Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kip Babington wrote: > > Sadly, most of us (including me, most of the time) forget our basic economics - > for a company in business to make a profit, the appropriate price point for an > item is that which the traffic will bear. (Real economists can tell us the > more technical term for it, no doubt.) Personally, I've been just as surprised > at what N**** wants for a molded plastic bayonet hood for one of their consumer > zooms (or a branded lens cap, for that matter) - but they seem to sell enough > at the prices they charge to make it worth their while. > > If we want Leica to be around for long into the future, we should all hope they > continue to do a good job of pricing their products at what the traffic will > bear. > > Cheers, > Kip > > Frank Filippone wrote, in part: > > > ........When I asked the price, I had a stroke........ > > > > Was it comparable to the $5555 Nikon Lenshood, or just plain way outta > > line? I think Leica has done a good job of pricing its equipment at what > > the market will bear sort of price. If this puts it to bed then great! I for one am intrigued as hell that some many of us for so long could go on with on these posts about some weirdly overpriced Nikon Lens hood. I honest to god thought is was a Joke until just yesterday. I still do! Nikon is a company who lists lenses which if you order one: THEN they get started on making one for you! Should a lens hood cost 1% the prince of the lens? In this case maybe it would! But is guess it is some freak thing for collectors! Oh goody!\ I think that's it! We're talking sometimes here hand crafted special order items we assume only government agencies would have interest in. I'd have more interest in that! That's how I see it! mark