I may take a holiday to the US and pick up a D800 (and test it before returning), there are enough independent places if anything goes wrong. May also investigate EU options since apparently the warranty is EU wide - euro exchange rate may scupper things though.
tonyhart wrote:
Check out OneStop Digital or Digital Rev.
Would you really buy a £2600 camera from a Chinese internet site?
Mar 27, 2012 at 08:26 AM
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Dave_EP wrote:
Well, the problem is not tax alone. Take off the tax and the 'before tax' price is still MUCH higher - like $7,200 instead of $6,000. WHY?
You are correct, but again look mainly to your government. The cost of doing buisness in the UK is higher than in the US for a variety of reasons. Higher taxes in general is one (not justs sales and VAT taxes, but other taxes that get passed on). I suspect there are more regulations in the UK as well ... lots of regulations generally make things more expensive over the long run (or causes long lines as demand exceeds supply for the given price).
Dave_EP wrote:
Well, the problem is not tax alone. Take off the tax and the 'before tax' price is still MUCH higher - like $7,200 instead of $6,000. WHY?
For grins and giggles I added one to my B&H shopping cart and used free shipping to NYC zip code since the web site didn't give me the option for in store pickup.
Then you just have to wait for them to get one in for your turn
'look sir, we've had 3 times as many pre-orders for our new cameras than we originally forecast'.
'ah yes. Perfect. We can increase the price to something even more rediculous and people will just have to pay more. More more more! ha ha'.
'but sir, we had better issue some BS statement about some BS systems error. We should honour orders at the original over inflated BS price as we'll still make huge margins on them and then everyone else who wants one can bend over a barrell and get b*tt fu*ked by us'.
No video tax on it - which is why we're all limited to 29m59s on video. Another stupid law brought in to protect the French VCR industry that no longer exists now anyway!
Once a tax has been added it's almost impossible to get it removed.
Dave_EP wrote:
No video tax on it - which is why we're all limited to 29m59s on video. Another stupid law brought in to protect the French VCR industry that no longer exists now anyway!
Once a tax has been added it's almost impossible to get it removed.
that's what they thought. but with HDMI out without menu icons it is real nonstop video camera. Hence the "system error". They thought they will do away with 29m59s limitation, but they forgot about this new "feature", so there needs to be video tax
Kittyk wrote:
that's what they thought. but with HDMI out without menu icons it is real nonstop video camera. Hence the "system error". They thought they will do away with 29m59s limitation, but they forgot about this new "feature", so there needs to be video tax
Well, that would require the entire Euro zone to increase prices by 14% (plus dealer markup) too, which doesn't appear to be happening..... unless I missed something. The tax is not UK only, it's Europe wide.
Since we're supposed to be a single economic union I would have thought it should be illegal to have such restrictive practices like the warranty policy they have, which at the end of the day is the only thing stopping UK buyers hoping over to Euroland and buying there.
Besides, the HDMI thing doesn't have any effect, because on it's own it still can't record > 29m59s, it takes an external add-on to do it. The camera is no longer a video recorder at that point and is no different to a web-cam.
Dave_EP wrote:
Besides, the HDMI thing doesn't have any effect, because on it's own it still can't record > 29m59s, it takes an external add-on to do it. The camera is no longer a video recorder at that point and is no different to a web-cam.
A webcam with Iso 6400, a full frame sensor and interchangeable lenses.
