On Tuesday, June 03, 2003, at 12:31PM, Mac Canada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The Camera: Beautiful, takes great pictures, very easy to use, takes >decent movies, comes with reasonable software. I am very happy with >the camera. If you have any specific questions feel free to give me a >call. >-- > Mark Chapman - Centre for the Study of Religion - University of Toronto
The meat of my response... Have you tried printing the pictures yet? Also, do you think you'll ever use the interchangeable lens feature of the camera? [Off topic start] >Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 17:11:00 -0400 >From: "Mark D. Chapman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Digital camera > >I thought I would respond to a few of the comments in this thread as >I bought the Canon A70 on Sat. > >Price: Prices are significantly better in the US. There are a few >reasons for this: larger market, different distributor, more >competition, etc. I bought Canadian because I wanted the warranty and >the price difference (taking into account exchange, shipping, border >fees, etc.) was at most $100 Canadian (much less if the US cost was >over $300). I'm not worried about warranty (have never had to use one yet)-- convenience is more important. Since I'll have a close friend living in the US soon that last stumbling block will be overcome. I'd *rather* keep my $ in Canada (preferably local), but if that's going to make a 20-30% price difference on a big-ticket item (for a student, $600 is a big ticket item) I can't be that idealistic as a student, and am willing to take the risk of a hassle filled warrantee service (these items aren't without warrantee... it's just that you have to deal with the US branch for service). >Best Canadian Price: I purchased from Downtown camera in Toronto. I >was able to talk them down to $475 (they also had great prices on >Nihm batteries). Henrys and Vistek would not budge at all. The >problem is that it is a very popular camera and currently in very >short supply in Canada. I actually found it for $468 with free >shipping at McBains Camera in Edmonton but they didn't have any >stock. If you are not in a rush I would recommend waiting a month or >two for the various stores to replenish their stock and for the >initial interest in the camera to decline. I am leaving for Australia >in a month and had to buy now. I don't quite get why some stores simply won't budge on prices. Not too long ago walked out on a $1000 sale (HP Laser) because they wouldn't budge by $100, even when I *knew* the margin was well over $100 (the next place I went to sold it to us for $874, $30 *below* the academic price even)). I guess I'm rather ignorant of microeconomic theory but I thought that as long as the retail price was higher than the inventory price, a retailer was better off moving the stock rather than sitting on it and losing a sale to someone else. For the manufacturer, obviously it's better to have the market artificially high (or as high as possible), but that's the beauty of retail competition -- each retailer will have to watch out for the other retailer getting their sales (&, to antogonise MacDuff about illegal collusion between music manufacturers... (or maybe I shouldn't... the last time (s)he (?) got agitated it ended up in a number of self-perpetuating digests)). Eric. -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Educational discounts are now available Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
