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    Optics Consumer Price Index Poll

    Motivations are entirely different from performance.
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    Optics Consumer Price Index Poll

    If Alpha bins are defined by price I own none. I do own one Austrian brand that was acquired at a Gamma price in NOS condition.
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    Optics Consumer Price Index Poll

    They are not "imaginery" nor are they imaginary in total. I have looked through several Alpha Bins and they are fine optical instruments. They just do not deliver much more for the money. Although modern usage of Conspicuous Consumption differs from how Veblen used the term I think the modern...
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    Optics Consumer Price Index Poll

    No question that Conspicuous Consumption abounds and is an established part of marketing. Lets recognize it as such and not hide it under a cloak of largely imaginary performance improvements.
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    Optics Consumer Price Index Poll

    I think the key word is luxury good which is essentially a euphemism for conspicuous consumption. It is great to be seen enjoying the finer things of life but lets not kid ourselves that a $2.5k binocular delivers a significant let alone a linear increase in performance over binoculars at $.5k...
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    Optics Consumer Price Index Poll

    I'm simply amazed at the money thrown at so-called Alpha Bins when it is clear from numerous posts that they really do not deliver significant improvement in bird viewing over their lesser priced brothers. Are we seeing birds or feathers where there were none before? This thread is focused on...
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    Optics Consumer Price Index Poll

    The answer is no to buying if they exceed a certatin threshold. That threshold is right now $500.00 because no binocular above that amount delivers an improvement in performance that is anywhere close to the increase in price. Why that cutoff? It seems about right given the many binoculars...
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