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Originally Posted by Garuda747400
why are phoenix models getting increasingly expensive, i know the model is probably a sell out , and comes with great livery but the recent qantas f1 is retailing at around $45 . $7-$8 above other phoenix releases , phoenix have alreqady increased there prices from about $34 -$38 this year.
phoenix now higher priced then all its competition, even aeroclassics , who could demand more $$$$ by being more limited and phoenix supposed to have inferior moulds, so what makes them feel they should be the first model company to break the $40 mark.
i will still be buying one, probably like others because the phoenix is still a cheaper option the the gemini.
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Prices are always pushing upward. The JetX might be the most costly at the moment with Phoenix runnig a close second. With that said I do not think that too many collectors will balk at paying $40.00 for a 747. I have stated it before that my largest sellers are the JetX BAe-146 series at near $40.00 per unit. Considering the size of a BAe-146 to that of a 747 and I think the 146 is way more expensive to buy. Any yet they sell like the proverbial hotcakes.
I don' think that the cost of a model is the sole motivator when a collector decides to buy something anyway. Recent sales of the PM CX777 have proven that. Try to find one now for under $100.00. In addtion to this we do know that price increases by all manufacturers pushed upwards at the first of the year. Beginning January 1 my sales volumes more than doubled over that of last year and as of today the volume is still over double. Yet the price of all products did increase but not by double.
Peewee