Since Nikon D800/D800E released, there is no price drop on this camera. Recently some rumors said that Nikon will reduce the price of the Nikon D800/D800E in the US on December 15th, 2012. A instant rebate like the D600.
I wouldn't call $200 a considerable price drop -- its normal for Nikon to drop its price after the first 6 months or so has gone by ... this has traditionally happened with all of their bodies.
Andre Labonte wrote:
Nikon should take a new approach on this.
Announce new camera at 90% of final price but with the expectation that there "may" be bugs that will need to be fixed.
Make bug detection & fixes fast and easy in the first 6 months.
After the first 6 months, the price goes up to 100% value and turn-around time estimates for any fixes needed goes up by 50%
This would motivate the early adopters and limit the amount of "I'm going to wait" buyers as well as the discout expectation.
From a business perspective: raising prices is very hard, and typically you receive a lashback. Most of the time, to raise a price, you usually have to add a feature (and 'no bugs!' is not a feature) in order to sell it to the public. Additionally, you generally don't want to so say that you are releasing a flawed product.
What they could have is a limited edition early adopter coupon with an expiration date for people who have registered product.
That would cut down on complaints (since buyers got consideration), increase sales quickly (if they could be satisfied, especially near the end of the coupon period)
That said; a couple of years ago, Nik raised prices and didn't give a sh**t
It sounds weird to me. That will bring the price of the D800 closer to the D600, which according to some is not selling as well as they thought. Well...., I guess they should drop also the price for the D600 even further and we would be all happy
Well, for people who are using these cameras for income, a couple of hundred dollars is a few hours work, maybe a day. I'm guessing the pro market that needs the D800 is about saturated. Since if they need it they order in advance and don't really care about the price.
EltonTeng wrote:
It's not loyalty. It's called locked-in customer base.
krickett wrote:
From a business perspective: raising prices is very hard, and typically you receive a lashback. Most of the time, to raise a price, you usually have to add a feature (and 'no bugs!' is not a feature) in order to sell it to the public. Additionally, you generally don't want to so say that you are releasing a flawed product.
It's not that hard, especially when your business model is predicated on restricting what your customers can do rather than turning out a quality product. Nikon's jacked up repair costs pretty significantly this year already.
Javier Munoz wrote:
It sounds weird to me. That will bring the price of the D800 closer to the D600, which according to some is not selling as well as they thought. Well...., I guess they should drop also the price for the D600 even further and we would be all happy
My guess it would make the refurbished D800s even more closer to the D600. I was going to get a D600 sometime after the new year, but I think I might see what goes on with the D800 in the next couple months first.
Wether the hype about 36MP has gone or Nikon fears the upcomming 6D ...
point is the price of the body already went down about 21% (at amazon germany) within the last 9 month. Nikon can feel free, to add some more % to this. D600 shows the same in only 2.5 month right before christmas. As far I can remember I have never seen something like this before. But anyway I guess it is good for all of us.
The lower prise brought D800 back to No 10 again while 5D III fell to 32nd rank (Amazon germany). Before it was the opposite (12/23). Next year FF will be only a bit more pricy than the higher crop cameras and very soon it will be standard I guess.
Rags Hef wrote:
Yup screw the early adopters, you know the ones.
They test the firmware, are without cams for long periods because of tech support turnaround.
What price loyalty.....
Rags
Uh. This is the very nature of being an early adopter.
Prices on goods drop over time. If you are an early adopter, you pay more money for the privilege of using it before everyone else. Is it shocking to you that technology prices drop after the initial release?
This isn't Nikon screwing you. This is you making a conscious decision to purchase a product on or around release day, with the knowledge that it will cost less money 6 months later. If you weren't aware of that, don't blame Nikon: it's the way virtually all markets work.
If a product is half-baked or poorly serviced, that has nothing to do with the pricing issue. Products should be finished and serviced well no matter what.
