On Mar 9, 2010, at 11:02 PM, Tom C wrote: > 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. > You help the carmakers considerably when you buy used, because you're supporting the residual value, which makes leasing tenable. Unfortunately, that doesn't apply to cameras. But used camera buyers purchase lenses, and that's where much of the profit lies. Paul > 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.
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