Canon Aims to Sell More Stuff.....

[Alwyn]

Greed? How about improving your service first before you sell more more more?

[iso79]

Then I imagine they are willing to reconsider their pricing strategy. Prices of latest camera and lenses have been kinda  disconnected the economic reality as we know it IMHO...

i think every producer of anything has lost sense of reality when it come to pricing

As an example of another producer/manufacturer??

Apple nuff said.

[neuroanatomist]

Then I imagine they are willing to reconsider their pricing strategy. Prices of latest camera and lenses have been kinda  disconnected the economic reality as we know it IMHO...

i think every producer of anything has lost sense of reality when it come to pricing

As an example of another producer/manufacturer??

Apple nuff said.

If you're saying that you can't afford Apple products, or can but are unwilling to buy them for other reasons, fine - say that.  But to say Apple has 'lost sense of reality when it come to pricing' is a completely foolish statement.  Their sense of reality when pricing their products is nearly perfect, which is what accounts for the fact that Apple turns huge year-over-year profits and they are now have the largest market capitalization of any company in the world.  Their current market cap of $540B means the company is worth more than the GDP of some G20 nations.  But hey, you don't like them so they must be idiots, right? 

BTW, don't buy an iPhone.  Having a smartphone without a physical keyboard, especially in the business market segment, is unacceptable.  That lack of a physical keyboard is what makes the iPhone an overpriced toy, whereas a Blackberry is a useful business tool.  It's not like Blackberry would ever try to copy that feature, right?  (Psst...don't read the latest news...)

[Mike Miami]

To sell more stuff, they have to ship them first...

Not really!  They sold alot of 5D3 bodies and BG-E11 grips and some St-E3-RT transmitters without shipping them. Its called "pre-orders".  I know most arent payed for until the item ships but how many people are not touching the money just in case the item finally arrives and want the purchase covered?  Sort of like paying, correct?

[recon photography]

Then I imagine they are willing to reconsider their pricing strategy. Prices of latest camera and lenses have been kinda  disconnected the economic reality as we know it IMHO...

i think every producer of anything has lost sense of reality when it come to pricing

As an example of another producer/manufacturer??

Apple nuff said.

If you're saying that you can't afford Apple products, or can but are unwilling to buy them for other reasons, fine - say that.  But to say Apple has 'lost sense of reality when it come to pricing' is a completely foolish statement.  Their sense of reality when pricing their products is nearly perfect, which is what accounts for the fact that Apple turns huge year-over-year profits and they are now have the largest market capitalization of any company in the world.  Their current market cap of $540B means the company is worth more than the GDP of some G20 nations.  But hey, you don't like them so they must be idiots, right? 

BTW, don't buy an iPhone.  Having a smartphone without a physical keyboard, especially in the business market segment, is unacceptable.  That lack of a physical keyboard is what makes the iPhone an overpriced toy, whereas a Blackberry is a useful business tool.  It's not like Blackberry would ever try to copy that feature, right?  (Psst...don't read the latest news...)

its their products that undoubtedly gain the revenue you can't make claims that their pricing is perfect really ever but the most suitable time would be when they have gone seriously wrong each way and since apple don't really change their prices.....
i cant stand apple though i love their products and their simplicity but the areas they lack are so frustrating no flash support on iphones i thought wouldn't be that bad but i ended up changing to a driod because of it. I dont really miss the iphone either. Their computers have nice software but i dont like paying for aluminum body or whateva it is and i like to upgrade my pc's which is hard but i have a little macbook air and it works i guess... so for rant which has nothing to do with anything

[neuroanatomist]

its their products that undoubtedly gain the revenue you can't make claims that their pricing is perfect really ever but the most suitable time would be when they have gone seriously wrong each way and since apple don't really change their prices.....

I suppose it's a matter of perspective.  The goal of a company is to deliver value to their shareholders - really, it's the one and only goal of any publically traded company.  Their pricing is perfectly aligned with that goal - sales are strong, profit is high.  If prices were really too high (i.e. higher than the market would bear), sales would fall, profits would fall, heads would roll, and things would change.  They haven't, at least, recently.  Steve Jobs dies, it changed nothing, double production, stock price and market cap hit a new record high. 

From a consumer perspective, of course, everything is priced too high.  We want all the best products, and we want them for free.  Anything more than free is too expensive.