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Originally Posted by CocheseUGA
I'm still wondering what makes it worth the money.
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Hopefully this is my last post in this thread. I'll try to answer the above question.
1) Highest carnauba content by volume
2) Highest grade (No. 1) carnauba
3) Free refills for life
4) Seemingly superior customer service (thanks MDRX8 for sharing your experience)
5) Extremely nice packaging
6) Dozens of other ingredients that don't seem to be found in other waxes. It's not clear to me what exactly these are for. Perhaps all they do is make the wax smell nice. who knows. But if I were in the market for a $2K wax, I would certainly ask the question.
Now, some, or possibly all of these things may not mean much to YOU. But that doesn't mean that that they aren't important to SOMEONE.
Going further (Warning: blatant speculation ahead), it's entirely possible that Zymol simply has higher operating costs than other companies. I'm guessing from MDRX8's experiences that it's probably that Zymol mixes up a tub of Vintage in very small batches, or possibly even individually. This means that the costs of materials and manufacturing setups gets spread over a much smaller number of units. It's not like Mother's or
Meguiars where they're manufacturing tens of thousands of units at a time ready for immediate distribution to stores worldwide.
As mentioned, Zymol markets their product very well. This also costs money and is therefore calculated into the price.
And even if everything i just mentioned is complete mumbo-jumbo, you can't deny that their marketing and presentation of their product is superb. Imagine this example: Two restaurants serve the same T-bone steak. One is served to you in a quiet booth by a finely dressed waiter, on expensive china. The other serves your steak on a chipped piece of farberware, by a sweaty guy named Murray wearing a stained white tank-top. Can you REALLY say that one is no better than the other? If you don't care about ambiance, atmosphere, professionalism, or cleanliness, then sure, you can say that both steaks are exactly the same. But if you DO care about those things, then they obviously have value to you, and the restaurant has every right to charge you for it.