[OM] Re: OT Nikon sales attitude

[iwert]

I'm sure you can fly over to NYC, buy one and return for less than 1500 
pounds total!

Iwert.

Op 24-apr-06 om 12:23 heeft jking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx het volgende 
geschreven:

>
> This is off topic other than its a slide scanner and I will scan 
> olympus
> shoots with it.
> Anyway the story...
>
> I want a good quality scanner for both 35mm slides and medium format 
> with
> the demise of the multi scan pro it looks like a Nikno coolscan 
> 9000ed. In
> the uk the cheapest price I could find was a rather high 1800+ pounds 
> but
> they never seemed to have one in stock. The only places with stock 
> where
> asking 2000 pounds+
>
> I took a look at KEH in the USA - 1800 dollars around 1100 pounds. Why 
> the
> huge difference? I checked with customs in the uk there is NO duty 
> charge
> because it is considerred a computer attachment....
>
> I try to buy one from KEH. KEH says that if they sell one to the uk 
> Nikon!
> will stop supplying them any gear at all. Surely this is illegal? KEH 
> say
> that they can ship it to a USA address and if that address ships it to 
> me
> no problem but they can not send me one directly. GGGGRRRRRrrrr....
> Is this the distributor in the USA causing a problem or is Nikon
> deliberatly trying to rip off the uk and probably Europe to?
>
> I am now in hong kong again teaching. I try three camera shops in 
> Stanley
> street (well known for its camera shops)... EXACTLY same price from 
> each
> one - 1500 pounds (19000 HKD). But none in stock and the distributor 
> has
> not got one because they don't sell enough to justify having one in
> stock...


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