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Re: [OM] Hi OLY Gang!-Price Increases!

Subject: Re: [OM] Hi OLY Gang!-Price Increases!
From: Paul Van Tuyl <olympusguy@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 11:48:40 -0500
Garth, I keep very little NEW OLY in stock. I specialize in the best used
equipment. Unfortunately for me I will be paying higher prices for most
everything as a result.

I do have a bunch of new and OLY promotional pieces of equipment that I am
going to offer at reduced prices to reduce some of the inventory I have on
hand. I'm running out of storage space! Plus, I am going on a buying trip next
Thursday wich will add to the problem! Then why buy? Well, you guys keep
asking for exotic stuff, that's why! I gotta go search for this stuff!  No,
pawn shops do not have 50-250mm ZUIKO lenses!

To get my inventory, I prey on the infirm, the senile, and those who think the
OLY equipment is going out of style! Paul.

Garth Wood wrote:

> At 12:11 AM 4/7/98 -0500, Paul Van Tuyl <olympusguy@xxxxxxxx> 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%.
>
> [snip]
>
> **SIGH**  Well, looks like it's time to "diversify" my holdings into other
> brands (I'm thinking Nikon F70...).  Too bad.
>
> Paul, a question for you: are you planning on blowing out "old" stock at
> pre-hike prices, or are you going to let the new wholesale prices flow
> through?  I'm sure people here might be interested...
>
> As for me, looks like it's time to get rid of some of my duplicated and
> unwanted Oly (or Oly-mount) lenses.  :-/
>
> BTW, I just went and checked Access Camera's Olympus prices -- looks like
> the new ones haven't taken effect (yet).  Wonder if Access carries stock,
> or just orders from manufacturers as they receive orders from customers?
> If the latter, then most of their lens prices are now wrong.
>
> Garth Wood
>
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