You're comparing apples to oranges. You keep giving the discounted price back then compared to today's price. You're not paying more.
But then you say you would have bought a discontinued light at a further discount. You can still buy discounted lights at a further discount. They are priced relative to today's discounted price.
If I am misunderstanding, please tell me how much a light would cost back then (with the discount) compared to today's price. How much more are you spending?
I asked this question and the answer was: you're not spending more -- but then proceed to compare today's price to end-of-year clearance items. Let's pick one or the other to compare.
I'm NOT referring to CLEARANCE items. I am referring to the GENERAL prices that were lowered…the GENERAL price list of the THEN-AVAILABLE inventory.
I am referring to the
additional discount that was separate from the general discount and was only applied to new orders from returning customers.
What you are misunderstanding is that you call his general prices as being "discounted already". But that's not what I am referring to. A returning-customer discount is/was supposed to be separate from any other discounts -regardless of what the general prices are listed at. It was supposed to be IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER DISCOUNTS. That's the whole ida behind a returning-customer discount. Rather than honoring that, he just abolished the policy and lowered his general prices.
Think of my return customer discount as a $50 dollar bill that Jeff gave me….
I have it in my pocket…
I want to use that $50 bill to help buy a new (to me) light that I've had my eye on for awhile….
One day, I see that the prices have gone way down on the very models I am interested in purchasing…
I go to place my order…
I pull out my $50 bill that he gave me to use...
That $50 is no good…
I think that's sketchy. That's all I've ever said in criticism of Area51. Everything else I agree is top notch. Great lights! But just not great enough to compensate for worrisome business practices…not for me, anyway.