Leon wrote:
....
...I suspect that if the pricing policy did
not work it would have been changed many years ago. ...

Think???

What they've done is go from the pro-only to the high-end consumer and
hobby market (in the US). W/ that they've used the "elitist touch"
quite successfully to move the talk from "damn! that's expensive" walk
away to the discussions like this one--"tha's a damn fine tool even at
that price.".

I _still_ don't think they're actually _worth_ the premium, but as you
say, it's a model that seemingly works for them.

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