I would have bought it myself if it was <2USD, considered it for <3USD. At 5USD, I would need to be in some kind of pain of boredom to consider buying it.
True. I suspect if he temporarily lowered the price to $2-3 while he was getting all this attention he could have gotten a lot more sales. I have very similar price thresholds to yours.
He missed out, and perhaps that says something about why his product isn't doing too well.
I would have bought it myself if it was <2USD, considered it for <3USD. At 5USD, I would need to be in some kind of pain of boredom to consider buying it.