I have tried with three different lenses in the last year + and so far have not received a rebate. If one ever shows up it will be a pleasant surprise, but Pentax's history in fulfilling rebates would suggest that you shouldn't take them too seriously in making your purchase decisions.
stan On Jul 7, 2007, at 10:06 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > Fri Jul 6 19:48:00 EDT 2007 > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> On Jul 6, 2007, at 2:55 PM, cbwaters wrote: >>> How is the DA 100 macro? >> >> I've heard good things about it. It's a D-FA series lens, however, >> not a DA. >> >> I'm sure the rebates will end at some point but have no idea when. >> > > I was also thinking about rebates and possible price decrease, while > considering purchasing this lens. The rebates for this and > other lenses have been going for more then an year, if I am not > mistaking. > > Very often, there is a trend that following the rebates, the prices > are slashed down, approximately to the level comparable to the price > after rebate. Watching the prices in the past few months, I can see > that some companies seeming started pushing them down slowly: > http://cameras.pricegrabber.com/slr-lenses/pentax/m/5541658/ > search=pentax%20100%202.8 > > However, guessing whether the prices will indeed go down or not (and > when) is a gamble. > > Igor > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
