by making newer models, that from what I know have mostly cosmetic changes, and a slightly faster processor for better target recovery speed.
That IMHO is a ploy to keep folks buying each new model, its the same with the PC market, x model in 1999 may have been a 1200mhz processor, every year they supposedly pushed tech further and speeds creeped upwards but I know very well, that they could have skipped all those incremental upgrades and made them the speed they are now back then....but from a business perspective, in doing so would made X company obsolete in a couple years time, or forced the siblings to comply and also match their I'm gonna give it all to them now, and not make them wait.
I have to literally take baby steps so the processor can work its magic...something fishy with that, why does something so much newer, have to be so slow ?
Mike, You made all the right points then came to the wrong conclusion.
In the 80's a microwave oven cost $400. Today most all consumer electronics cost 25% of what they were selling for in the 80's.... Computing power is thousands of times faster.
Your 80's fisher that you purchased for $800 had $800's worth of very high tech in it. It probably was physically designed well too.
Now that "bunch of plastic, LCD screen, multiple frequencies..... $1000 bucks, actually costs pennies, PENNIES. Its put in a cheap plastic often times extremely poorly designed case. Even when taking the time value of money into consideration, the modern product should cost a few hundred dollars at most. Thats for most high end machines.... In fact there is very little difference in the cost of manufacturing the high end or the low end modern detectors. Niether of them are water resistant, thats foe sure.
The manufacturers are fleecing a very gullible public that knows full well they bought a cheaply made collection of extremely overpriced components that will justify the purchase to save face.....
Thousands of dollars!!!!! are you kidding!!!!! Do you have any Idea how much washing machine $1000 buys? They come with built in computers, miracle lifetime electric motors and are comprised of over 175 pounds of steel and aluminum.
How about Stereo receivers, Do you have any idea how much amazing technology goes into a modern day $700 stereo receiver? Blue tooth 10 speaker surround sound etc........
Have you ever held a $600 Garret AT pro? Are you kidding!!!! It costs them $20 to make it.... $20. Send one to China with 10,000 orders and they will beat that price...... Yet just watch .. Watch how many of these guys are gonna defend their purchase in the next few posts... Why because it paid for itself.? No, YOU paid for it, You paid for it many times over......You paid for it by spending six months in 118 degree Arizona weather, digging countless holes and moving thousands of pounds of dirt.
Whats with the cheap knobs on a $1500 exclaliber? Are they ******ed? Is there a better technology for controlling those 5 different functions? Sure there is.....Did they do anything about it? No, because Minelab has absolutely no respect for you as consumers.
Are you guys for real? Can you possibly be that STUXXD?
The manufacturers have every right to make a profit, If we make a collective stand you will gain their respect, keep more of your hard earned money, and in the process increase the value of the product you purchase from them.
I know you're perfectly happy with it all......
