08 February 2007 ~ 2 Comments

$370 for an iSight?

Apple

I have a couple of trips coming up that will keep me away from home for weeks on end. As a result, I’m looking to buy an iSight for my Powerbook so that I can better communicate with my wife and coworkers. Apple.com lists the iSight in its “Hardware” page, but the link goes to a generic “Accessories” page. (I realize this product has been discontinued in the US, so why show it in the list at all?)

So I went to Amazon, and this is what I found:

iSight in Amazon

Seriously? Four hundred bucks? (There’s even one listed for $439.) A reminder: other cameras of this type are aroung $50. Is it the “beautiful” Apple design that merits such a huge premium on a discontinued product? What gives?

2 Responses to “$370 for an iSight?”

  1. Stephan Schwab 8 February 2007 at 1:33 pm Permalink

    When I bought mine last year in an Apple Store I paid something like $150. Still expensive, but the quality is superb.

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  2. peterme 8 February 2007 at 8:59 pm Permalink

    $400 because you cannot get them any more. It’s like the wii. Supply and demand. Low supply, high demand = higher prices.

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