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[OM] Re: Discounted E-1s?

Subject: [OM] Re: Discounted E-1s?
From: "Titoy" <nestorcbc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:29:28 +0800
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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