The Sony RX100M3 got an official price at Calumet Germany. It’s going to cost you 849 Euro. And yesterday we learned the A7s price is 2299 Euro. But there is still no official preorder option in any Sony European stores yet 🙁
A7s and RX100M3 Preorders:
Sony A7s preorder in USA/CA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Sony (Click here), Sony Canada.
RX100M3 preorders in USA at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Sony (Click here).
RX100M3 preorders in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PT.
RX100M3 in Asia at Amazon Japan and Sony Australia.
Sony A7s EU pages (no preorder yet): Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, SE, FI, PL.
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BUAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! 🙂 🙂
Nice joke from Sony for EU customers.. Oh, sorry.. No more EU customers.. 😉
800$ -> 850Euro
It must be a joke 800 $ = 588 € ! This prize make it easy to wait for the fujifilm x30 or Panasonic LX8.
That’s too much, but it will probably drop in price quickly. Might also just be a pre-order ripoff.
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Is Sony taking european customers for morons?
Always the same comments, and the same pointless comparison between dollar and euro prices…
And always without taking into account :
– German VAT (19%), much higher than US sale taxes
– Labor cost, much higher in Germany than in US (surprisingly, retailers still need employees to sell cameras)
– Tax burden on retail shops, also higher in Germany.
All in all, in order to have some profit, a retail shop has to triple the gross price in Germany, when a US retailer has to double it. So yes, it’s too expensive, and yes it’s stealing European customers’ money, but no, it’s not Sony fault.
Bad Calculation !
I’m not buying (no pun intended) your argument.
$800 is 588 euro. Add 21% (Dutch VAT) -> 711 euro
What you are saying is that the Dutch/German retail channel has more than 100 euro in costs than in the US. If that were true then please explain why the Sony WX300 costs $328 in the US (=291 euro including VAT) and 210 euro at amazon.de
I expect to see the price drop to 750 euro in about 3-4 months (as happened with the Mark2). For me at 850 euro the price/performance is just not there.
It is also quite likely that Fuji (X30), Panasonic (LX8) and Nikon (P8000) will release a large sensor compact “real soon now” (according to the rumours).
Personally, I will not buy the Mark3 at this moment. I would have if it was 700 euro. I may not buy the Mark3 at all if Fuji/Pany/Nikon come with a better offer in the next three months.
I totally agree…
There are simple ways to avoid paying sales tax in the USA .VAT is unavoidable in the EU. I would wager that nowadays a high percentage of cameras will be bought online when costs are far lower than retail. And German labour costs are only marginally more than USA . http://www.tradingeconomics.com/country-list/labour-costs
USA cost plus 20% VAT is the maximum I would consider fair. So that should be around £572 { €702 } . The shafting of UK/EU customers is a disgrace Europe is the largest market in the world for cameras http://www.cipa.jp/stats/documents/e/d-2013_e.pdf
In some circumstances the price gouging is huge especially regarding certain mirrorless models E-M1+ 12-40 UK price is £1900 { $3170} USA price $2000 that is a 50% + mark up , not the 20% that VAT alone should explain.
Most Nikon cameras cost almost the same as in the US. Do retail shops selling Nikon bodies go bankrupt? I ain’t think so. It’s just Sony letting the prices go wild in Europe.
Who buys things for the official list price?
Clearly too much…
Sony a6000 (Body only) 648 $ / 590 € at Amason com/de
the Camera Store on field test!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjVwF9qwaos
Price is too ambitious. I would like this camera but not at that price. There are other better options.
That other options are?
This is not a system camera. Plenty out there and upcoming.
e.g. http://www.43rumors.com/ft5-confirmed-by-trusted-sources-large-sensor-lx8-coming-in-july/
Which system camera gives you that size with a 1.8-2.8 lens attached at that price?
Didn’t Calumet (US) file for chapter 11?
US. The European companies are not tied up financially. Calumet NL, UK, GER still operate well as far as I know.
“official price at Calumet…”
This might not be official at all.
What 849 €, and only 799 $ ??? That’s 45 % more than the dollar price. Much too ambitious! When it would had a touchscreen implementation as good as the panasonic cams I would really consider to buy it, despite the high price. But not without that.
Let’s see.
$800 (RX100m3)
$50 postage
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$850 total (624.42 EUR) as of today
VAT at import at 20% (124.88 EUR)
Total cost to import one from the US:
749.30 EUR
Some countries may have a “Duty” applied which may be fixed or a % to the value but I don’t knows this. I just calculated VAT which will surely apply to any import based on UK import VAT.
So…100EUR discount!
Dear Europe,
Bend over and take it.
Love,
Sony
We’ll have to start mass on-line-ordering from Hong Kong!
Did check on Eglobal ( http://www.eglobalcentral.eu ), they do not offer yet the RX100m3 but do offer the RX100m2 for € 423 (Euro) while the best price in the US is $ 548. So if you wait you do not have to mass order from Hong Kong, Eglobal will do for you and take care of duties.
At Digitaland ( http://www.mydigitaland.com/dsc-rx100ii.html ) they offer the m2 for € 457, so wit and see for the m3.
Succes, Jan