Mark up on prices

[Michael55291]

I bought a C-2100 just last August from dbuys.com for $512 and out of curiosity checked the price today at the same site and it's $697.

That's a pretty big increase for a camera long rumored to be "discontinued" even more so when you see CompUSA selling it for less than $400

So just what is the mark up on cameras online 100-150% ? and retail stores must be 200% ?
Just amazes me that the price seems more volatile than the S&P 500
BTW:I think it's a great camera even for $700 --Michael
Olympus C2100UZ
http://www.pbase.com/mcwilliams

 

[Ted]

Might be just poor website maintenance. I've seen some sites out there that still list cameras that have been discontinued for a couple of years, but still show up listing their original price...like old 1 megapixel cameras for six or seven hundred bucks. They may have deleted the current price page when they stopped carrying the camera, but the old pages still show up when you perform a search. That would be my guess, but if you want to confirm that, just give them a call.

I bought a C-2100 just last August from dbuys.com for $512 and out
of curiosity checked the price today at the same site and it's $697.
That's a pretty big increase for a camera long rumored to be
"discontinued" even more so when you see CompUSA selling it for
less than $400
So just what is the mark up on cameras online 100-150% ? and retail
stores must be 200% ?
Just amazes me that the price seems more volatile than the S&P 500
BTW:I think it's a great camera even for $700
--
Michael
Olympus C2100UZ
http://www.pbase.com/mcwilliams

 

[Scotsman]

Standard markup is 100%. I would bet that changes a lot when you get someone like CompUSA or BestBuy involved. I tend to think that the 2100 isn't going away. Now if there is a 3100, even at a much higher price, it might. I would think that a replacement would be lined up first and so far there isn't one.

I bought a C-2100 just last August from dbuys.com for $512 and out
of curiosity checked the price today at the same site and it's $697.
That's a pretty big increase for a camera long rumored to be
"discontinued" even more so when you see CompUSA selling it for
less than $400
So just what is the mark up on cameras online 100-150% ? and retail
stores must be 200% ?
Just amazes me that the price seems more volatile than the S&P 500
BTW:I think it's a great camera even for $700
--
Michael
Olympus C2100UZ
http://www.pbase.com/mcwilliams

 

[Juli Valley]

I bought mine from buydig.com in August for $505. It is listed at $599 now

but out of stock. It had gone up a month or more ago when I checked. Maybe they read us and know it's in demand. --21oo, B-3oo3o4oJuli

 

[Rosty Caryk]

Just saw a price in CompUSA store for $479.

I bought mine from buydig.com in August for $505. It is listed at
$599 now
but out of stock. It had gone up a month or more ago when I
checked. Maybe they read us and know it's in demand.
--
21oo, B-3oo
3o4o
Juli

 

[rglass]

Haven't seen it selling at CompUSA for under $400...best I have seen is
$469....It is $499 here in Alabama

 

[Leo]

I paid $469 for my 2100 at CompUSA.
Leo

I bought a C-2100 just last August from dbuys.com for $512 and out
of curiosity checked the price today at the same site and it's $697.
That's a pretty big increase for a camera long rumored to be
"discontinued" even more so when you see CompUSA selling it for
less than $400
So just what is the mark up on cameras online 100-150% ? and retail
stores must be 200% ?
Just amazes me that the price seems more volatile than the S&P 500
BTW:I think it's a great camera even for $700
--
Michael
Olympus C2100UZ
http://www.pbase.com/mcwilliams

 

[Michael55291]

I paid $469 for my 2100 at CompUSA.
Leo

Sorry if I mis-spoke,I had thought that the price at CompUSA was below $400,I stand corrected--MichaelOlympus C2100UZ http://www.pbase.com/mcwilliams

 

[Juli Valley]

I paid $469 for my 2100 at CompUSA.
Leo

Sorry if I mis-spoke,I had thought that the price at CompUSA was
below $400,I stand corrected
--
Michael
Olympus C2100UZ
http://www.pbase.com/mcwilliams

It was $399 briefly because of a mistake. Some folks got lucky and got one for that price. --21oo, B-3oo3o4oJuli