$3,699! A very conscionable price! They would start to accept advanced orders of the product on the Lantern Festival, which was the 23rd of the month. Customers who placed pre-orders on that day would enjoy a discount of $300! Which meant that it was $3,399! It only cost $3,399 to bring a "Wa-wah robot" back home… the promotional price only lasted one day.
This price was finally set after an intensive round of discussions and research. Originally, Chen Jin had wanted to set a price of $3,299 - meaning that he would earn around $800 for each robot sold. But, he realized that it was not practical, as the government charged a production tax of 3%. This had caused the production costs to increase by $100.
With the additional considerations of building a better after-sales service system, the per unit cost had to be increase by another $300. Hence, the final price was set at $3,699.
