its simple...f3nikon:
NAME A BRAND THAT SELLS CHEAP!!
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Recommendations for a "less expensive" strobe
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NAME A BRAND THAT SELLS CHEAP!!
end of story...
Such a way with words........:luxhello:Mike Veitch:
ROFLMAO
It doesn't matter what it costs to build one. At all. And it certainly doesn't translate into a "rule of thumb" for purchasing.
If one doesn't like the price of something, don't buy it. Simple.
It's not about consumers getting duped or a company being greedy. Each product comes out with a price. If the market thinks it's fair, the product survives.
To discuss how much you believe a company spends to create, market, support, trouble-shoot and manufacture something and then for you to decide that it costs too much to buy is a personal thing - it isn't a fact. How complex the item is often doesn't have much bearing on how much it sells for - the company sets a price and let's the market work itself out. Have you seen the price on some skateboards?? These are not complex bits of electronics and the decks alone can hit the $135+
. Checked out bridal veils lately? They want like $250 for some of these - and they ain't that complex either...some will see the value in spending that, some won't. Neither set of people are right or wrong (moderately insane maybe 
).
I have spent over $700 on a strobe and under $500 - neither time did I feel I paid too much for what I bought. Others may feel differently. That's fine.
And none of this particularly is helpful, imho, and I can't believe I bothered to type it LOL
It doesn't matter what it costs to build one. At all. And it certainly doesn't translate into a "rule of thumb" for purchasing.
If one doesn't like the price of something, don't buy it. Simple.
It's not about consumers getting duped or a company being greedy. Each product comes out with a price. If the market thinks it's fair, the product survives.
To discuss how much you believe a company spends to create, market, support, trouble-shoot and manufacture something and then for you to decide that it costs too much to buy is a personal thing - it isn't a fact. How complex the item is often doesn't have much bearing on how much it sells for - the company sets a price and let's the market work itself out. Have you seen the price on some skateboards?? These are not complex bits of electronics and the decks alone can hit the $135+
. Checked out bridal veils lately? They want like $250 for some of these - and they ain't that complex either...some will see the value in spending that, some won't. Neither set of people are right or wrong (moderately insane maybe ).I have spent over $700 on a strobe and under $500 - neither time did I feel I paid too much for what I bought. Others may feel differently. That's fine.
And none of this particularly is helpful, imho, and I can't believe I bothered to type it LOL
f3nikon
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Mike Veitch:
ebay!!!!
alcina:
just use short capitalized words like i did... more subtle..
f3nikon
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alcina:ROFLMAO
It doesn't matter what it costs to build one. At all. And it certainly doesn't translate into a "rule of thumb" for purchasing.
If one doesn't like the price of something, don't buy it. Simple.
It's not about consumers getting duped or a company being greedy. Each product comes out with a price. If the market thinks it's fair, the product survives.
To discuss how much you believe a company spends to create, market, support, trouble-shoot and manufacture something and then for you to decide that it costs too much to buy is a personal thing - it isn't a fact. How complex the item is often doesn't have much bearing on how much it sells for - the company sets a price and let's the market work itself out. Have you seen the price on some skateboards?? These are not complex bits of electronics and the decks alone can hit the $135+
I have spent over $700 on a strobe and under $500 - neither time did I feel I paid too much for what I bought. Others may feel differently. That's fine.
And none of this particularly is helpful, imho, and I can't believe I bothered to type it LOL
Yes, the skateboards are expensive but I was comparing a strobe to a digital camera not a skateboard.
wow.. you think ebay will sue that manufacturer for using their name as a brand for a strobe?f3nikon:
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Mike Veitch:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=details&Q=&is=REG&O=productlist&sku=200100
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/con...737&is=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation
I know it's tough to defend plain ol greed.
Oh stop...this is too funny, I can't take it 
hehehehehehheheeee
hehehehehehheheeee
aha!! that only took 6 pages.... my fingers are sore from holding the pliers pulling those teeth...f3nikon:
yes, i agree, those are toys and that is a lot to pay for one...
nowhere in the league of the Inon for quality, goes back to the get what you pay for idea....
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