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[OM] Re: Discounted E-1s?

Subject: [OM] Re: Discounted E-1s?
From: swisspace <swisspace@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:48:08 +0200
Hi Michael,

word is that australia overstocked and offloaded them to New Zealand, it 
is a tremendous deal, so much so that I had one shipped to switzerland, 
though the deal I was offered included a rather expensive 1gb card. 
however I still made quite a saving over buying from anywhere else. That 
was until I dropped the camera and lens and now the lens is no good so I 
will have to replace it sometime - and I will probably get the 14-54 not 
the 14-45 which was ok though for the time mine worked.

prices are still the same elsewhere so maybe there is a new body on its 
way or maybe not.

cheers Ianw

Michael Kopp wrote:
> Hi, Chaps and Chapesses,
> 
> (I _have_ detected a dearth of the better halves on this list -- why is that?)
> 
> Store here in Wellington is selling E-1s with the standard 14 to 
> whatever lens for $999 NZ  -- about a third or less of the retail 
> price. And less than the US$ equivalent lowest price from B&H.
> 
> This is a reputable pro store, so it's not a shonky deal or parallel 
> importing that will leave the user dead in the water.
> 
> But why and how are they doing this? They say they "ran into a number 
> of the cameras on a good deal".
> 
> Possible translation: Olympus is about to bring out another pro model 
> (not the useless 300-type) and is dumping the E-1s worldwide?
> 
> Or the bottom is dropping out of world-wide demand for the cameras 
> (Olympus pro marketing always did suck)?
> 
> Or ???
> 
> Nobody here has apparently heard of the OM-style adapters that I 
> understand Olympus USA is _giving_ away with the purchase of an E-1 
> there.
> 
> Any thoughts?

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