Chris,
I'd never pay that for a 3Ti and yours (and mine) 4Ti in most respects gets
the same job done but one thing you're overlooking is the law of supply
and demand. I was involved a bit in VW's research in the 90s into whether
they should market the "New Beetle". (I was wholeheartedly for it) I also saw
firsthand after it's sales introduction people running around who just
"HAD TO" get one for their wife or kid approach new owners and offer them
$5,000 over list price if they'd sell theirs to them. Same thing several years
back with the Toyota Prius. They were so wildly popular that Toyota could
have priced it $5,000 higher and still sold a similar amount. But price
gouging is illegal so the best they could do is price a used one that was on
the lot and could actually be bought that day higher than a new one that the
buyer would have to wait 3 months for delivery.
Same thing went on for years with Harley Davidsons. Dealers would charge
you $1,000 just to be put on the list to be offered one when they arrived.
But there'd be a long wait. I have a friend who used to buy one every year
and turn around and immediately sell it to someone else on the list for $1K
to 2K more than he just paid for it.
George
In a message dated 3/10/2010 6:17:09 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Zorki and Leica are not made in the same factory by the same company using
many of the same parts. The OM-3Ti and OM-4Ti are.
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