Adam Maas wrote: > 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 >
Read again what you just wrote. You're talking about low *production* - supply! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
