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[OM] Re: E-500 specs (long)

Subject: [OM] Re: E-500 specs (long)
From: bartjew@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:23:20 +0200
Indeed they are.
Do you want to get yourself a pretty one? :o)

In Holand it's sold for 700 Euros (olympus e-300 kit + 14-45/3.5-5.6) 

Cheers,
Bart



Citeren John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>:

> 
> Are E-300s sold outside the US minus the EVOLT moniker?  Just wondering.
> 
> John Hermanson
> Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Manuel Viet" <oly@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 1:51 PM
> Subject: [OM] Re: E-500 specs (long)
> 
> 
> >
> > Le jeudi 29 Septembre 2005 15:59, Mark Dapoz a écrit :
> >> On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Manuel Viet wrote:
> >> >  we, europeans, are a bit tired to finance your low
> >> > prices along with our purchases, so the trick is to brand devices
> >> > differently, and then you can't claim a warranty for a device not
> >> > officialy sold in your own country, making the bargain far less
> >> > attractive.
> >>
> >> I think you better check your facts there.  I highly doubt that
> European
> >> Olympus sales are subsidising American Olympus sales.
> >
> > It's more or less a general rant ; for anything including electronics, 
> > facts
> > are that the euro / $ parity is far less equal than it may seem from a 
> > pure
> > banking point of view.
> >
> >> It comes down to a
> >> simple cost of doing business.  If Olympus America offers warranty 
> >> service
> >> on something they didn't sell (and hence didn't get the profit), then 
> >> that
> >> is a net loss for them.  Just like you wouldn't expect your local photo
> >> retailer to handle a warranty claim for something you ordered over the 
> >> net.
> >
> > <mode=former law science teacher hat on> It's against european consumer
> > protection laws, for a producer, to refuse the legal warranty over _any_
> > branded device, whatever be the retail outlet. Another world...
> > -- 
> > Manuel Viet
> >
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