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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Are Camera and Lens Prices Contractually Fixed? | |
That's interesting, my message didn't show up with the quote. Anyways, and I think that's bull. That's how us as consumers get screwed. I know all about manufacturing processes, I've been an engineer for years. And though I know that camera lenses are more difficult to make, there is no way that a lens that sells for $2000 costs that much to make. Probably more along the lines of about $200-$300 to make. They keep the costs up because people use them in their profession, even though it's only a small percentage of people who use them outside of a hobby so because of the small percentage of pro's using them us hobbiests get screwed. Same goes with things like music. I was a DJ for 10 years. A lot of the music I purchased cost three to four times what a regular CD costs because it had a mix of songs on it. I know for a fact that it didn't cost any more to manufacture that CD then it did any other CDs but because I was using it in a business they over inflated the price 4 to 5 times. Its because of stuff like this that photographers have to charge so much money for a shoot because they have to make up the cost of their equipment. But yeah, I'm just on a rant now
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