jamesf99 wrote:
Glad to see something official posted. it's better than nothing that's for sure, but I was hoping to see something like what Canada is getting. Too bad our Canon USA cheese balls won't give us the deals our neighbors to the north.
The differences are amazing and significant. The Canadians even get a discount on the 300 f/2.8 IS, they can combine products to increase the discounts, and apparently don't have to worry about the price of oil or a price increase.
Edited by jamesf99 on May 11, 2008 at 08:53 AM GMT
James, not sure this will make you feel any better, but while the CDN rebate looks good on paper, you're still better off on the bigger ticket items being south of the border without any rebate than we are in Canada even after the rebate.
You alluded to the CDN 300 2.8 rebate. Yes, that was a suprise, but...
the largest(?) retailer in Ontario, Henry's Camera, currently has the 300L f/2.8 priced at $4,749.99. Knock $300 off that price using the double rebate and it's still $349 higher than the current B&H regular price.
Not to mention I'd pay $617.50 in taxes on that lens here (13%). I'm guessing if you buy online from out of state, you pay no tax down there.
Add it all up and you are almaost $1K ahead on that item, with no rebate.
Granted, I can do a bit better if I shop around, but still, not better enough.
And our rebate is a, ugh, mail-in.
While some items are closer in price (40D for example), I'd still rather have your great pricing and moderate rebates, than our good rebates and crappy pricing.
Things could be worse i guess.
We could have to pay European pricing. Yikes.
Greg