afaik, B&H has always sold gray market lenses. If prices have jumped it's
an indication that perhaps their gray market source has dried up and they
are now forced to buy through Oly USA where dealer prices are considerably
higher.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Chakravorty" <suchismit@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 2:55 AM
Subject: [OM] price leap for new Zuikos at B&H ?
> I can't understand why. The 35-80 has gone up from 1369.95 to about
1599, the 90/2 has gone up
> by 100 bucks, and so have many other smaller lenses. Is it BH that is
doing this arbitrarily or does
> Olympus Corp have a say in it ? Normally when a manufacturer discontinues
a line,
> price go down to clear inventory..{oh well..that is the case only when the
inventory has to be cleared
> to make way for new items. Not so for the OM system. End of the road
here. :-( }
>
> -Tim
>
>
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