I am becoming increasingly concerned at the way Canon expect the rest of the world to subsidise American consumers.
Taking the new EOS 300D as an example, the price in the USA is set at 899 dollars. But they have also published the Japanese price as 120000 Yen, the European price as 1099 Euro, and the British price as 899 pounds. Converting these prices into dollars at the official exchange rate shows that the Japanese consumer is paying the equivalent of 1019 dollars, the European consumer is paying the equivalent of 1202 dollars, while the British are expected to pay the equivalent of 1419 dollars!! Note to Canon: 1 dollar does NOT equal 1 pound, and if you try to con us into paying inflated prices don't be surprised if British consumers find it cheaper to fly to the USA to buy at their subsidised prices!! Watch out with these prices - I think $899 in the US was expected street price but the £899 was suggested retail price, i.e. list price. I expect actual UK price to be substantially lower but I checked www.bhphoto.com, www.ny-camer.de and www.jessops.co.uk today and none of them were listing a price for the 300D so it isn't possible to perform a meaningful analysis yet. As pointed out by someone else, European prices usually include sales tax whereas US ones don't. Customs charges are fairly low on camera equipment, I haven't checked the exact category that this would fall into but most camera equipment is between 0 and 5% in the UK so that won't make a huge difference. Nonetheless I'll be checking prices outside the UK before I buy. If Henry were to let us all know when the camera actually goes on sale then I'm sure many here would appreciate it. -- Registered Office: Roke Manor Research Ltd, Siemens House, Oldbury, Bracknell, Berkshire. RG12 8FZ The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential to Roke Manor Research Ltd and must not be passed to any third party without permission. This communication is for information only and shall not create or change any contractual relationship. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
