Yes, pricing in Europe seems a bit strange. A 900 Pound lens in the UK is often 900 dollars in the US, and 900 Euros. There is a real difference in price on the street. I expect lots of this in Japan with small retailers, but not Europe. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Jaume Lahuerta <jlah...@yahoo.com> wrote: > ----- Mensaje original ---- > >> De: John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> >> >>> From: Miserere >> > >> > So they're aiming for ?5-6,000 release price? At the current >> > photographic exchange rate, that should be around...$5-6,000 :-) >> > I will soil my trousers if it's released at that price. >> > >> > And yes, I'll make a PESO of the incident. >> >> The currency symbol doesn't come through. >> >> If it's 5-6000 "pounds" (Great Britain), I make that $8-10,000 US dollars. If >> it's 5-6000 Euro, I make it $7,500 - $9,000 US dollars >> >> ... using an internet currency converter. >> > > I understood some irony in Miserere's words...sometimes it seems that they > don't bother to convert the currency so a camera that in the US costs 1000$ > in Europe goes for 1000EUR, whatever the rate is. > > Jaume > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
