stevencrichton
Established
Roger, Bill,
I'd argue that buying a cheap one to try is a more stable option. Providing the intent is to buy a genuine one. This if the purchaser cannot be find one locally to try first.
This kind of accessory is hideously overpriced to simply purchase one in the hope it fits with your personal ergonomics. Which is it's primary purpose.
Back in the days before the internet was the primo place to make such purchases I remember it was common place to have a shop order things into stock to allow you, as the customer to make a well informed decision. In the UK just now £149 for a thumbs CPE-2 up is hardly a trivial purchase.
My rationale here is that both will survive and the customer will be to all intent purposes happier and much more likely to recommend the genuine item as the long term purchase.
In much the way voigtlander's lenses eventually benefit leica's profits by allowing personal trial and error of independent focal lengths, this route I feel is more sensible.
I will also agree on the comments about the packaging. Yes it's nice.. but how much is dedicated to the price of the item to place it in a box like this. It's not like a solid metal object is needing more protection in transit!
I'd argue that buying a cheap one to try is a more stable option. Providing the intent is to buy a genuine one. This if the purchaser cannot be find one locally to try first.
This kind of accessory is hideously overpriced to simply purchase one in the hope it fits with your personal ergonomics. Which is it's primary purpose.
Back in the days before the internet was the primo place to make such purchases I remember it was common place to have a shop order things into stock to allow you, as the customer to make a well informed decision. In the UK just now £149 for a thumbs CPE-2 up is hardly a trivial purchase.
My rationale here is that both will survive and the customer will be to all intent purposes happier and much more likely to recommend the genuine item as the long term purchase.
In much the way voigtlander's lenses eventually benefit leica's profits by allowing personal trial and error of independent focal lengths, this route I feel is more sensible.
I will also agree on the comments about the packaging. Yes it's nice.. but how much is dedicated to the price of the item to place it in a box like this. It's not like a solid metal object is needing more protection in transit!
Ken Ford
Refuses to suffer fools
I agree wholeheartedly - I took a chance on a cheap copy for my X100s and hate the concept. It's fine if you never move your thumb, but if you actively use the focus controls on the back it's useless and in the way.
I'm much happier to be out $5 than $25 or $50 (what I would have lost buying and reselling a first quality thumbrest.)
kena
Established
Agreed!
don't fuel the fire of cheap chinese crap taking over everything.