Many thanks for taking the time, William, interesting reading. On Mon, 2 May 2005, William Robb wrote:
> We were so profitable that we started selling cameras as loss leader items. > I remember the Minlota Maxxum 7000 body selling retail out of my camera > store for $399.99. The dealer net on the camera was a over $400.00 and the > list was something like $800.00. <snip> > But it's what the consumer wanted, or else it would never have happened. Surely selling cameras as loss leaders was a bad idea that had nothing to do with the customer. No? Kostas