Over a year ago, Olympus raised prices on all lenses in the OM system. Some
prices went up as much as 50%. The price quoted on the 21 f2 is about 10%
over net.
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Spolarich <caesar2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] What Scanners are being used?
> To Wayne Shumaker:
>
> Thanks for the input! I just returned from the Hunt's Photo show (Boston
> for those unfamiliar with this message.) and did not make any purchases.
In
> fact I was a bit disappointed. The Olympus booth was a sad sight to say
the
> least compared to the Nikon and Canon phalanx! Sheesh!
>
> What really bugged me were the prices quoted for Olympus SLR lenses. The
> agent stated "100ver." So I'm thinking to myself ... "over what?" For
> the 21mm F2.0, quoted price was $1049. The 100ver sure wasn't at cost!
>
> I guess I'm too used to internet and computer show prices! B&H has the
> lense at $939 BTW. I'll have to continue my search for quality USED
> equipment elsewhere.
>
> caesar2@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Ron & Mary Spolarich
> www.mscollectibles.com
>
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