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Justin D wrote:
Sounds a bit too good to be true.
It gets better - two shops that I know of have got it at that price now (PRA just sent an email).
Just had a call from Michaels here in Melbourne.
It went basically like this.
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Mic, good news - Canon has just released final pricing on the EOS 5Dmk2, and it's $4299. But we're setting the price at $3999, and they'll be here in a couple of weeks.
We've also got pricing on the kit, $5299 with the 24-105. Would you be interested in going up to the kit?
No, not really. I've got good lenses already. (28-70/2.8L, 70-200/2.8L IS, etc)
Well, Canon are releasing a lot more kits than bodies, therefore I can't guarantee you a body in a couple of weeks, but if you want to go up to the kit, I can definitely do you one of them in a couple of weeks.
I'm not really interested in the kit.
Well, I can't get you a body until January.
Also, $3999 isn't that big a deal - PhotoContinental and PRA are doing the camera for less than $3800.Well, no. PC put the price up this afternoon, and PRA just sent the email an hour ago.
Oh, that must have been estimated pricing, we only got the price from Canon an hour ago.
Well, no. PC put the price up this afternoon, and PRA just sent the email an hour ago.
Hmmmmm, interesting. Thanks for that information, glad to know about it.
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Sounds like blackmail to me, frankly.
Going in tomorrow to see the bloke who sold it to me initially, and we'll see what can be done.
Admittedly, the 24-105 would be a great walkaround lens on the FF body, but it was just the way they did it that annoyed me so much. And it retails here for $1400 or so, so the kit price is hardly compelling.
Just rang PRA in Perth and they tell me I can get a body by putting down a deposit tomorrow, as they'll split the lens/body combination and sell the lens separately, which is perfectly sensible.
Can't get back to Michaels now as they're shut. Will talk to them again in the morning.
Ahhh, what to do.
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