Thank you for the suggestion Denton! As you know I have been the butt of much
criticism for being too commercialistic on the list. On the other hand a
large number of you said you appreciated my input and found the info
informative and not commercialistic! If enough of you true believers wanted
more info I will be happy to produce price info, until OLY tells me to stop
or lose my dealership!
Paul.
Denton Taylor wrote:
> At 12:11 AM 4/7/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >Well, the OLY people sent the new price list to dealers in the middle of
> >the night, by fax! Would you believe the dealer cost on an OM-4Ti is now
> >$1200u.s.!
> >
> >A bunch of lenses also increased dramatically. I have not had time to
> >compare all before and after dealer prices, but I can see that several
> >increases are less than the reported 20%.
> >
> >Now watch as used prices jump too! The demand for good used equipment
> >will certainly increase and drive prices up as people balk at the new
> >equipment prices.Paul.
> >
> A very useful service you could perfomr would be to post a list of Oly
> bodies and lenses and the percentage price increase in each. Then, folk
> could make informed buying decisions before everyone raises their prices.
> Perhaps, they might even buy them from you!
>
> Regards,
>
> Denton Taylor
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