"Keith (R.K.) Berry" <keith_r.k.berry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Looking through the manual lenses section of the Jessops photographic
>catalogue, I am amazed to see that the new price of an Olympus 50mm f1.8 is
>an incredible 230 UKP!
Oly Japan had a list price hike last November. The 50mm/1.8 has a list price of
24,000yen. 1 UKP today is 196.79yen and US$1.61. Therefore, the Japanese list
price is 121 UKP and $196.
The UK must tax on the imported camera goods or Olympus UK must have their own
idea of economy.
Tomoko Yamamoto
mailto:tomokoy@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.charm.net/~tomokoy/
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