What is the difference -- or why the giveaway?
Nov 27, 2023 17:51:24 #
frankraney wrote:
It is a loss leader. Lots of stores do this to get you to come in and buy that item and while you're there you buy other stuff. Lost leaders are items that are they pay very little for and have a huge Marck up. Some stores like camera stores added in the price of the camera hoping you will buy from them
Just a sale price...no one is losing much...done all the time.
This is all baked into the cake when the product comes out...no one is winging it in the photography world.
Well maybe OM-D...no one else.
Nov 27, 2023 18:29:27 #
PHRubin wrote:
Camera prices are regulated, they can't be discounted by authorized dealers. However, memory cards are not so to add value to an offering they add it free with a camera.
If I remember correctly years ago almost everyone insisted that their product not be sold less than X price. The government stopped that with a fair-trade act. I don't remember when but that rule has slowly disappeared. anyone know how, why, when?
Nov 30, 2023 00:04:36 #
Bill_de wrote:
New Z800 on B&H is $6500.
Did you order used or type wrong info?
Did you order used or type wrong info?
Typo! I was thinking 300 (off) and hit the 00 with the z8! Most people understood what I was saying!
Nov 30, 2023 00:14:18 #
larryepage
Loc: North Texas area
Toby wrote:
If I remember correctly years ago almost everyone insisted that their product not be sold less than X price. The government stopped that with a fair-trade act. I don't remember when but that rule has slowly disappeared. anyone know how, why, when?
Fair Trade Laws were established by states and allowed (or perhaps required) retailers to sell at a price set by the manufacturer or distributor. The intention was to prevent large sellers from using predatory pricing to drive small sellers out of business or out of the market using excessively low prices.
Current camera pricing agreements prescribe a required minimum price. Licensed retailers etailers are free to sell at or above that price, but not below it. I have found it interesting that both B&H and Walmart sell a tiny bit lower than just about everyone else. I suspect that they are selling at the minimum price, and tlothers are sliding up to a more "standard" pricing amount.
Nov 30, 2023 11:09:50 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
I've heard Abe's of Maine has great prices.
I have read many warnings on this site about Abe's poor and dishonest service.
Nov 30, 2023 11:16:47 #
Toby wrote:
I have read many warnings on this site about Abe's poor and dishonest service.
So, you trust only some things you read on the internet? How do you decide?
Nov 30, 2023 11:58:30 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
So, you trust only some things you read on the internet? How do you decide?
I trust almost nothing I read on the internet unless it is from a reliable source. I hope the posters on this site are more honest than the general public because they are a select group writing to a select group.
Nov 30, 2023 12:04:06 #
Toby wrote:
I trust almost nothing I read on the internet unless it is from a reliable source. I hope the posters on this site are more honest than the general public because they are a select group writing to a select group.
LOL
Nov 30, 2023 15:22:59 #
Canisdirus wrote:
If you a person who like to buy...bundles...shop at Adorama...not B&H.
They do far more bundling.
They do far more bundling.
I just got a free $199 battery grip, $29 sd card, and a $94 bag from B&H with my Fuji XH2
Nov 30, 2023 22:28:38 #
WayneL wrote:
I just got a free $199 battery grip, $29 sd card, and a $94 bag from B&H with my Fuji XH2
At least you looked around first...well done.
B&H does bundle...but not like Adorama does.
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