Saginaw, MI
Quoted from frolic:Here's my thinking, with round numbers:
Let's say Pro is $5000 street price, LE is $8000 street price. I've seen better prices for both, but lets run with those numbers. So the LE is $3000 more.
You buy the game, keep it for a year, then sell it. If your pro sold for $4500 used, you lost $500 on it. If your LE sold for $7000 used, you lost $1000 on it.
But if you were going to lose $500 on a Pro, then the difference to the $1000 loss on the LE is only an additional $500.
So, all the true "difference" between a Pro and LE, is that extra $500 depreciation on the LE. You're still losing $1k, but you'd be out $500 on the Pro anyways.
The subject of this thread is is the LE worth $3k more, I'm boiling it down to a $500 depreciation difference between the 2, ultimately, not $3000.
It's crazy math, but makes sense to me, it's not about what you are out TODAY, but about what you are out of pocket come the day you sell it.
I understand your logic. To me it is similar to the arguement made against hybrids. They say it takes "x number of miles getting 20% better mileage" blah blah blah. Sure you have to drive it a certain amount of time (to get better mileage) if you assume both cars will sell for the same amount. Hybrids inherently sell for considerably more than a traditional motor.
