It's undoubtedly a better deal than the DL2, even at £750. Assuming all things being equal. > > From: "John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/09/27 Wed AM 11:16:07 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: K10D availability > > 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 >
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