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04/06/2006 04:48:43 AM · #1 |
I have been scrounging every possible site to buy the new Nikon 18-200mm VR lens and I am now on the waiting list at Kenmore Camera for $699
I've just been to my local development store in Stellenbosch, South Africa, and there I see 3 boxes of these lenses on the shelf! This must be the only place in the world where they are currently available off the shelf. The problem is that in South Africa they sell for R8000, which is equivalent to $1300, almost double the price in the US. What's worse is that this is the recommended list price by Nikon South Africa
I get the feeling that somewhere someone is laughing all the way to the bank, and it's not me! |
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04/06/2006 04:57:36 AM · #2 |
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04/06/2006 05:47:26 AM · #3 |
| I love my 18-200 VR! Highly recommended |
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04/06/2006 05:49:08 AM · #4 |
you can order that lens from Yodobashi kamera in japan by mail order or even Senai camera in Chiba japan. You can get one also from yahoo auctions japan. I am surprised Nikon would do such a terrible thing, sorry to hear about that. good luck.
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04/06/2006 06:44:49 AM · #5 |
| Thanks alionic! Do you know if the Yodobashi website has an english part? |
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04/06/2006 07:14:27 AM · #6 |
| No, Sorry Willy according to PhotoGuide Japan there is no sites in english. |
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04/06/2006 07:52:02 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by wsteyn:
Thanks alionic! Do you know if the Yodobashi website has an english part? |
Im not sure if they have an english part to be honest but if you need anything translating please mail it to me and my wife will do it for you. hope you can find it.
Try also Fuji camera for the lens
Message edited by author 2006-04-06 07:52:36.
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04/06/2006 07:54:03 AM · #8 |
nikon has a bizzar price per country scheme
(in Canada) take the 105 macro is pegged as much as the new 105vr macro ...
i believe they pegged the price when (cnd) dollar really sucked (.65) and now that it is higher (.85) thay have never changed the price //
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04/06/2006 08:12:02 AM · #9 |
I ordered my 18-200mm early March and they say I might get it end of May... if I'm lucky. Patience, patience....
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04/06/2006 08:32:06 AM · #10 |
Hey Kosmik, it's hard to be patient if you can see it on a shelf 2 yards away, but price-wise it's just too far :d... (the dots are drool!)
Where did you order yours?
I also see you have the sigma 10-22, what's your verdict? |
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