Disheartened

Baron Pants · Aug 23, 2018

Hi,

I have been lurking around these forums for a long time reading advice as I saved up to get my first mavic drone.

I have been eagerly awaiting this new drone so that I could get the latest tech but ( Mod Removed ) the zoom is $1999 for just the drone and the fly more package is another $802 but is wonderfully on sale for $549.

The pro 2 is another $300 above the zoom.

In case you didn’t guess given the crazy price I live in Australia and the price moves this well out of reach.

Can’t help but feel disheartened.

Bunny Too · Aug 23, 2018

Baron Pants said:
Hi,

I have been lurking around these forums for a long time reading advice as I saved up to get my first mavic drone.

I have been eagerly awaiting this new drone so that I could get the latest tech but [ Mod Removed ] the zoom is $1999 for just the drone and the fly more package is another $802 but is wonderfully on sale for $549.

The pro 2 is another $300 above the zoom.

In case you didn’t guess given the crazy price I live in Australia and the price moves this well out of reach.

Can’t help but feel disheartened.

Howdy from Wyoming @Baron Pants , welcome to the community, plenty of fine folk and excellent information here. I am sorry to hear it is so expensive, that is a ridiculous amount of money to spend on a toy unless you are very well off. I can understand you feeling disheartened.

Baron Pants · Aug 23, 2018

Thanks. One of the worst things about living in Australia is the lovely Australia tax on everything we get.

Worst part about this is a really want it so am stuck either continuing to save or buying something else knowing I’m not getting my first choice.

This really a first world problem.

Don H. · Aug 23, 2018

Yeah, no thanks. Not for that price. Getting bored with multicopters anyway.

TimesTen · Aug 23, 2018

Baron Pants said:
Hi,

I have been lurking around these forums for a long time reading advice as I saved up to get my first mavic drone.

I have been eagerly awaiting this new drone so that I could get the latest tech but god dam the zoom is $1999 for just the drone and the fly more package is another $802 but is wonderfully on sale for $549.

The pro 2 is another $300 above the zoom.

In case you didn’t guess given the crazy price I live in Australia and the price moves this well out of reach.

Can’t help but feel disheartened.

There will be plenty of used Mavic Pros for sale now for $600-$700 US no tax. (ask for the AirData logs)

Next year buy a used Mavic 2 Pro for half the price when the Mavic III comes out.

https://www.amazon.com/DJI-Refurbis...5062103&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=magic+rerbished

-G

Baron Pants · Aug 23, 2018

I get what your saying, and I knew that was always an option, but wait a year and buy one second hand doesn’t really remove that sting of knowing I was priced out.

gnirtS · Aug 23, 2018

Baron Pants said:
Hi,

I have been lurking around these forums for a long time reading advice as I saved up to get my first mavic drone.

I have been eagerly awaiting this new drone so that I could get the latest tech but god dam the zoom is $1999 for just the drone and the fly more package is another $802 but is wonderfully on sale for $549.

The pro 2 is another $300 above the zoom.

In case you didn’t guess given the crazy price I live in Australia and the price moves this well out of reach.

Can’t help but feel disheartened.

Similar problem in the UK. Thats why grey market from China is so popular.
Its also why i buy all my electronics in Asia. If its expensive its actually CHEAPER to fly to asia and back and buy than it is to buy from a UK retailer!

swooshdave · Aug 23, 2018

But that tax helps all your socialist programs... right?

Baron Pants · Aug 23, 2018

There is the GST of 10% For those socialist programs and then there is the Australia tax.

Unfortunately they are not the same.

Look at petrol prices. How much do you pay per gallon? I filled my car up yesterday and it’s was $1.71 per liter which is about $6.47 per gallon.

We get gouged on prices on pretty much everything and it sucks.

There are instances where it is cheaper for us to fly to another country buy the product and fly back.

Baron Pants · Aug 23, 2018

Anyway I am getting distracted, I’m just disappointed with the price point here.

But such is life.

Red Baron · Aug 24, 2018

Buy an air and call it a day

Clinton1 · Aug 24, 2018

Come to South Africa, then you will see how we are screwed. If i want to buy the Mavic 2 pro, with fly more bundle and new goggles, i am looking at +- R45000. That is ridiculous. Our currency is at 14.5 :1 to the US Dollar. Then the shops here add there cut of profit in also.

flight_tee · Aug 24, 2018

lets see - I am disheartened that brand new technology comes out at a price premium over the outgoing model - itself a fine example of high end collision avoidance and portability.

I expected it to be $1000 less than the outgoing mavic air as thats the only way I could afford it. It stings, it really does.

I'd rather see development of these flying cameras stop, better still I'd like to see the legion of developers and engineers that develop its easy to fly software and handling characteristics work for free so that I can have the sort of device i'd sorely like, on the budget that I can afford. I might even get on a forum and have a rant about it.

aokusman · Aug 24, 2018

You can always buy the old model or wait a year for a price drop. If something is beyond my price range, I don’t moan.

flight_tee · Aug 24, 2018

Just had a look at the price of the mavic 2 pro combo and its all of $300 more than I paid for a mavic PRO, not air at the end of last year - thats a 12% increase over the previous model on release. Hardly unacceptable and commercially sustainable. Surely nothing to whine about.

Flying to another country, or purchasing the aircraft online via the dji website is another option, but whatever savings you make will be drowned out by shipping costs the moment you need to make a warranty claim (and they sure do happen)

gnirtS · Aug 24, 2018

I saved money when living on Cayman by flying to Miami, spending 3 nights there and buying a Mavic Pro in Best Buy.
Doing that worked out about $100 cheaper than having it delivered to my house.

Vegasdad · Aug 24, 2018

I bought my dad a Mavic Pro with hard shell case and two extra batteries for $550 off one of the Mavic Facebook pages. Check them out and keep looking their out their. Good luck

swooshdave · Aug 24, 2018

flight_tee said:
Just had a look at the price of the mavic 2 pro combo and its all of $300 more than I paid for a mavic air at the end of last year - thats a 12% increase over the previous model on release. Hardly unacceptable and commercially sustainable. Surely nothing to whine about.

I don't know if the Air comparison makes any sense. It's not truly the previous model, it's a different model.

swooshdave · Aug 24, 2018

flight_tee said:
I'd rather see development of these flying cameras stop, better still I'd like to see the legion of developers and engineers that develop its easy to fly software and handling characteristics work for free so that I can have the sort of device i'd sorely like, on the budget that I can afford. I might even get on a forum and have a rant about it.

You are in the wrong place. DJI is a commercially available drone company offering the latest technology.

What you want is an open source platform, of which there should be several to choose from. But being crowdsourced you have to understand that development will not be on the pace of a company like DJI.