Whinge:(

[D.]

Sorry this has been done to death but I just have to vent steam!
How the ^%#%!! does Canon justify charging $499 for a lens that sells for
$125US (28mm F2.8)?? Where's the ACCC when you need them?

[Miro]

"D." <blah@blah.com> wrote in message
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> Sorry this has been done to death but I just have to vent steam!
> How the ^%#%!! does Canon justify charging $499 for a lens that sells for
> $125US (28mm F2.8)?? Where's the ACCC when you need them?
>
>

And the law that prevents you paying less is ?

[k]

"D." <blah@blah.com> wrote in message
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: Sorry this has been done to death but I just have to vent steam!
: How the ^%#%!! does Canon justify charging $499 for a lens that sells for
: $125US (28mm F2.8)?? Where's the ACCC when you need them?

wholesalers :-(

when GST came in did they drop the price from the 32%? No, they stuck on
another 10% and creamed us all for more!

bstards

k

[Ryadia]

k wrote:
> "D." <blah@blah.com> wrote in message
> news:DZPdd.34427$5O5.33947@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> : Sorry this has been done to death but I just have to vent steam!
> : How the ^%#%!! does Canon justify charging $499 for a lens that sells for
> : $125US (28mm F2.8)?? Where's the ACCC when you need them?
>
> wholesalers :-(
>
> when GST came in did they drop the price from the 32%? No, they stuck on
> another 10% and creamed us all for more!
>
> bstards
>
> k
>
And what about the bloody RSPCA? Surely those animals have been barking
up the wrong tree too?

R

[Keith]

Available for AU$336 http://centre.net.au/Canon_0007T3.html


"D." <blah@blah.com> wrote in message
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> Sorry this has been done to death but I just have to vent steam!
> How the ^%#%!! does Canon justify charging $499 for a lens that sells for
> $125US (28mm F2.8)?? Where's the ACCC when you need them?
>
>

[Scott Coutts]

D. wrote:

> Sorry this has been done to death but I just have to vent steam!
> How the ^%#%!! does Canon justify charging $499 for a lens that sells for
> $125US (28mm F2.8)?? Where's the ACCC when you need them?
>
>

omg here we go again...

[insert facts/theories as to why it's expensive here]

[insert arguments saying why any and all answers
inserted above are wrong]

[StudioJ]

Sorry this has been done to death but I just have to vent steam!
How the ^%#%!! does Canon justify charging $499 for a lens that sells for
$125US (28mm F2.8)?? Where's the ACCC when you need them?

So just import and quit whining about it! RRP never has much to with the actual price anyway.

[Alan Rutlidge]

"StudioJ" <StudioJ.1eid7p@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> D. Wrote:
> > Sorry this has been done to death but I just have to vent steam!
> > How the ^%#%!! does Canon justify charging $499 for a lens that sells
> > for
> > $125US (28mm F2.8)?? Where's the ACCC when you need them?
>
> So just import and quit whining about it! RRP never has much to with
> the actual price anyway.
>
>
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Warranty might be an issue if the lens is imported. AFAIK Canon Australia
doesn't honour overseas purchases.

Personally I don't like Canon. Their service sucked some years back and I
haven't been convinced otherwise so far judging from a friend's recent
service issues with an IXUS 400 digital, however that's another issue.

Cheers,
Alan

[Glenn]

And here is a good one, why do you pay Thousands for a wedding photo shoot
when it cost bugger all to take the photos.
where's the ACCC when you need them (Suspect not too many here would
complain about that though) ;-)


"D." <blah@blah.com> wrote in message
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> Sorry this has been done to death but I just have to vent steam!
> How the ^%#%!! does Canon justify charging $499 for a lens that sells for
> $125US (28mm F2.8)?? Where's the ACCC when you need them?
>
>

[michael]

Glenn wrote:
> And here is a good one, why do you pay Thousands for a wedding photo shoot
> when it cost bugger all to take the photos.

Hey, I'm a wedding photographer on the side and
I whole heatedly agree! :)

> where's the ACCC when you need them (Suspect not too many here would
> complain about that though) ;-)

[D.]

"michael" <sendjunkto@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Glenn wrote:
> > And here is a good one, why do you pay Thousands for a wedding photo
shoot
> > when it cost bugger all to take the photos.
>
> Hey, I'm a wedding photographer on the side and
> I whole heatedly agree! :)
>
> > where's the ACCC when you need them (Suspect not too many here would
> > complain about that though) ;-)

I'd just like the simple pleasure to walk into shop and buy a lense or
camera and know I'm not paying a 200 or 300 percent mark up over what I can
get it OS for. No duty hassles or worry its going to get flogged in the mail
or the supplier is a shonk.

[Edge]

D. wrote:

>
> I'd just like the simple pleasure to walk into shop and buy a lense or
> camera and know I'm not paying a 200 or 300 percent mark up over what I can
> get it OS for. No duty hassles or worry its going to get flogged in the mail
> or the supplier is a shonk.

:) don't we all ........... but you need to remember that these items
are the type that you only buy one or 2 of .. they are not "throw away"
items that you replace every year ... the retail shops have to make a
profit somehow ... so we pay what we pay .... The importer has to make
their profit and to pay for the shipping costs too ...