Tomoko, I question the wisdom of your statement! Do you honestly think I would
put a false statement about such a critical issue on the list? Your statement
sounds foolish because you did not get any actual information. Do you want to
give me specifics and I will respond with the OLY faxed sheet?
For your information, the price increase was announced over 30 days ago, and I
commented on it here. I do not know where you checked or with who you checked,
but it is obvious you are out of line. Also you did not exercise good judgement
in your caustic remarks!
I question the wisdom of your remaining on the list, too.
Tomoko Yamamoto wrote:
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 00:11:01 -0500
> >From: Paul Van Tuyl <olympusguy@xxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: >
> >Well, the OLY people sent the new price list to dealers in the middle of
> >the night, by fax! Would you believe the dealer cost on an OM-4Ti is now
> >$1200u.s.!
> >
> >A bunch of lenses also increased dramatically. I have not had time to
> >compare all before and after dealer prices, but I can see that several
> >increases are less than the reported 20%.
> >
> It is hard to believe what he claimed in the above. I called my local
> camera store which is an Olympus dealer to find out that they, too, had
> received a fax from Oly America. I was told that they did not, and they
> (the buyer-owner of the store) just talked with an Oly Rep on the phone
> yesterday. The price increase by Olympus has been by a small amount, and
> if they were making any increases, they would notify dealers normally one
> month in advance, according to the salesman I talked on the phone. My
> local store carries the OM2000 and would order an OM-4T or OM lenses if a
> customer wants.
>
> I am curious as to why Paul wants to scare us about price increases. Maybe
> he did not behave well, and Oly America sent him the fax??? It may be that
> Paul just wants to increase his prices.
>
> I question the wisdom of keeping Paul on the list.
>
> Tomoko Yamamoto
> Photographer, Composer, Soprano
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