dalat
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I myself have never bought any product because I wanted to support a companies innovation. I have already bought a product because I thought it's the best available.
Regarding the car-analogy: yes there are so many funny copies of Mercedes and others now. But are those a threat to Mercedes, BMW etc.? No, they aren't. Nobody in western countries will buy such things. And in China, those who can afford buy of course the real Mercedes, not the fake one. China is an very important market for Merceds, BMW, Porsche etc. And it will be, as long as those companies manage to build the best cars and keep their luxury-image (where image is even more important than making the best, see post 53).
Binoculars are not as good as a status symbols as a car. But if birding ever should emerge as a market in China, I am sure Zeiss, Leica and Swarovski would do good sales there, as long as they keep making the best binoculars.
Florian
Regarding the car-analogy: yes there are so many funny copies of Mercedes and others now. But are those a threat to Mercedes, BMW etc.? No, they aren't. Nobody in western countries will buy such things. And in China, those who can afford buy of course the real Mercedes, not the fake one. China is an very important market for Merceds, BMW, Porsche etc. And it will be, as long as those companies manage to build the best cars and keep their luxury-image (where image is even more important than making the best, see post 53).
Binoculars are not as good as a status symbols as a car. But if birding ever should emerge as a market in China, I am sure Zeiss, Leica and Swarovski would do good sales there, as long as they keep making the best binoculars.
Florian
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