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Re: [OM] Filters on eBay and elsewhere, the results

Subject: Re: [OM] Filters on eBay and elsewhere, the results
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 22:08:01 +0000
Percentage paid depends on the time period - first week it can be in
the >90% area and it will drop as time passes.

On 15/03/2014, Bill Pearce <billcpearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> As I understand it now, most all theatres pay almost all of the ticket price
>
> to the distributor on big pictures.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Fildes
> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 1:42 AM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] Filters on eBay and elsewhere, the results
>
> I'm not surprised by the $2 and I'll bet they weren't the best grade Hoya
> product either. But as I know from the local store, the margins are so thin
>
> on the cameras themselves and the competition so fierce from Walmart style
> stores (Harvey Norman here) that they can't afford to miss any opportunity
> to value add and sell up.
> I'm reminded of that brilliant Peter Sellers Elstree comedy, 'The Greatest
> Show on Earth' about running a pokey little cinema. They made all their
> money from selling drinks, nothing from ticket sales, and so showed desert
> dramas and turned up the heating.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.soultheft.com
>
> Author/Publisher:
> The SLR Compendium:
> revised edition -
> http://blur.by/19Hb8or
> The TLR Compendium
> http://blur.by/1eDpqN7
>
>
>
> On 15/03/2014, at 11:38 AM, Chris Crawford wrote:
>
>> Dirty Little Secret about UV Protector filters. I worked at a camera
>> store
>> in Santa Fe in 2006. WE sold Hoya UV filters, often at very high prices
>> (for the huge sizes many modern lenses require). Anyone want to guess the
>> wholesale cost of each filter to the store??
>
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