Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/16

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Subject: [Leica] FYI: NIkon price increases
From: frank.dernie at btinternet.com (FRANK DERNIE)
Date: Fri Jan 16 01:02:35 2009

I decided to buy everything I thought I -might- buy in the next 12 months in 
December, before the price rises that I expect due to the exchange rates 
hit. Hope it was the right thing to do...
Frank


--- On Fri, 16/1/09, Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote:

> From: Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] FYI: NIkon price increases
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Friday, 16 January, 2009, 5:55 AM
> At 7:08 PM -0500 1/15/09, A. Lal wrote:
> > Just go an e-mail from Levine's in Boston. Nikon
> prices are going up on Feb 1, with some items jumping up by
> 30+%.  Surprising to see price increases in this economic
> climate.
> > 
> > Can  Canon be far behind?
> > 
> 
> Since last spring the Japanese Yen has gained 70% against
> the Canadian Dollar and nearly 50% against the US Dollar.
> That's a bit too much to absorb for the distributors.
> 
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