Canon 3000D would you like to pay $449 or $495 or $699?

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#243604 20-Dec-2018 10:58

As of today JB Hifi it is $449, Photowarehouse $495, and Smiths City $699. (This is the 'stripper' edition of Canon's entry level DSLR with the plastic lens mount, no Dioptre control, and a 230k low resolution LCD screen. The photos it takes are probably perfectly fine as it has the same lens and sensor as some of their other recent entry level models)

On Pricespy you won't find any price higher than what Smiths City are charging for the DSLR. I am struggling to think of a likely customer for that $699.00 deal. Even a person with money to burn checks prices?

I think the problem Smiths City has is that they have too many prices like that.

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#2148291 20-Dec-2018 11:31

Yes, Smiths has this issue - they go to market with a price the market knows is too high.

A couple of weeks ago they were running TV commercials for the PS4 (I think, it might have been XB) at $449. JB et al were doing them for $399.

That has to hurt - not cheap to run TV Commercials that aren't going to generate any sales.

On that Camera, I think I saw it under $400 on Black Friday - probably be the same on spendy Wednesday next week.

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#2148293 20-Dec-2018 11:32

FWIW I have been living in NZ (Auckland) for nearly 6 years and I had never heard of Smith's City until your post - don't recall ever having seen one.

Assuming pricing like that is probably why!

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#2148311 20-Dec-2018 12:03

They were in Auckland many many many years ago (Remember going in to drool over the C64's), then vanished from most centers except South Island.

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#2148313 20-Dec-2018 12:05

They've made a comeback in Auckland.

There is one at Wairau Park, and, I think, somewhere around Sylvia Park?

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#2148343 20-Dec-2018 12:48

RNZ business news at lunchtime reports Smiths City made a $100000 loss but with increased turn-over.

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#2148439 20-Dec-2018 15:36

Possibly Smiths City doesn't have the buying power of JB?

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#2148488 20-Dec-2018 17:09

I see this kind of thing all the time.

So many things on the price comparison sites are hundreds of dollars apart. Don't these shops carry out simple competitive analysis?

Their customers surely do.

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