Respectful question. When I buy a used GM, Ford, or Chrysler automobile, how much does that help the manufacturer today? Aftermarket parts are profitable, I agree.
But if I can purchase a used camera/car at 1/2 price, will I ever make up the difference in parts? Tom C. On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 10:53 PM, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 9, 2010, at 10:41 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > >> On 3/9/2010 10:15 PM, William Robb wrote: >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Savage" >>> Subject: Re: 645D Exists (Or Will Soon) >>> >>> >>>> LOL >>>> >>>> Pentax is onto a money maker. >>>> >>> >>> This is kinda the conundrum with camera makers these days. They put as nice >>> a camera on the market as they can, and people will refuse to buy it until >>> the price comes down 50%. >>> It's like we want them to go out of business. >>> >>> William Robb >>> >>>>> Sounds like a lot of camera for 9400 retail. But only ISO 1600 max >>>>> sensitivity. Same metering system as K7, which is a plus. I want one, but >>>>> I'm going to wait until it's available used for 4K. >>> >>> >>> >> We don't? >> > I don't. But I'm not going to go broke trying to support them. That would be > ridiculous. > > However, getting on board in the resell market is a plus for a manufacturer, > because they sell lenses. Plus, providing a secondary market makes the deal > better for the original investors. HIgh resale value is a plus for any > marketer. > Paul > >> -- >> {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 >> Courier New;}} >> \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 I've just upgraded to Thunderbird 3.0 and the >> interface subtly weird.\par >> } >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
