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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