I think the jealousy comes not from the fact that this guy has so much money to spend on a suit, but the fear that will become the going rate for fursuits from top makers, and those who have spent years saving up $1000's will have a target than turns from difficult to nigh on impossible. The difference between $4000 and $13,000 is enormous, it's not the small price rises we are used to.
To use a car analogy, currently most furries, if the save their pennies and put in some effort to save, can afford a Ferrari. If prices like this become the norm, we see something more akin to the real car market, where "luxury" brands are only accessible to the wealthy and the rest of us have to settle for a Ford Focus (or perhaps a Mercedes). You may argue, that's fine, there's nothing wrong with that scenario. But to the person who currently wants the Ferrari and knows if they only scrimp an extra $1000 they can afford it, a hike like that is shattering their dreams and expectations.
Now there are good reasons to say that $13,000 is not a sustainable going rate. But it can be hard to reassure people of that.
I think the jealousy comes not from the fact that this guy has so much money to spend on a suit, but the fear that will become the going rate for fursuits from top makers, and those who have spent years saving up $1000's will have a target than turns from difficult to nigh on impossible. The difference between $4000 and $13,000 is enormous, it's not the small price rises we are used to.
To use a car analogy, currently most furries, if the save their pennies and put in some effort to save, can afford a Ferrari. If prices like this become the norm, we see something more akin to the real car market, where "luxury" brands are only accessible to the wealthy and the rest of us have to settle for a Ford Focus (or perhaps a Mercedes). You may argue, that's fine, there's nothing wrong with that scenario. But to the person who currently wants the Ferrari and knows if they only scrimp an extra $1000 they can afford it, a hike like that is shattering their dreams and expectations.
Now there are good reasons to say that $13,000 is not a sustainable going rate. But it can be hard to reassure people of that.