Swiss machine/german evolution type on Ebay.

**Sage Oz** · 04-10-2012, 03:50 AM

How is what I am saying being misunderstood? Am i not writing in proper and concise English? I believe that if you reread my posts you will see that I have not said anything negative about the abilities of the German. For the third time now I will say that everything I have heard about the performance of the German is good. I do believe though that all machines and tattoo equiptment in general should be refined and of the highest quality. Our equipment should be built to a very high medical standard and use the best materials and design reasonable. I am not, once again implying that a more expensive machine will make anyone a better artist, however they WILL make your tattoos better, hurt less, heal faster, be more vibrant, your customers happier and application more comfortable confident easy and fun. And yes I do think our machines should cost a fuckload and be accessible to pros only and not done on a budget. The evolution looks like it was designed in the 80's and could use a facelift and better ergonomics and nicer hardware and if it costs 10cents more every time i use it during its life to have those improvements, then that's worth it. A $400 machine used an estimated 3000hours over a 5 year period(2hrs a day X 300days a year) is a whopping 14cents per hour!!!!! Half a beer less a day can pay for a pair of centris. And then you can resell them for $400 apiece after you've made $100,000 or more from them first. Not a bad deal but not cheap enough for some people apparently. We charge $100-200 hour and you guys think that 14 cents of that paid to another tattooist that made an amazing piece of technical art for you to use is just too expensive, that the tattoo marketplace NEEDS a machine that only costs 4 cents an hour to run?!? Please am I asking too much for builders and vendors to give a shit and stop trying to make the fast easy cheap buck?!?