"Arnoud Quanjer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote/replied to: >I purchased a 300mm f/2.8 L IS a couple of months ago and I seriously >thought about ordering one at B&H and have them ship it to Europe. Even with >the import taxes and VAT that lens would still be around $1600 USD cheaper. >I was offered a good deal in Holland so I didn't import the lens, but this >to me proves that taxes alone are not to blame for the price difference.
I ordered in my 100-400L IS lens from Adorama to Japan and saved money, even including the fact that I had to pay 5 percent Japanese tax, shipping, and a small broker fee. And this lens was made just up the road from me here. You go figure. It seems to be what the marke will bear, or in other words, what the greedy distributor decides to gouge for in each country. Japan however, is a different matter and I do not understand it, except that the Japanese are affluent and used to be gouged. Prices here are also fixed, you can't get a cheaper price anywhere, every store is the same. But when I looked at the price of this lens in Canada I had to chuckle. $2999.00 CAN hahahaha. Ya sure. Jim Davis Nature Photography http://www.kjsl.com/~jbdavis/ * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
