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[OM] Re: Discounted E-1s?

Subject: [OM] Re: Discounted E-1s?
From: Glenn Stauffer <alaxsxaq@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 08:44:05 -0400
A bit over $681US

http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi

On 7/12/05, Titoy <nestorcbc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> In USD, what is NZ 999.00 ?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Titoy
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "swisspace" <swisspace@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 5:48 PM
> Subject: [OM] Re: Discounted E-1s?
> 
> 
> > 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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