I got my digital photo catalog. Nice book, but I wonder how they can
send something like that. Seems they would have used way more than
whatever profit they made from my purchases to send the book, let
alone producing it. Not a complaint, just a wonderment.
Charles <ckraft@SPAMTRAP.west.net> wrote:
>I got my digital photo catalog.
Me too.
> Nice book, but I wonder how they can
>send something like that.
Me too.
> Seems they would have used way more than
>whatever profit they made from my purchases to send the book, let
>alone producing it. Not a complaint, just a wonderment.
About 1.2 inches thick, book sized, full color glossy. I appreciate
the thought, but criminy. Tons of nifty stuff that I would never
ever consider buying.
Charles wrote:
> I got my digital photo catalog. Nice book, but I wonder how they can
> send something like that. Seems they would have used way more than
> whatever profit they made from my purchases to send the book, let
> alone producing it. Not a complaint, just a wonderment.
I had the same thought.
I buy a lot from B&H but that catalog has to cost a bundle to produce.
Bob Williams
> I got my digital photo catalog. Nice book, but I wonder how they can
> send something like that. Seems they would have used way more than
> whatever profit they made from my purchases to send the book, let
> alone producing it. Not a complaint, just a wonderment.
It can help to generate future purchases. It's nice to know that
they aren't sent only to "big spenders", but B&H is evidently a
smart business. Some of today's "little" customers will one day
have more to spend, and those catalogs will probably also help to
retain more of the old ones as new customers. Mine just arrived too
and as before, out with the old, in with the new.
On Sun, 20 May 2007 23:50:55 -0700, Bob Williams wrote:
> I had the same thought.
> I buy a lot from B&H but that catalog has to cost a bundle to produce.
That, and several of their other catalogs are stacked in various
locations in the aisles, free for the taking. They also have
someone offering catalogs to customers as they enter the store. I
believe that anyone can request catalogs by filling out a form on
one of their web pages.
Charles wrote:
> I got my digital photo catalog. Nice book, but I wonder how they can
> send something like that. Seems they would have used way more than
> whatever profit they made from my purchases to send the book, let
> alone producing it. Not a complaint, just a wonderment.
I visited my mom yesterday, and SHE had just gotten one. She offered it
to me "in case I didn't have it."
Charles wrote:
> I got my digital photo catalog. Nice book, but I wonder how they can
> send something like that. Seems they would have used way more than
> whatever profit they made from my purchases to send the book, let
> alone producing it. Not a complaint, just a wonderment.
Ya...and not only this latest whopper...but they send me other "category
catelogues" about 1/3rd that size every couple months... Sound
equipment...etc. etc.
There's nothing like a paper-based catalogue for browsing...especially when
they're full color/full coverage, like these high-class jobs from B&H.
Surely they're spending millions on these things, but they seem to know what
they're doing. -They've collected quite a pile of my money over the
years...
> I got my digital photo catalog. Nice book, but I wonder how they can
> send something like that. Seems they would have used way more than
> whatever profit they made from my purchases to send the book, let
> alone producing it. Not a complaint, just a wonderment.
Manufacture co-ops pay a big % of that book. It works.
MarkČ wrote:
> Charles wrote:
>> I got my digital photo catalog. Nice book, but I wonder how they can
>> send something like that. Seems they would have used way more than
>> whatever profit they made from my purchases to send the book, let
>> alone producing it. Not a complaint, just a wonderment.
>
> Ya...and not only this latest whopper...but they send me other "category
> catelogues" about 1/3rd that size every couple months... Sound
> equipment...etc. etc.
>
> There's nothing like a paper-based catalogue for browsing...especially when
> they're full color/full coverage, like these high-class jobs from B&H.
> Surely they're spending millions on these things, but they seem to know what
> they're doing. -They've collected quite a pile of my money over the
> years...
>
> Mark
>
I worry that if I don't order from them soon I'll stop getting those
"wish books", as the old Sears and Montgomery Ward catalogs were called.
They are a great source of info about what's on the marker, and all in
one place. I wish I could visit their bricks-and-mortar store, but I
doubt that I will ever get back to NYC, considering my decreasing mobility.
Allen
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