How about a buy three...get one free from Canon?

[westernminnguy]

Responding to a post got me thinking. If I wanted the newest, I bought it.

For example....Here's what I bought new technology.

350D when it came out $1,000 +. A year or so later I could have saved $400 or more by waiting.

5D $3,700 new. I could have saved $1,000 or more by waiting a year.

40D $1,250 or something like that new. I could have saved $400 or more by waiting.

XH A1 video cam. $4,100 kit. Probably could have saved $1,000 or more by waiting there.

So in all my buy the newest technology from Canon, I probably could have saved $3,000 or more......that is if I had waited.

Now in this strange economy....I've got one for Canon...BTW Ford, GMC and the others use it....

It's called customer loyalty....

So, since I bought all this stuff new technology....

How about if Canon does a buy three get one(new technology) free deal(or at least a really good deal)??

So the next thing I buy Canon I get a super deal?

Happy Thanksgiving.

Having fun here.

bw!

[Ook]

Maybe the real solution is to buy used?

[Wilt]

Responding to a post got me thinking. If I wanted the newest, I bought it.

For example....Here's what I bought new technology.

350D when it came out $1,000 +. A year or so later I could have saved $400 or more by waiting.

5D $3,700 new. I could have saved $1,000 or more by waiting a year.

40D $1,250 or something like that new. I could have saved $400 or more by waiting.

XH A1 video cam. $4,100 kit. Probably could have saved $1,000 or more by waiting there.

So in all my buy the newest technology from Canon, I probably could have saved $3,000 or more......that is if I had waited.

Now in this strange economy....I've got one for Canon...BTW Ford, GMC and the others use it....

It's called customer loyalty....

So, since I bought all this stuff new technology....

How about if Canon does a buy three get one(new technology) free deal(or at least a really good deal)??

So the next thing I buy Canon I get a super deal?

Happy Thanksgiving.

Having fun here.

bw!

No, it is like computers...if you insist upon being at the bleeding edge of technology, you will pay a premium for that insistence, compared to someone who waits even a year! Dual core processors carried a premium not that many years ago, now quad core processors carry that premium. If you waited until now to buy the dual core you would have saved money. Heck, I could have saved about $200-300 on my 40D simply by waiting six months!

[20droger]

How about if Canon does a buy three get one(new technology) free deal(or at least a really good deal)??
You expect something free from Canon?!! Cheer up! I understand that a simple lobotomy can cure such delusions!

[garymercer]

Well, if that's the case then Canon can send me a 17-40L for free, you know, for long term testing purposes. :D

[DStanic]

I thought the 40D was going to be the greatest thing before it came out. Like OMG... Live view!?!

Now I could get a used one for about half the price as when they were brand new. And that's what I just might do, since the 50D isn't any better for ISO performance and I don't want to deal with over 10mp. :)