Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree with Ken 100%. Seems to me a classical case of cutting your nose to spite your face, in a fit of pique. These things happen all the time, so whats new? We also forget about the benefits that accrue when we buy just before a price hike! Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad On 13-Jan-2013, at 8:02 AM, Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka.org> wrote: > Yes, that $700 rebate for the D600 + 24-85 VR kit within months of its > introduction, which basically gave away the lens for free, certainly raised > a few eye-brows in December. The $700 rebate was for this particular > combination only, and was for less than a couple of weeks, if not just a > few days, according to various sources. > > There are many possible reasons for this, but I suspect that Nikon had boat > loads of 24-85 VR lenses that they needed to unload. Also, the sales of > D600 may not have gone as well as they had hoped for the Christmas season, > after being on the market since Sept 27, 2012. > > This sort of things happen all the time, particularly in technology > products. In fact, you must EXPECT something like this to happen. The only > thing that depreciate faster than digital cameras is freshly caught fish on > a hot day. You will see that there is a glut of 24-85mm VR lenses on the > used market, and NIBs are selling for $300 or so. Thus, your true cost from > not having taken advantage of the outrageous rebate offer was only about > that much. > > However, how long did you use your D600 before the rebate was announced? > What would have been the opportunity cost of NOT having the D600 for the > weeks you owned it, from not selling photographs taken with your D600? More > than $300, I'd suspect. > > And by selling all the used equipment you own now, you are incurring > further cost which would certainly be in the thousands. > > So, it makes no business sense to me to sell your Nikon gear out of hatred > of a corporate entity, and spending thousands to move to another system > which isn't even well accepted in the marketplace. The Sony has the same > sensor as D600, and seems to cost far more than D600. Perhaps the > availability of Zeiss-branded lenses may be an attraction, but you are the > only one being hurt financially. > > It's just business, as it was for Nikon. > > Sorry to rub salt into your wound, but from the financial point of view > which was your beef with Nikon, you're far better off simply continuing to > use your current equipment, and if you'd like, put some gaffer tape on the > "Nikon" logo. Or, a black Sharpie... > > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 5:27 PM, David Lykes Keenan <ausdlk at > gmail.com>wrote: > >> Nikon offering a $700 rebate within weeks of my buying a D600 at full >> price >> followed by Nikon USA's insulting email correspondence and inaction >> afterward as I sought some recourse, has ended my 40 year love for Nikon >> and its cameras. >> >> Gone is the D600 and shortly all of my Nikon gear (except for my 1960s >> Nikomat and 43-86mm zoom). >> >> Enter the brave new world of the Sony A99. Wow. >> >> So, good riddance Nikon -- this disrespected former customer will never >> buy >> or recommend one of your products ever again. >> >> . >> Dave. >> >> -- >> See my 2012 Picture A Week (PAW) Gallery >> <http://www.dlkphotography.com/paw>originally begun in 2007. >> Please join my photography mailing >> list< >> http://dlkphotography.us2.list-manage2.com/subscribe?u=3d9dfbb5b18c4817532a37b90&id=4dd441d8fe >> . >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > -- > Ken Iisaka > first name at last name dot org or com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information