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Second-hand Fujifilm shortage on ebay & prices going up?

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Jerry-astro
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Re: Care to support that theory with some real data...?
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AyeYo wrote:

Why take my word for it when the CEO himself made it abundantly clear that the camera division isn't a money maker and is likely a money loser?

Fuji appears to be making very few cameras, blaming the now comical excuse "muh shortages", and for those very few cameras there is demand - thus they're perpetually out of stock.

If someone wants to get into the Fuji system for the standard reasons that made Fuji popular in the first place (compact, build quality, user experience) there's simply no reason to get new gear when the old gear is just as good and WAS readily available at deep discounts. Contrast this with brands like Sony and Canon, in which new gear greatly outperforms old gear both in functionality AND image quality - that leads to much lower demand and lower prices on old gear.

OK, thanks for responding.  Honestly, you appear to be very sour on the brand and apparently you feel compelled to share that here.  That’s certainly your privilege, but debating all this with you feels like a complete waste of time and energy as your arguments are primarily just personal opinion with little in the way of real facts or data to back them.  Sounds like you’d be much happier with Sony or Canon gear, and if I felt the same way, that would be the direction I would pursue.

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