Hi,
you've got a good memory! When I bought my Pentax ringflash in 1999 I
think I compared prices at various places and found that it was
cheaper for me to get it from I think Ravensburger Fotoversand in
Germany. It was at least £150- cheaper than in the UK. The actual
price was slightly cheaper in the US than in Germany, but shipping,
VAT and duty pushed the figure above the German price. I didn't do a
general survey in any way, and for some photographic equipment the
prices in Germany and the UK are the same.
For buying film you might try www.7dayshop.com, which is very good
compared to UK prices because of some loophole whereby they don't pay
VAT in the Channel Islands, which is the bricks mortar location of
the company.
I don't think it's possible to say 'xxx is cheaper for Pentax'. It
seems to vary with the particular thing you want and when you want it.
In the UK of course we're pretending that there's no such thing as the
Euro; as usual the rest of Europe is out of step with us g. When we
switched from groats to decimal currency in the early 1970s prices went
up because people were too confused to realise. The same thing may well
happen in Euroland.
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Bob
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Wednesday, December 19, 2001, 9:49:53 AM, you wrote:
Less than 2 weeks to the official launch of the Euro - should simplify price
comparisons and bargain hunting across Europe. Can anyone recommend reliable
mail order houses within Europe. I remember some discussion quite awhile ago
about some place in Germany (I think that Bob Walkden did some comparisons
with UK prices???) Who offers the best Pentax and fikm prices - are there
savings to be had in buying larger quantities of Velvia by mail order?
regards, Pat
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