dana5
lvl.3
Flight distance : 14354 ft
United States
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The up side is that it inflates the perceived demand to DJI, and they work harder to ship more units. People who are ordering from multiple places to see which one ships first, and then cancelling the others, actually help the situation, for the end user waiting for their Mavic to arrive. But those who order multiple units early, for the sole purpose of gouging others to make a buck, are morally bankrupt at best. I hope that the floodgates open all at once, and those who ordered 10 units to flip them are stuck, and have no choice but to sell them as a loss, as they will likely have no warranty to the 2nd buyer in the chain.
I think the worst thing about all of this is that the market is going to be flooded with drones. Everyone is going to have one. And half of those people will have no regard for the rules (or laws, were applicable), causing law makers to over-react, and over restrict the usage of drones for those who are responsible. Or, maybe the whole drone thing is a fad, like roller blades, tiny cell phones, or tablet computers (iPad, Galaxy Tab, etc). For drone enthusiasts, the demand will continue, but for the everyday consumer that destroys their $1000 drone in the first week, the trend may pass quickly. It will be, "it broke too easy!" or "it's too complicated", or "it's too hard to fly", or "I can't get my videos to look like the professional videos I see on youtube" With the number of Mavics being sold, expect to see a lot of used ones on Ebay next fall. Some functional, some non-functional, purely for replacement parts. |
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