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X-Pro3 Prices following the X100V...

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John Gellings
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Re: X-Pro3 Prices following the X100V...
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sprouty115 wrote:

So you're saying this is a common occurrence - stock gets low and prices for used gear rises beyond the original MSRP for other camera makers?

Just in Fuji and Leica have I seen it happen.  AND only recently for Fuji with the X100V, X-Pro3 and X-E4.  However, only in some places in the world.  For instance here in Chile, it is not happening.  We are used to things being out of stock and just waiting.

Another thing though is that used Fuji camera prices have went up a few hundred as well in the last year.  Not down, but up...even for 10 year old models.  Things like the X70 and XF10 go for above MSRP right now too...and they are many years old.  Fujifilm will have to take this into account in the future for their more niche products.  They have to be paying attention.

I saw it with Leica many years ago...around the release of the M9.  Lens prices got stupid due to shortage of supply.  I had a friend who would make thousands over MSRP on the Noctilux .95 each time he sold them.  He simply put him self on many waiting lists and when he was called, spend the $10,000 and flipped it soon after for thousands more.

I'm honestly asking, because I hadn't noticed it before the X100V.

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