After yesterdays price drop on the A99 for the first time we also got a price drop on the Sony RX1. And it’s a quite big one! You save $170 at [shoplink 16254 ebay]Cameraland (Click here)[/shoplink] and at [shoplink 16255 ebay]BigValue (Click here)[/shoplink].
Deal found via Slidoo eBay.
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Nice price drop.
I personally am sick and tired with this european pricing strategy of Sony. Especially here in Germany.
This is really an issue for me to think about turning from Sony.
2.600 $ is atm roughly 2k€, but the RX1 is listed at my premium reseller at 3.099 €.
Same with A99. I don’t mind paying some bucks more due to being an early adopter, but here we have almost the same issue. I paid 2,7k€ compared to 2,9k$ (start price in US) which is ~2k€.
Why the euro price is so much higher? Is it because of the tax?
No, it is not TAX issue it is Sony only. Other cameras aren’t as expensive compared to Sony. For example D800 is 700$ cheaper in Europe than A99. Funny isn’t it? 🙂
I suspect that Samsung has a stake in Sony’s EU sales. Either that or they are digging their own oblivion.
Hold On, The Prices will continue to Slide –
Now that Early Adopters shot their Wad
Sony Management Dictate Directive –
Dump All Inventory
The Real Market is
BUYER DEMANDING VALUE FOR EACH AND EVERY BUDGET DOLLAR
There’s plenty of value in the RX1. Noone else can produce a fullframe camera this small.
DXO SENSOR TEST RATINGS
IMAGE SENSOR QUALITY TESTS – FOR
RX1 IS WORSE < A99 AND
A99 WORSE < D600
NOBODY SEEMS TO BE TALKING ABOUT IT.
CLEARLY SONY IMAGE PROCESSOR BOARDS HAVE BUGS
Yeah, right… Keep dreaming about DXO. Those test are wrong: read the reviews and think about it.
Whys it so hard to beleive tht the rx1 isnt as good as people believe? Just cause it says Sony and Zeiss on it? LOL
Uhmm, no. Because there are samples to look at, rather than some weird score that everyone manages to misread.
+1 Vlad…. 😉
Have you handled one? The cuteness trumps every score out there and lets you forget the rip in your wallet. LOL.
D600? ugly beast. Bah.
Oh wow, now it is dirt cheap!
(just kidding…)
It is still overpriced!
I think they are just reselling.. Recently I bought Rx1 using EPP 10% discount+ gift card discount ($100 dc per $500 gf) + free shipping.. U do the math.. The thing was a lot cheaper than u would think.. Plus some state don’t even charge tax so even cheaper but not for me..
Bottom line.. I love the camera!!!
The Sony Educator’s price is $2,500. But they charge tax and shipping. I think it ends up right around the discount price being advertised here. Not a bad deal, I don’t think.
When will the admin get the message about posting links to eBay?
1000usd is much for it.
$2628 = £1625
So why is the RX1 retailing at £2600 in the UK? Total rip off from Sony. In my case, turning a potential purchase of an RX1 into a deffo no no.
Get one from US: even with VAT paid you’re gonna save a lot. I’m saving some good money on mine…
best thing to do would be to jump on a plane to NYC and buy one in a shop there… would work out much cheaper that way.
It will be NTSC version from USA. Sony knows how to protect gray market import and rip off EU customers.
Yeah, right: we ain’t living in the early 90s when you had to check and recheck if the VCR you were buying in US was NTSC/PAL/SECAM capable. It’s a damn camera: you can choose PAL or NTSC video out. And actually the idea of mil0 is not bad at all: a vacation combined to the “shopping”. Sure you save some really good money but it might get expensive on airplane and hotel…. 😀