p.1 #5 · Up to $300 off with new Canon instant rebates
Chumma wrote:
Canon's pricing strategy is like loading camels. You load as much as possible, then take a little bit off.
That's a good one I gotta remember.
Those "rebates" make them look stupid and less than trustworthy.
p.1 #7 · Up to $300 off with new Canon instant rebates
EB-1 wrote:
Why, did they raise prices first?
EBH
Come on, we've been online long enough to know that they do that for every rebate. Didn't we go thru the same discussion every time? Basically, this is a price raise within a month, for example:
The rebate that ended on 2/2/13:
24mm f/1.4L II ($200 rebate)
Original: $1,699
After rebate: $1,499
24mm f/3.5L II ($250 rebate)
Original: $2,199
After rebate: $1,949
50mm f/1.2L ($180 rebate)
Original: $1,479
After rebate: $1,299
Current rebate:
24mm f/1.4L II ($150 rebate)
Original: $1,709
After rebate: $1,559
24mm f/3.5L II (no rebate)
Original: $2,089
50mm f/1.2L ($180 rebate)
Original: $1,579
After rebate: $1,399
p.1 #8 · Up to $300 off with new Canon instant rebates
You guys make it sound like photo dealers are merely slaves of Canon, doing their bidding. In reality Canon is competing for sales against not only Nikon, Sony, Olympus, etc., but all sorts of other devices and services the dealer is pushing. So anything Canon can do to get the dealer to floor and push more stock is fair game. The dealer is responsible for passing on the savings to the buyer. Some might toss you a bone but if market demand is strong they can and will work some or most of the rebate back into their cash register. I'm pretty sure the wholesale net was the same before and during the rebate.
I worked in musical instrument retail for years and we periodically were given rebates to entice volume purchases and fill our floor with their models. Last year if you bought a Takamine Pro guitar with VISA you were refunded $150 if you filled out the app form. We weren't forced by Takamine to raise the price but almost everybody else padded the price because people were buying and the rebate offset it. If no body was buying, the retail price would have stayed the same as before the rebate (not lower due to price control), but deals could be sweetened with accessories, etc.
p.1 #9 · Up to $300 off with new Canon instant rebates
Yes, we do fully realize that the dealers have to follow their agreements with canon. We also do very much realize that they are purely telegraphed future price increases.
I guess I should have made that clear with the word "again" in my original post. In either case, it makes you wonder if they really think they are fooling us (ie that we are stupid) or if they don't care.
p.1 #15 · Up to $300 off with new Canon instant rebates
This (Canon rebate) should be long to the "Fool me once, shame on you... fool me twice, shame on me." category....Perhaps, they just used the rebate to push the fence-sitters, and to measure the market and/or the foolishness of buyers.
p.1 #16 · Up to $300 off with new Canon instant rebates
The yen is falling and falling. This is good for electronics but might be bad for others so I don't want to piss off anyone. When the yen hits $110, we might be seeing a lot of more rebates.
p.1 #19 · Up to $300 off with new Canon instant rebates
dgsphoto wrote:
Why do they even bother!!
There are gullible, purely 'sale crazy' driven impulse buyers in every market.
It's just business, just business...you can find a sucker most anywhere, any time of the year.
Take the money and run, upgrade from box wine to bottled, one ages better, refines it's taste... and enjoy the drink along the way. Sneaky but profitable...yep...so do your homework or get burned.
