It's a situation that can't be changed without spiting oneself. You guys that work at camera and photog places likely manage your money in the same way in other areas of spending.
My wife wants a new vacum cleaner, a Dyson. So we went and researched them. The one she likes sells for $579.99 from the manufacturer and $579.99 + tax at all local retail outlets, and $579.99 from the the big online stores like Best Buy. Guess what, a volume dealer with an ebay store sells it for $500, no tax and free shipping. He's willing to take less of a profit to to make the sale. What would possibly convince me to take $80 - $110 out my wallet and give it away for nothing?
It's sad, but unfortunately the way the system works.
Tom C.
From: Henri Toivonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Film is dead... Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:12:54 +0200
Man, am I the only one to think that this is *really sad*? It's not easy to get people to understand the consequences either.
To make things worse, people don't buy their cameras in a shop anymore. They come to the shop, look at the cameras, touch and feel and ask questions, then they say straight out that they will go home and order one from the net because it's alot cheaper.
Yep. We don't even stock cameras any more.
