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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jim Davis
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 12:01 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: EOS Japanese links and prices
>
> I can't figure out why the stuff is so expensive here, Canon is only a
> few hundred kms north of me, it can't be the shipping costs :-)
> Maybe the government lays heavy tax on the home market, or because the
> Japanese are used to paying high prices, I don't know. The only good thing
> here is there's alot of deals on used EOS stuff. I paid a little bit more
> than B&H's U.S. price for my lens, but cameras seem way too expensive here
> in Japan. For what it's worth, my lens price came out very close to what I
> was quoted in Toronto before I came over here. ($750.00 Can.) However, the
> big U.S. dealers seem to be able to sell stuff very cheap indeed. You
> Americans are lucky.
> Jim Davis
When Japanese customers came to the company I worked for they would always
stock up on electronics and cameras.
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Gerry Palo
Denver, Colorado
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