"Collin B" <[email protected]> wrote: >>We all spend what we may spend on camera gear and that can be different for >each. I was hoping to say >>that buying used saves us money, but does that equal helping Pentax? What >if most of used Pentax gear is >>sold to fund switch to other brands? Then used purchases do not help Pentax >and money is funneled to >>Pentax competition instead. >> >>Kim > >It does help, though indirectly. By raising the value (both price and >desirability) of use equipment the prices (and income generated from) new >equipment help the company. >Scarcity raises prices. It's that old supply-demand question. And it >works.
In other words: Demand for used gear drives up the prices of used gear. Which in turn makes the purchase of new gear a relatively smaller step up, economically. If a particular new lens costs $1000 and the used equivalent costs $500 then buying used is an very attractive choice. But if the used price climbs closer toward $1000 the option of buying the new product looks more attractive. -- 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.
