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Ralph Conway
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Re: Fire sale prices on Canon?


Itīs easy. All those \"bargain prices\" still mean that they do big profits.
Itīs old stuff. Developing costs are already in. Do you really belive a 200 2.0 costs as much in production as an ordinary car?. Do you belive an Ipad ore phone costs (given example) a 4rth of its sales price. I do not. A new \"standard\" lense sold 10.000 times brings back all costs of developing and production. I guess. After itīs produced at $ 50 but sold at 500. Every jeans you wear is produced at $ 2-8 and after 2 or three companies added their \"value\", your local atore buy it for ten and offers it at a \"bargain\" of 50 to you (here in germany). If they do not sell it they make a special of 40 and a special rest sales of 25 and still earn 15.

Why should it be different with camerasor gear?
Does anyone really belive that the trepod mount of an 70-200 4.0 L IS USM \"costs\" 15% of the lens? Its an 3$ product, if produced 10.000 times And a lost plastic cover is charged at 30 €? The lens was 300. Just a 10 pence plastic cover, offered by \"nonames at 10€ (what stil means 10.000 % profit).

Ralph



Dec 20, 2011 at 07:23 PM





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