> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Jones [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 7:55 AM
> Subject: Re: Battery Pack FG
>
> In Australia I paid $70au for it, which is about $37us. $110us is a joke.
>
>
[Cesar writes >] The original price was about US$100. There was a point in
time that they dropped to about US$40 if not lower. I know of a few stores
that were still asking the original price since they bot them when the price
was still high. It could be the case here.
Cesar
Panama City, Florida
Sitting in Baltimore, Maryland
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Erik Nordin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 4:54 PM
> Subject: RE: Battery Pack FG
>
>
> > Just to clarify my opinion - in Sweden the FG pack costs something like
> USD
> > 50, and I think it's worth it. However, I could never dream of another
> place
> > being more expensive than Sweden, and for USD 110 - well, the battery
> > economy argument is simply not valid anymore. However, it's worth it for
> the
> > improved handling with large lenses nevertheless. The difference was
> > apparent with the Tamron macro 90/2.8, which definitely isn't the
> largest
> > lens in the world.
> >
> > By the way, I got both the Tamron lens and the FG pack from B&H in NYC -
> 25
> > USD for the pack. Still, sooner or later I would have bought it in
> Sweden.
> >
> > /Erik
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