Digital BW, The Print

At 09:57 PM 3/5/2002 -0000, you wrote:
>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Lawrence Smith 
><lsmith@l...> wrote:
>> On 3/4/02 10:02 AM, "jennifer drucker" <jdrucker@j...> wrote:
>> 
>> > He is just minimizing the value of Ink Jet prints which I don't 
>think is a
>> > good idea.
>> > 
>> > - Jennifer
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I'd have to agree with you on this Jennifer.  It gets my goat every 
>time I
>> see it....
>> 
>> Lawrence
>
>It bothers me, too, but then he probably doesn't control his market. 
>If he's an effective marketer, he charges what the market will bear 
>in order to sell his prints. I suspect he would charge more for his 
>inkjet prints if he thought he could get away with it in his market. 
>It may very well be that charging any more for the inkjet prints 
>would result in reduced or nonexistent sales.
>
>Until the demand for inkjet prints increases to a point where it 
>equals or exceeds the demand for silver prints, inkjet prices will in 
>all likelihood lag silver prices. Granted, there are factors other 
>than demand that affect pricing, but it is a buyers' market and, with 
>exceptions, buyers currently tend to place a higher value on silver 
>prints.
>
>I'm looking forward to the day when this is no longer an issue.
>
>Tom Keesling
>Intelligent Design, Inc.
>
>
Tom,

It is more likely that silver prints will become more rare and always demand
a higher price. How can the most widely used medium be worth more than a
novelty? 

AZ
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