Idea Paint 50 Sqft

Cool product and I love the marketing story, but not as good as a whiteboard (too hard to get smooth) and VERY expensive:

http://www.amazon.com/IdeaPaint-Sq-Ft-Kit-Whiteboard/dp/B002... $175 for a 50 sqft area - $3.5/sqft... a lot more expensive than the cheap tileboard that many startups on the cheap use:

http://www.lowes.com/pd_61082-46498-31023248_0__?productId=3... $10 for 10 sqft - $1/sqft

Another cool idea (that I've never seen/tried) is Whiteyboard http://www.whiteyboard.com/ $35 for 20sqft - $1.75/sqft

Incidentally, we decided to hell with all of these things and that it was worth it to spend $400 on a kickass whiteboard and ended up with this http://www.amazon.com/Quick-Ship-Deluxe-Reversible-Markerboa... (but paid closer to $400). It is awesome - rolls around and flips

Does anyone know why whiteboards are so damn expensive?

Cheaper than Ideapaint... Anyone have first hand experience using both?

$/Sqft comparison

Whiteyboard - $75 for 30sqft - $2.5/sqft -http://www.whiteyboard.com/

Ideapaint - $175 for a 50 sqft area - $3.5/sqft... http://www.amazon.com/IdeaPaint-Sq-Ft-Kit-Whiteboard/dp/B002...

Tileboard (often makes sense for a bootstrappers whiteboard) - $10 for 10 sqft - $1/sqft - http://www.lowes.com/pd_61082-46498-31023248_0__?productId=3...

While these are all cool, we decided to hell with all of these things and that it was worth it to spend $400 on a kickass whiteboard that flips and does tricks and ended up with this http://www.amazon.com/Quick-Ship-Deluxe-Reversible-Markerboa... (paid ~$400 for it). It is awesome - rolls around and flips and we can take it with us to our new office, which is important.

Does anyone know why whiteboards are so damn expensive?

Congrats to whiteyboard, I think it's an awesome problem to tackle!