distributors who already had back-stock. Now all the back stock is gone, forcing distributors to buy the stock as it's coming out of the factory, paying partially for the cost of transporting the cargo. Mark-up, mark-up, mark-up. Soon you see these prices. It seems like at every level it's getting harder to keep prices down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippo_Master Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 KM's got shittier and now we pay more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frost91 Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share Posted September 23, 2009 ^ agreed. u will never find another km built like my og trimetal again. at least i dont think so :X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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