RE: *ist D pricing

2004-02-04 Thread Rothman, Aric
The price at Adorama is now $1229! Good 'ole capitalism. Your move, BH! Aric Len Paris did write... Oh my gosh! Do you mean that dealers might not be passing the savings on to their customers? Heaven forbid! That would be a first! ;-) Len * She drove me to drink. That's the one thing

Re: *ist D pricing

2004-02-04 Thread Juey Chong Ong
On Wednesday, Feb 4, 2004, at 08:54 America/New_York, Rothman, Aric wrote: The price at Adorama is now $1229! Good 'ole capitalism. Do they have it in stock? --jc

RE: *ist D pricing

2004-02-04 Thread Rothman, Aric
There is no indication they are out of stock. They still don't have the 16-45, though. Aric -Original Message- From: Juey Chong Ong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 9:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: *ist D pricing On Wednesday, Feb 4

Re: *ist D pricing

2004-02-03 Thread Bruce Dayton
This is about what my local store seems to be doing. They were under MSRP already. They have lowered their price by $100 to a new price of $1390. We may not see a true $300 street price drop until all current stock is sold. PMA should be interesting! -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday,

Re: *ist D pricing

2004-02-03 Thread Peter Alling
That will happen at all of the smaller volume dealers who were selling or advertising it at close to list. Then the big boys will start offering discounts. At 10:47 AM 2/3/04, you wrote: Well, Adorama now lists a $100 manufacturer rebate on the ist D (something I was unaware Pentax was offering),

Re: *ist D pricing

2004-02-03 Thread Peter Alling
Pentax is price protecting retailers. I spoke to the locals who have *ist-D's in house. They sold one at a considerable discount before the announced price reduction and the owner was lamenting that he probably couldn't get the dealers rebate since he sold the camera before it was announced. At

RE: *ist D pricing

2004-02-03 Thread Len Paris
Oh my gosh! Do you mean that dealers might not be passing the savings on to their customers? Heaven forbid! That would be a first! ;-) Len * She drove me to drink. That's the one thing I'm indebted to her for. W.C. Fields Well, Adorama now lists a $100 manufacturer rebate on the ist D

Re: *ist D Pricing News

2004-02-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: With the price decrease etc, even with GST and postage, I figure I should be able to pick one up from the US for around the $1700 mark Isnt duty applicable on these? DAMN RIGHT. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche

Re: *ist D Pricing News

2004-02-01 Thread Ryan Lee
No kidding Chris! Any internet quote? How did you find this out? Regards, Ryan in Brissie - Original Message - From: Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 10:35 AM Subject: *ist D Pricing News Greetings Tanya and all Banana Bendersfrom a Crow

Re: *ist D Pricing News

2004-02-01 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
out...! tan. - Original Message - From: Ryan Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 1:17 PM Subject: Re: *ist D Pricing News No kidding Chris! Any internet quote? How did you find this out? Regards, Ryan in Brissie - Original Message

Re: *ist D Pricing News

2004-02-01 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With the price decrease etc, even with GST and postage, I figure I should be able to pick one up from the US for around the $1700 mark Isnt duty applicable on these? Kind regards Kevin -- __

Re: *ist D Pricing News

2004-02-01 Thread Ryan Lee
- From: Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 3:44 PM Subject: Re: *ist D Pricing News With the price decrease etc, even with GST and postage, I figure I should be able to pick one up from the US for around the $1700 mark Isnt duty applicable

Re: *ist D Pricing News

2004-02-01 Thread mapson
At 04:44 PM 2/02/2004 +1100, you wrote: This one time, at band camp, Tanya Mayer Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With the price decrease etc, even with GST and postage, I figure I should be able to pick one up from the US for around the $1700 mark Isnt duty applicable on these? NO It

RE: *ist D pricing, UK

2003-09-30 Thread Cotty
On 29/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Hows married life treating you? Yeah, it's treating me. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk

Re: *ist D pricing, UK

2003-09-30 Thread whickersworld
Rob Brigham wrote: Have you any experience with this company? I was thinking about ordering a TV from them. Hi Rob, I've not had any personal dealings with them (yet) but know two people who have purchased domestic electrical items and have been very satisfied with price and delivery.

Re: *ist D pricing, UK

2003-09-30 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
A M-B 300D will last longer. :) Collin snip After-sales service is not such an issue with these domestic items as the manufacturers have well-established warranty schemes, but that may not apply equally to cameras. If I was buying an EOS 300D I would use Park Cameras of Burgess Hill.

Re: *ist D pricing, UK

2003-09-29 Thread whickersworld
Cotty wrote: For UK buyers, the *ist D (body only) is available at Cameraworld for £1199! ... and the Canon EOS 300D body is available for a mere £708.00 at: http://www.qed-uk.com/?i=vp=6bg=265bp=300dsbi=0ird=1407 :-( John

RE: *ist D pricing, UK

2003-09-29 Thread Rob Brigham
Have you any experience with this company? I was thinking about ordering a TV from them. Ta -Original Message- From: whickersworld [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 September 2003 12:05 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: *ist D pricing, UK Cotty wrote: For UK buyers

RE: *ist D pricing, UK

2003-09-29 Thread Rob Brigham
] Sent: 29 September 2003 18:41 To: pentax list Subject: RE: *ist D pricing, UK On 29/9/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Have you any experience with this company? I was thinking about ordering a TV from them. Is he the real one or a clone? Cheers, Cotty

Re: *ist D pricing, UK

2003-09-27 Thread Peter Alling
In case anyone is interested they are being advertised on e-bay with a bin of $1699 US. At 12:25 PM 9/27/03 +0100, you wrote: For UK buyers, the *ist D (body only) is available at Cameraworld for £1199! www.camerworld.co.uk That's about US$1990 at 1.66 exchange rate. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__

Re: *ist D - Pricing

2003-02-27 Thread Jeff Tsai
Was this pricing confirmed anywhere? I didn't see any mention of it... if it's under US$2,000, it's going to be *total* steal! On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 09:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, according to the same source the body is plastic, thus justifying the expectedly low