On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:11 AM, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adam Maas" > Subject: Re: List focus shift (WAS: Re: K20D Hot Pixels) > > >> But the Pentax dropped significantly much earlier in its life. Look at >> the D80, which was launched concurrently with the K10D and has seen >> significant price drops, but still sells for about $200 more than the >> K10D did last fall. >> >> I understand price drops, they make sense. But Pentax overdid it with the >> K10D. > > The K10 came onto the market at a price drop, and they just continued the > process. > It makes sense in a way, since if the price is percieved to be on the high > side, people will put > off the purchase until after they drop the price. > OTOH, it makes one wonder what is the point of supporting the company by > buying early, when all > the thanks the early adaptor gets is a warm feeling, knowing that they are, > effectively, being > ripped off by price gouging when the product first comes out. > > William Robb >
However when your flagship is priced $50 over your base model (K10D vs K100D Super) your pricing is moronic. The K10D came out at a mild discount over a D80, which is similar spec and released about the same time. Maybe a $100 price difference. 8 months later the K10D was over $300 cheaper than the D80, which had dropped about $100 or so. That's just ridiculous pricing. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
