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GX7+lens price drops

Started Dec 3, 2013 | Discussions thread
baxters Veteran Member • Posts: 5,319
Re: GX7+lens price drops

The kit lens is severely marked up as a stand alone and must be that way just to catch the occasional buyers that break or lose their original version.

When I look at the 20mm and 14mm, it is easy to conclude that the 2X difference in street price is markup. Both lens and camera have good margins, and they are willing to forgo the lens markup if it sells the camera better. Meanwhile the camera price is unmarred by discounts.

In the USA, sometimes I have seen price drops where the body alone costs more than with the kit.

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