Thanks Daniel. I think you are probably right. I expect I'm going to
"need" the lens before the next logical time for rebates, alas.
I also need some inducement to get Ag Schnozz to come down the road to
see me, and the DZ 50-200 might do it. I suspect he's going to fall
off the wagon one of these days and get a D5, and I have to try to
keep him in the fold.
Joel W.
On 1/17/06, Daniel Sepke <dan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Joel,
>
> It seems to me to they coincide with an absence of new stuff coming out and
> the resultant lag in sales perhaps. I view rebates as a kind of like a
> sweetener/stimulus to go out and buy that next toy you had previously
> thought about. I got my E-1/14-54 with a rebate on it but missed the next
> window with my 11-22 and FL50 purchases. While I was peeved for a moment I
> got over it and I am still glad I bought them. Trying to predict the next
> period of rebates could be tricky though. I would speculate that with the
> forthcoming E-X it *may* be accompanied by a rebate period (if I recall
> correctly the E-1 did when it first came out). And if there isn't one
> immediately there would be one a few months after the E-X comes out to
> pickup stragglers like me into upgrading and buying a few more pieces for
> the collection.
>
> This is of course just speculation on my part and YMMV :)
>
> Dan S.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Joel Wilcox
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 1:44 PM
> To: OM List
> Subject: [OM] Q: E-system Rebates
>
>
> Has anyone discerned a pattern to the E-system rebates? I am interested in
> the DZ 50-200 and had hoped Olympus America would re-instate the rebate
> program after the Dec 31 deadline, but it hasn't happened. I think the
> rebates dropped off for a while in the past and then were reinstated. Has
> anyone followed the timing of these things?
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Joel W.
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