Paul Crovella wrote: > Adam Maas wrote: >> Pentax lenses, which are in lower supply and demand, have a restricted >> number of sellers > > Adam, yes, *that* is supply and demand. The supply is low and while the > demand isn't huge, it's big enough in relation to supply to keep prices up. > > Saying that they cost more because they don't sell is ludicrous.
Actually, it isn't. Low-production items need to have larger profit margins to be economically viable (since they have to cover a larger amount per unit of your non-production costs and profit). And the cost of production is higher as well, since you lose many of the benefits of mass production (notably the ability to negotiate lower costs per unit of the necessary materials for manufacture because you aren't buying as much). So, yes, an item will cost more if it sells notably less. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
