Bob,
The price dropped $100 because somebody couldn't resist trying a few samples (I suspect it was Ben
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The sale is advertised as an "open box special" in EO's latest newsletter.
http://www.eagleoptics.com/binoculars?query=Nikon+Monarch+X
So if you open a box, a Nikon Monarch X depreciates $100, and if you lose a Zeiss FL box, the price drops $600.
If they follow the same pattern with the next generation EL, and open the box, and then lose it, that should drop $700 from the rumored, record-breaking price of $3,000.
Now, it seems to me from the above examples that if you lose something that belongs to a bin, you should receive a discount, correct?
If you've seen the new EL, you must have noticed that they lost the bridge! (see photo below)
Well, if a missing box is worth $600, how much discount do you think a missing bridge should be worth? $1,000 at least, I'd say.
Okay, so let's assume a new EL is delivered to EO and somebody (not mentioning names) opens it, and then LOSES the box, and the bin turns out to have a MISSING bridge to boot, that's got to be worth (wadda minute, I've gotta get my scratch pad so I can do my siphoning)....
Let's see, 3,000 crawdads siphon 100 crawdads...siphon 600 crawdads... siphon 1,000 crawdads... equals 1,700 crawdads, I mean, 1,700 dollars discount!
IOW, with a $1,700 discount ($100 less than the price of the current gen EL), you could buy the next gen EL for only $1,300 on sale!
I can't wait for the open box, lost box, missing bridge next gen EL sale!
Brock
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