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We made fifty and shipped them all to Charleston. . .

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photogopinion Regular Member • Posts: 197
We made fifty and shipped them all to Charleston. . .
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Again, Canon has announced there will be delays delivering the R6ii, the R7 and the R8. “We will continue to take measures for stable product supply.”

Which have obviously failed up to now. Again. Isn’t it about time that somebody pinned the companies down on these jollies and asked for a clear indication of when the ordinary customer might expect to be able to buy the new wonder product?

Meanwhile, there will be (already are) people saying, “Ah, just proves how popular this wonderful new X Y or Z is” with no justification at all. Canon could have just produced fifty R8’s, all of which went to enthuse influencers in Charleston, and got orders for 70. Who knows?

Is Canon (and to some extent Nikon, similarly, whose customers consistently also face delivery delays) just relying on hype by influencers on Youtube to get their sales going?

Are they really so consistently incapable of fixing a ‘stable product supply’ or ensuring the delivery of components for a new product after a couple of years of experiencing parts shortages and logistical difficulties? Or so bad at predicting sales of one?

You can watch a hundred videos about how wonderful camera X is, but if you can’t actually get it for months, or don’t know when, how many would-be buyers really do hold out for it instead of getting the ‘next best slightly less wonderful’ one?

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