Stan Halpin wrote: > [...] > > A different analogy, closer to home. I bought an MZ-S from my local dealer > for the MSRP, about $975 as I recall. Others at the time were buying from > B&H for $795 or so. Doesn't mean that my dealer was charging "too much", or > that I paid too much, just that I included different elements in my own > "value" equation.
One more example? I recently purchased a camera at my local camera store. A store that's been there for a very long time. I paid about $100 to $125 more than I could have got it for on eBay or one of the web dealers. That amounts to about 20% more than I could have got it elsewhere. But, I partronize this store whenever I can to keep it in business and have a local place to return the camera to, should anything heppen to it. If I have any problem with it at all, all I need do is drive down the street and talk to the nice gent behind the counter! I figure that's worth a pretty fair premium to be able to do that. In the end, I'll remember the store much longer than I'll remember the extra money I paid to keep him in business... keith whaley
