It would be too much of a bother for Olympus to do that, unless 1 or 2 people
bought out the whole lot of parts, and you're talking serious cash.
The Ford example is an example that it can be done, but just think of the
sheer size that the Ford presence in the Phillippines was, and people knew
there'd be a huge market demand for spare parts to keep their Fords running.
Can one afford financially to just throw their car away and get another? Not
very likely. Can they do it with their camera? You bet they can. It's a lot
easier financially. IMO, there's no "huge" amount of money to be made on
camera parts. After all, when the cost of a part exceeds the economical
repair cost of the camera, you're forced to junk the camera and buy another
camera, regardless of our sentimental bond to the Olympus system. There are
plenty of other choices out there, digital has taught us that much, right?!
Is there a "huge" demand for Olympus parts? I'd think not. We may think we
matter, but, sadly, we only matter to ourselves. Our numbers just are not
there.
George S.
litefoot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> I can very well imagine what John is saying. Almost 20 years ago Ford pulled
> out its car business from the Philippines completely. IN the process they
> sold of lots of brand new car parts big and small as in entire engine
> assemblies, unfinished body chassis parts at less than 10 0f regular
> retail prices. Slow moving items were given away almost for free.
>
> The local traders who bought them up made lots of money over the next 5 - 7
> yrs nursing the dwindling fleet of Ford cars that could be seen on the
> streets. I too made a small amount selling hard to find parts kept in my
> garage for 5 yrs.
>
> This theoretically can be done for OLy parts if they will agree to sell
> them? But as John has said, they cannot be bothered. What a pity that they
> do not have a sense of service to their clients?
>
> We must be more an exception among the many more throw away consumers of
> today...
>
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