--- Al Ruscelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

 I would have thought this lens would have been less
 expensive in Japan
> than in the US. What's the deal?

Many things:

* Higher overall median incomes
* More convoluted distributor networks
* Smaller market size w/ larger overhead
* Japanese catalogues/brochures for products are much nicer than American ones
* Someone has to pay for all the girls in miniskirts at the product shows
* More adhesion to Minimum Advertised Price
* etc. etc.



Karen


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