The GH4 is priced at 2,000 pounds at Parkcameras.
If you want to touch the GH4 you can visit the NEC in Birmingham from 1st-4th March (Source Techradar). Meantime another European stores is accepting preorders on the camera: Parkcameras UK. Still no preorders accepted in USA at Amazon or BHphoto.
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Wow, £2,000 in the UK! I hope that is a “placeholder” price until the official price is announced. With European stores advertising €1,499 I would have expected around £1,299 in the UK, maybe £1,499 as we often end up paying a relatively higher price…
yeah 2000 pounds is 2426 euro – 3328 dollar!
someone is taking the piss here.
I am worried too 🙁
I’ve seen variations of this on eBay . . . if I list the search items by “Highest Price First” there are always very successful dealers who are selling a new item for TWICE the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price.
“There’s a sucker born every minute”.
It’s crazy to buy from UK distributors when they charge considerably more than those in the rest of Europe. The EU is a free trade zone, buy from the suppliers in other EU countries, all major manufacturers have Europe wide guarantees. Have to teach the UK suppliers they can’t get away with rip-off prices.
+1, I am so fed up by the greediness of these UK dealers, why do we have to pay considerably more than other countries?
Is it the distributors or the VAT?
I’m genuinely curious – I live in Australia. I understand VAT is around %20 now? Is that correct?
Do European countries have similar tax on sales?
There is VAT in all European Union countries it is a requirement when joining. Most have a similar level to the UK (20%) between 19% and 25% is common. So shouldn’t make the UK any more expensive than Euro zone countries. VAT does however go some way to explaining why European prices as a whole are higher than in the US where sales taxes are much lower – but that doesn’t explain all of the difference. It is partly the larger cohesive market in the US (one currency, one language), but also partly because they can get away with charging more for the same thing in Europe and especially in the UK.
We suffer from the same thing here to a greater or lesser extent. 10% GST (VAT) plus a general “you like in Australia” tax.
Just a few hours ago a friend of mine noticed that e-books on Amazon tended to be about $20 more expensive in the .com.au store. Same with the Adobe store before CC.
When I bought my SB900 flash the RRP and indeed street price in Australia was about $920 – they were ~$450-500 in the US.
I wonder if the US is just more price sensitive – but then why are they more price sensitive than us? Do they value money more? Or just have less to spend in most households or businesses?
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true as hell…those huge fonts are crazy
Park Cameras is a pricey shop, but their showroom in Burgess Hills is orgasmic – I will keep an eye on WEX Photographic, DigitalRev and OneStop Digital, GH3 is £780 on DigitalRev, down from £1,000
GH3 is £739 at Mathers and £749 at a number of other dealers in the UK at the moment, no need to go to Digital Rev 🙂
Thank you for info, really helpful, now where is one’s debit card :-Q
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