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<blockquote data-quote="DW_" data-source="post: 50136" data-attributes="member: 8667">I'm working on a justification/rational for my up-coming large purchases that the &quot;boss&quot; has not been appraised of. I'd like to hear some feedback, and if needed a couch I can crash on for a few nights if this fails. lolOkay, here goes - D800 @ $3000A D700 was introduced in 2008 at a price that varied between $2499 and $2399. It is now ~5 yrs later and a new D700 runs $2200 and a used ranges between $1799-$2000. This represents an average loss of ~15%. Assuming a similar performance for the D800, we can say in 5 yrs a $3000 investment will return ~$2550 w/ a loss of $450 14-24mm F/2.8G - sells new @ $1996 and resale runs ~$1599-$1899 with an average return of 87.5% with an average loss of 12.5% or $25024-70mm F/2.8G - sells new @ $1889 and resale runs ~$1549 to $1790 with an average return of 88% with a loss of $220.Therefore, total investment cost = $6885 with a total return of $5965 with a loss of $920 over an estimated 5 yr period works out to a daily cost of 50 cents a day. Putting in perspective, I'm paying $4.50 a day for the boss and my smart phones (that I seldom use) and $3.60 a day for cable/internet/house phone. So I can &quot;borrow&quot; an amazing camera and two pro lenses for less than half the price of the universally applicable $1.50 cup of vendi dark roast at Starbucks.Sounds pretty convincing, huh?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DW_, post: 50136, member: 8667"] I'm working on a justification/rational for my up-coming large purchases that the "boss" has not been appraised of. I'd like to hear some feedback, and if needed a couch I can crash on for a few nights if this fails. lol Okay, here goes - [B]D800 @ $3000 [/B]A D700 was introduced in 2008 at a price that varied between $2499 and $2399. It is now ~5 yrs later and a new D700 runs $2200 and a used ranges between $1799-$2000. This represents an average loss of ~15%. Assuming a similar performance for the D800, we can say in 5 yrs a $3000 investment will return ~$2550 w/ a loss of $450 [B]14-24mm F/2.8G [/B]- sells new @ $1996 and resale runs ~$1599-$1899 with an average return of 87.5% with an average loss of 12.5% or $250 [B]24-70mm F/2.8G[/B] - sells new @ $1889 and resale runs ~$1549 to $1790 with an average return of 88% with a loss of $220. Therefore, total investment cost = $6885 with a total return of $5965 with a loss of $920 over an estimated 5 yr period works out to a daily cost of 50 cents a day. Putting in perspective, I'm paying $4.50 a day for the boss and my smart phones (that I seldom use) and $3.60 a day for cable/internet/house phone. So I can "borrow" an amazing camera and two pro lenses for less than half the price of the universally applicable $1.50 cup of vendi dark roast at Starbucks. Sounds pretty convincing, huh? [/QUOTE]

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