----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 11:44 AM Subject: EOS Canon Pricing Strategy
I am becoming increasingly concerned at the way Canon expect the rest of the world to subsidise American consumers. Taking the new EOS 300D as an example, the price in the USA is set at 899 dollars. But they have also published the Japanese price as 120000 Yen, the European price as 1099 Euro, and the British price as 899 pounds. Converting these prices into dollars at the official exchange rate shows that the Japanese consumer is paying the equivalent of 1019 dollars, the European consumer is paying the equivalent of 1202 dollars, while the British are expected to pay the equivalent of 1419 dollars!! Note to Canon: 1 dollar does NOT equal 1 pound, and if you try to con us into paying inflated prices don't be surprised if British consumers find it cheaper to fly to the USA to buy at their subsidised prices!! Chris -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note, my outgoing mail is scanned by Norton 2002 for viruses. -------------------------------------------------------------------- It isn't just Canon, many manufacturers of any range of product seems to do that, and it is probably due to VAT and other taxes and duties. I've found, as a general rule, that when you are comparing purchase prices, often there is a 1:1 correlation between the pound and the dollar, even if there isn't in the exchange rate. We don't have as many of those built in taxes, taxes are added after the retail price in the form of sales tax. And our import duties aren't as high as those of some of the EU. Skip Middleton www.shadowcatcherimagery.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
