This is a supposition which has been repeated in almost every magazine and website in the world. It is common sense, the volumes sold and the fact that many of them are either heavily subsidised or free to a lot of professionals makes it impossible to recoup the development costs which will be higher than cheap models. You keep coming up with the quote that we are all saying EVERY SALE is done at a loss, and we keep telling you that they may make money on INDIVIUAL BODIES BUT NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THE R&D COSTS!!! Did you hear this time?
The point he is trying to make is that you statement (missing from the quote you took) of "Individuals (pros and amateurs) buy retail and not from the company's national distributor." was wrong. > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Rubenstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 12 March 2002 14:16 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Pentax prices > > > This is a supposition on your part, and not a fact that has > been established > anywhere. In five years you've never been able to back it up. > Prima facie the > contention makes no sense. Why would a company in business to > make money, lose > money on every sale to an amateur photographer, when that is > the bulk of their > market? > What point are you trying to make with how you buy your equipment? > > --- P�l Audun Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I believe it's more or less an established fact that they > do. There's no > > money in slr production except for the entry level bodies. > > > > That depends where you are in the world. I don't buy a > single Pentax item > > retail. > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
