You do lose money if you buy too many to get a good price and the market then goes south due to better cheaper models before you have sold them all. This happens all the time in technology based retail... I dont think you have any real basis to KNOW that they are NOT losing money on these. I have a hunch they are. To say they put these kits together fairly cheaply could be quite wrong... jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 4:12 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: *istD kits down to $499 New Because I worked in Retail John, you don't make money by loosing money on each sale and making it up on volume. J. C. O'Connell wrote: > I still dont see why you think this seller > got/gets the NEW *istD bodies cheap. They may be > losing their ass on them. I dont know, > but how do you? > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of P. J. Alling > Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 4:30 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: *istD kits down to $499 New > > > Think computers, the *ist-D is a discontinued computer. It's > replacement is available now. It's being dumped before another > generation makes it unsaleable. The 28-80 doesn't have a sterling > reputation and they were made to be sold with the *ist film cameras. > I'll bet Pentax has a ton of them, for which there is not much demand. > Most film users can afford cameras with higher perceived value most of > which can use or need to use an aperture ring. The lens is an orphan. > Once again it's being dumped before it becomes unsaleable. This is just > > the beginning of the price slide. B&H photo is still selling the > *ist-D > > for 799 without lens. But look to see much deeper discounting real > soon. Face it with an APS sensor 28-80 is not a very popular focal > length. > 18-50 or so is. > > J. C. O'Connell wrote: > >> High price? Wasnt the istD originally >> over $1000 for just the body? This is >> about $450 for a new *istD body and >> about $50 for all the rest including the >> FAJ lens by my estimate.....How do you >> know they got them (the bodies) cheap? >> jco >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >> Of P. J. Alling >> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 3:29 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: *istD kits down to $499 New >> >> >> Nope, not wide at all, (like 43mm on a FF film camera), and the FAJ >> is FF. They're unloading a kit they put together fairly cheaply at a >> relatively high price. >> >> J. C. O'Connell wrote: >> >> >>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160060811759 >>> >>> Seems like they are trying to unload these >>> older leftover models now..... >>> >>> How about that kit lens : Pentax SMC FAJ 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Autofocus >>> Zoom Lens? Is that a APS or FF lens? Curious be because 28 isnt very >>> wide on APS now is it? >>> >>> jco >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
