A question for the Red Sales Team...

[Peter Hodgins]

OK, I should be sending this e-mail to the Red Sales Team ... maybe I will ... but I don't want to bug them right now ... I'd rather bug the Red Community at large instead. I want a Red but I don't have much money ... I want a camera for indie feature film making ... would an Epic X be good for this application? Can I purchase the Epic X this way ... can I buy a Red One (body only) for $17,500 ... the camera stays in your shop as a trade in for an Epic X .... once my "number" comes up ... you mark my Red One "executed" and bill me for the Epic X. I send the balance Red sends me the Epic X. This way I save all the return hassles etc. and customs duties etc. (Canada). I get my Epic X and can start trying to raise the money to make it useful. As a businessman what's wrong with this strategy ... I am not a businessman, (did I mention, I have no money?)

Or better yet .... let's skip all the Red One stuff ... I just send $16,000 and get put in line for an Epic X ...give me Red pseudo serial number 5500 or something ....

Also, a question for Red Management ... Did you ever study the Osborne Computer Company and the problems resulting from "pre-announcing " products?

I recognize that Red is non-traditional and I think that that's fantastic!

 

[Zakaree Sandberg]

scarlet is all you will need

 

[Noah Kadner]

Or a loan or rentals... because it's not just 17,500- that's just the price of admission. Figure on spending double triple or even quadruple that for your lenses, tripod, matte box, follow focus, sound gear, monitor, EVF, etc.

Noah

 

[Brent Carter]

Sorry, we do not store RED ONEs here. You physically would need to take delivery if you want to go down that path.

Thanks, BC

 

[Nils J. Nesse]

You need to take delivery of the Red One to get the Epic X -- but if you really don't want to use it... And don't want to accessorize it ... Maybe you could offer it as an inexpensive backup body to productions, or something.

 

[Todd T]

Also, a question for Red Management ... Did you ever study the Osborne Computer Company and the problems resulting from "pre-announcing " products?

It seems to me that this is exactly why RED is offering the Epic X "incentive" configuration:

Buy the available product now and get a huge discount on the new product & accessories when they are released.

You get to use a Red One for essentially no cost until Epic X is ready, as well as giving you to opportunity to generate income (or not, your choice).

This would seem better that letting $16,000 sit on account for 9 months.

I remember the Osbourne fiasco, it was a essentially a totally new platform and components with no upgrade path from the existing equipment.

 

[Edward Mendoza]

How 'bout you purchase the Red One body and rent it out, making some money off of it in the mean time.:biggrin:

 

[david farland]

Of course you should........
Buy a RedOne, stick it in a sealed case and hire it out as a backup camera for $100/day, 4 day week. I'd say with zero effort, a rental house or other would mind it for you at this rate. If it's used, the hire is $200/day, 4 day week. you'd pay it off & make 10K off it in a year before you traded it in for an Epic.
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