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Group purchase of Arri Matteboxes

How much?

My feeling is for an initial purchase of 20 units, you’d be looking at a 50% discount.

The figure is right for any savvy sales rep who understands the paradigm of what is happening on this forum…and the resultant sales from the focused attention their kit may receive with minimal marketing. They simply need to instil their kit as the tool of choice on this forum (at a price point) to 3000 thousand cameras/owners and attract an increased market share. That to me is worth a good discount.

Cheers,
 
david farland said:
How much?

My feeling is for an initial purchase of 20 units, you’d be looking at a 50% discount.

The figure is right for any savvy sales rep who understands the paradigm of what is happening on this forum…and the resultant sales from the focused attention their kit may receive with minimal marketing. They simply need to instil their kit as the tool of choice on this forum (at a price point) to 3000 thousand cameras/owners and attract an increased market share. That to me is worth a good discount.

Cheers,
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Guys, please, let's keep this realistic. 50% off is what factorys give to distribution centers, and those orders tend to run in the thousands.

The O'Connor 1030HDS package was around $4,400 ad we got about $800 off the street price, if we hit 20 matteboxes I think we can improve on that a little.

But if you are looking for 1/2 off, then let's stop this right now cause I can't help you there.

Arri has NEVER done this kind of discount before, and due to the exchange rate I would not be surprised if we saw a price INCREASE in the future.

Let's just see what happens... But while we do, let's try to keep decent expectations.

Jay
 
Jeff Kilgroe said:
I may be interested... But I'm not buying a mattebox from anyone until I see what CVB / ViewFactor is putting together or until I take delivery of my camera... Whichever comes first I suppose.

Why the MB-20 II vs. the regular MB-20?
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I'm in the same boat Jeff, but with Curt not even offering a deadline, I just can't hang out forever. Also, and I went back and forth a lot on this, I don't want to be getting another one of these things for a very long time. If I go with an Arri, the resale value is very strong (Expecially is we manage to save some bucks in the process).

As far as the MB-20 II vs. the MB-20... The MB-20 seems to be a newer more compact model. It cannot remove it's sunshade, but that's about the only difference aside from the $600 - $700 savings. I am also told the top flag on the II folds which allows for better storage, the top flag on the 20 does not and it's pretty large, presenting challenges for packing and shipping (I am told.. I have not seen this myself).

I am going with the II since that seems to be the choice of a lot of users and the RED team itself.

As for a follow focus, I have not made up my mind yet.

Jay
 
Who is this deal good for:

Who is this deal good for:

It's an EXCELLENT deal if:
You were already going to get an Arri Mattebox and/or Follow Focus for your RED.

It's a GREAT deal if:
You were going back and forth between matteboxes and quality was important, you knew you wanted an Arri, but you were hoping to save some money somehow.

It's a GOOD deal if:
Arri was at the top of the list, but too expensive. You knew you would eventually get one, but did not want to do it now unless there was a damn good reason.

It's a BAD deal if:
It's WAY out of your price range, you would need them to slash the prices by more than 60% or find one on E-bay for cheap to consider it. You would be perfectly happy with a REDRock, or CAvision mattebox.


As for me, I have decided to go the Arri route. If there are enough people on here who feel the same, then we can do this and save some money to boot..

Jay likes saving money!!!

Please remember, if you JUST want ONLY a mattebox, or ONLY a follow focus, we can do that.. They are willing.

:)
 
Great post. I'm definitely interested as well. I would like to purchase this by the end of this fiscal year- tax reason of course. Sooner the better actually.

Look forward to the updates...
 
Recently purchased the MB-20II and an FF-5HD from Filmtools. Excellent build quality on both. The staff is a pleasure to work with.


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count me in (even though we're waiting to see VFS's MB).

If the FF will be included we are interested as well.

Regarding date of purchase, the closer to nov. 30 the better for us.

Thanks!
 
PM If interested

PM If interested

If you are interested in this group buy:

PLEASE PM ME.

Let me know what you are looking for, and also if you have any questions. I will begin building a list.

Arri is working up the discounts right now.

AlSO: Be sure you tell me if you want two or three filter stages in your mattebox!

Jay
 
Jay A. Kelley said:
Here is a basic Arri "RED" package in terms of the mattebox:
1 19mm adapter for MB20 $300.20
1 Adapter Ring 80MM MB20 $64.80
1 Filter Frame 4X5.65 Horiz.MB20 $230.20
1 Filter Tray, 4X5.65 Vert. MB20 $216.00
2 Filter Tray, Combo 4X5.65 MB20 $520.20
1 Light Trap, W/A 138-117 MB-20 $63.90
1 MB-20 II F/LW Rods, No Flags $3,461.30
1 MB20-II Top or Bottom Flag $216.00
1 Side Flag Set MB-20 II $510.10

Jay
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Jay,

Are these the Arri list prices (not discounted) prices?

Cheers,

Dave,
 
Hi guys I'm also interested, but does anybody know about the sizes? How big do we have to got to cover lenses from 14mm to the 300mm RED?
5.6 x 5.6 or even 6 x 6 ?

Maybe Mc Greggor or Brooke can chim in here and give us some tips.

Cheers
Tim
 
I just want to indicate i am interested and would purchase a matte box through this group
 
Count me in on this, three stages, all the flags, plus the FF. Are you going to look at filters as well? (I am interested in NDs and ND grads mainly).
 
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