I want to buy a 2006 Cadillac STS. I know it lists for 65K, but on crazyjoeswhatcars cost.com, they say it only costs 40k to build. I think a fair price is 50k (I'd really like to pay less of course). I find it unfair that Cadillac and its dealers have conspired to keep the price artificially high.
I know this is a ridiculous analogy.
Heres one that is reality. I want to get a Nikon D70s digital camera. The newest model, has only been out for a few weeks. At my local dealer it is 1200 bucks. Online, right now, it is selling for around 800. No warranty if I purchase it from an unauthorized dealer. Why is Nikon gouging me by making me pay full retail if I want a warranty? I think a fair price from my dealer would be slightly higher than what the online guy is selling it for. What do you think my chances of getting one of the many local dealers to match this price is? Zero.
I just don't get why this is such a hard thing to understand. Infocus dealers can charge anything they want for any projector. If an authorized dealer wants to sell it for 2500 off list, no problem. If they don't, then either pay the going rate, buy a grey market unit and take your chances, or get another projector. A premium product costs more than a non-premium product. Infocus feels that they offer a premium product. If they are wrong, no one will buy them and soon they won't sell any projectors. Runco, Marantz, Sim all sell the same basic projector, same chipset, same specs for a considerably higher price. No one really ever bitches about them. Infocus takes the brunt of this. Optoma and BenQ offer projectors based on the same chipset that we all know are available at a huge discount. If you don't ike Infocus policies, don't buy their product.
Kramer, you are probably right , sort of. Infocus probably sells far fewer DIY projectors than Optoma, Benq, Panasonic etc. But they sell many many more projectors than these brands through authorized dealers. Kras is right, how many threads have you seen where people ask 'where can I see the Optoma XX projector locally? The answer is no where because displaying dealers won't sell them, they can't make a dime from them when they are sold below cost on the internet.