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

AyeYo wrote:

Truman Prevatt wrote:

AyeYo wrote:

Jerry-astro wrote:

AyeYo wrote:

UsherFellig wrote:

And in less than 24 hours, the Fuji X100S I flagged as newly in at KEH is gone. No surprise--when super-nice-condition examples in the X100 series land there, they don't usually stay long. This is probably a fair example of what some posts are pointing out in this thread. One suspects it could be a combination of collectors and market pressures triggered by the shortages.

I think as was pointed out in another thread, there's not a huge incentive to buy the lastest gen Fuji gear, plus it's constantly out of stock. So new people wanting to get into Fuji are going for older gear.

So, let me get this straight. You claim that there isn't a "huge incentive" for people to buy the latest Fuji gear, yet it appears to be "constantly out of stock." So, your suggestion here must be that Fujifilm is only building a very limited number of cameras for which there is apparently decent demand? Who knows... you might be right, but what evidence would you offer to support the contention that sales are under expectations other than yet just another opinion on the internet? The fact that you might be underwhelmed with the latest offerings doesn't necessarily suggest that sales are weak, or do you have some additional data to offer (or something I might have missed earlier) to support that contention?

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?

So what. I expect Fujifilm is breaking even at best. However, where did he say that they were going to stop supporting the camera business? Were did he say that they were going to spin it off? Given me your reference.

Where did I say that he said either of those things?

Did you happen to forget this -

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/66511241

Seems to me that was written by you and it seems to be the implication you are making.

So yea, that was your point.  So lets see your evidence.  If you can't produce it - then what is your point?