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Rip Off Britain!
David Scriven, Photographer
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Rochford | Essex | United Kingdom | Posted: 3:07 AM on 10.20.09 |
->> So the new Canon 1D MK 4 is due out before the end of the year.
USA price: $4,500 (approx £3,000 in the UK)
UK price: £4,500!!!
How can it be nearly £1,500 more in the UK than if I was to buy in the states?!?
I could fly to the US have a weeks holiday and then come back with the camera for the same price as I could buy it here in the UK.
I'd like to know how they come to these prices! |
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Martin McNeil, Photographer
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East Kilbride | Lanarkshire | United Kingdom | Posted: 5:29 AM on 10.20.09 |
->> Strip out the VAT element and the price is £3913; a portion of that will be import duties of 4.9%, drilling it down to £3730.21. If anyone knows a step I've missed out on, let me know.
That makes the UK price £986 ($1618.27) more than the US price.
Why not book a long weekend stay in NYC and pop into B&H, paying just $4899.38 / £2989.01 (inc sales tax) for it.
Perhaps Thanksgiving week, flying in on Wednesday and back to the UK on Sunday? Lots to see, do, eat and shoot - for probably less than the £1500 difference :) |
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Patrick Fallon, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Columbia | MO | USA | Posted: 10:41 AM on 10.20.09 |
->> One thing to keep in mind also is you could order the camera from a USA seller, ship it to the UK, and pay all the duties/VAT and likely come out [legally] ahead too.
I would not suggest flying into the USA on Thanksgiving, noone will be open, hotels will be booked solid, etc... I used to fly TO the UK on Thanksgiving break, but I would not suggest the other way around. |
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Jack Megaw, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Pittsburgh | PA | America | Posted: 10:46 AM on 10.20.09 |
->> I'm just saying...I'm heading back to the UK for Christmas and I have a rather large suitcase.
-Jack |
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Martin McNeil, Photographer
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East Kilbride | Lanarkshire | United Kingdom | Posted: 11:31 AM on 10.20.09 |
->> Patrick;
I've vacationed in NYC on Thanksgiving weekend on a few occasions and I've always enjoyed it; there's the Macy's parade and all the hoo-hah around that, the generally festive air and not to mention some of the deals to be had on Black Friday :)
Anyways it's a moot point somewhat as it seems the Mk IV will hit shelves "some time in December". |
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Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 11:46 AM on 10.20.09 |
->> "How can it be nearly £1,500 more in the UK than if I was to buy in the states?"
Right-hand drive? |
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Mitchell Clinton, Photographer
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Carlsbad | CA | USA | Posted: 11:53 AM on 10.20.09 |
->> There you go!
Take a vacation in the USA, come home with a new camera and it will probably still be less expensive than had you just bought the camera there! |
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John Riddell, Photographer
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Toronto | ON | Canada | Posted: 12:52 PM on 10.20.09 |
| ->> Not to mention the opportunity to have some Turducken in the USA! |
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Kristopher Wilson, Photographer
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Virginia Beach | VA | USA | Posted: 2:08 PM on 10.20.09 |
| ->> As delicious as the turducken sounds, I have a hard time eating anything that starts with turd. |
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David Scriven, Photographer
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Rochford | Essex | United Kingdom | Posted: 2:38 PM on 10.20.09 |
->> I should also add that I have neither £4,500 or £3,000 available to buy the camera after just buying a 400mm 2.8. It just drives me mad how much we get ripped off here.
Hopefully six months after launch prices will drop and I'll have some cash burning a hole in my pocket. |
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Pete Gawlik, Photographer
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Brighton | East Sussex | United Kingdom | Posted: 4:33 PM on 10.20.09 |
->> Gotta agree with you David we seem to pay through the nose in this country for everything.......
Fuel
Taxes
Street Parking
Public Transport
Camera Gear
Gas
Electric
Mobile Phone Charges
House
Rent
etc etc etc |
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Walt Middleton, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Columbus | OH | USA | Posted: 5:08 PM on 10.20.09 |
| ->> Yeah Pete but, you do have the NHS (National Health System, aka: 1 payer, universal healthcare)... |
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Jeff Martin, Photographer
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wellington | OH | usa | Posted: 8:49 PM on 10.20.09 |
| ->> David, give it time. With the dollar tanking and taxes getting ready to head up, we'll be getting screwed here soon enough. |
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Pete Gawlik, Photographer
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Brighton | East Sussex | United Kingdom | Posted: 6:14 PM on 10.21.09 |
->> True Walt, they even give away a free dose of the MRSA Bug.
This is what they say about my local Hospital in Brighton.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2002/feb/26/hospitals.nhs
This was from 2002 and trust me not much has changed since. |
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Jack Megaw, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Jeff Martin, Photographer
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wellington | OH | usa | Posted: 10:51 PM on 10.21.09 |
| ->> Jack, as one of our members says, "more to come." |
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