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    Posted: 02 September 2007 at 19:48

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Sony lens price correction begins, looks like they are getting ready to play :)

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Edit: Added US to the topic (for some Euro envy and clarity's sake)

Edited by BackToSlr - 02 September 2007 at 20:18
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Not in Europe, at least in Germany, for the time being. :-(

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Lets hope that they don't take much time to lower also in Europe, it they do I will take the dive.

Added now:
just noticed that they have increased the price in Portugal, first time I looked at that lens it was 2.399€ now it is 2.849,01€ :(

Edited by vitor - 02 September 2007 at 20:55
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The day it starts selling for $1499 is when I'll get one. :)
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yeah, sonystyle.fi still sells it for 3199€... In US you could buy two for that price!!!
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The prices of the both teleconverters seem to be cut as well.

They are sold for $449.99 in Sony style now while B&H sells them for $569.95 (1.4x) and $609.95 (2x).

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25.999,00 SEK VAT incl. on https://www.sonystyle.se/
3,774.65 USD

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Originally posted by pnaciona

The day it starts selling for $1499 is when I'll get one. :)


I paid full price in NZ dollars when the exchange rate was very bad.

Why should any Johnny Come Latelys be able to get them at bargain prices?? I want to remain exclusive.

On the other hand they could have an APO-C model with the "C" standing for cheap. This would have the glass machine polished for 30 mins. I wouldn't mind so much then.

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I just checked and everything that is reduced is on backorder. Kind of crappy of sonystyle IMO since it doesn't matter how cheap it is if it's not available. Now I don't feel bad about paying $2300 for my 70-200mm SSM a few weeks ago, at least I've been out shooting with it instead of wishing for it at a discounted price. Summer is on it's way out so it won't take long for me to get $300 worth of pleasure out of it.

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In www.sony.dk it's only 24.999DKK (4.574,36USD or 3.355,63EUR). Two of those pleace...

I don't get it why there is such a big difference in price.
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Yeah, same here in UK - SOnystyle has it for £1850 (about $3500 or 2600 euro).

I'd love to hear a justification from Sony as to why they are charging european customers 80-100% more for the same item made in Japan...

Come on Sony - give us an answer!

Otherwise, we might just start to think you are just royally ripping us all off and making a huge profit from us...

Frankly, they really are taking the p**s, and it's one of the reasons I don't like them and I don't trust them. In the words of my friend, "they think they're too nice".

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Of course there is a difference in VAT depending on which country your live in (25% in Denmark) but that would only justify a price difference of eg. 25%.
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Originally posted by lauge

Of course there is a difference in VAT depending on which country your live in (25% in Denmark) but that would only justify a price difference of eg. 25%.


Are there import duties? and other taxes?

There is ofcourse extra warranty.

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down to $1999 ... what was it before?

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