I think I will look at this again. :-) John
On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:02:00 +0100, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> From: "John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 2006/09/26 Tue PM 11:03:26 GMT >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: K10D availability >> >> Actually I meant to say the US price (plus shipping, duty and VAT) was >> 10% >> LESS than the expected UK price. I was told that the expected price was >> between £700 and £750. I'm using rough figures, but 10% isn't far out. >> >> Given that the release date appears to be roughly the same in both >> countries, and bearing in mind that the initial production run of a new >> camera is more likely to throw up faults, and that EU consumer law is >> better than US, I felt that the approx 10% difference was a price worth >> paying. > > By today's figures ($1 = 53p) the $899 I've seen bandied about comes out > to £476. The $999 list price comes to £528 - just less than I paid for > the DL2 kit. I don't think I agree with you. 8-)) > > >> >> For those interested, I placed the order with Park Cameras. >> >> John >> >> >> On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:04:10 +0100, mike wilson >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> > John Forbes wrote: >> >> I have just placed an order on a UK supplier (price to be confirmed, >> but >> >> expected to be 10% more than US price plus shipping and taxes), and >> was >> >> told that availability is expected to be good, and delivery was firm >> for >> >> the first week of November. >> > >> > You are talking equal value of Sterling and dollars, aren't you? Not >> > properly converted? >> > >> >> >> >> The proof of the pudding, of course........., but I reckon that >> either >> >> Pentax has built up some seiously large stocks of this model, or they >> >> have >> >> under-estimated potential demand. Let us hope it is the former. >> >> >> >> John >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.ntlworld.com > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software > Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
