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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / Digital Photo / May 2007Kodak Z712IS Australia vs USA
Really tried to like and to buy a Kodak, but it seems they DON'T want my business or money.Plain STUPID what they have done to the prices ie Fujifilm S700/S5700 RRP US$249 AUS$399 Kodak Z712IS RRP US$299 AUS$650 Kodak must be using a special unknown formula, they are PLAYING with themselves if they think they can do stunts like this. Is it no wonder Cano zoom passed them as the #1 selling brand on the planet? "Hello Kodak, anybody home" > Really tried to like and to buy a Kodak, but it seems they DON'T want > my business or money.Plain STUPID what they have done to the prices [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > "Hello Kodak, anybody home" This may not be due to Kodak's policies, but government tariffs which are intended to protect more local companies from competition. If you notice US companies products being noticeably more expensive, talk to your own government about it. Kodak seems to compete well on price most places. > Michael.Past...@gmail.com wrote: > > Really tried to like and to buy a Kodak, but it seems they DON'T want [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > - Show quoted text - No tariff/duty on cameras in Australia, in fact USA is in a better position than Japan anyway [not that either come from birth country] USA & AUS have free trade agreement, NO tariff on anything Fujifilm want business, Kodak bad run company and need all that profit to operate and feed all the mouths... On Mon, 07 May 2007 23:51:57 -0700, Michael.Pasturi wrote: > Really tried to like and to buy a Kodak, but it seems they DON'T want > my business or money.Plain STUPID what they have done to the prices [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > "Hello Kodak, anybody home" Prices from??? Have you tried the Kodak online store - I've had great experiences with their refurb products - recently got a P850 there for $250 - price has declined since. I'd recommend you look at the P series - it offers several advantages, such as save as raw,tiff,jpeg; full manual mode. > On Mon, 07 May 2007 23:51:57 -0700, Michael.Pasturi wrote: > > Really tried to like and to buy a Kodak, but it seems they DON'T want [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Price i quoted are the RRP/List price set by Kodak and Fujifilm Kodak dont do a online store in AUS Not interested in saving photos other than in jpeg, otherwise i would just buy a SLR On Tue, 08 May 2007 16:36:54 -0700, Michael.Pasturi wrote: >> On Mon, 07 May 2007 23:51:57 -0700, Michael.Pasturi wrote: >> > Really tried to like and to buy a Kodak, but it seems they DON'T want [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Kodak dont do a online store in AUS So, could you do the US online store and have it shipped there? Savings are pretty huge. > Not interested in saving photos other than in jpeg, otherwise i would > just buy a SLR > On Tue, 08 May 2007 16:36:54 -0700, Michael.Pasturi wrote: > >> On Mon, 07 May 2007 23:51:57 -0700, Michael.Pasturi wrote: [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > So, could you do the US online store and have it shipped there? Savings > are pretty huge. Before yes, but now no, have you seen the scams and stunts pulled by most [but not all] the camera stores in NewYork? Having said that i am sure some honest traders are in USA I purchased my FinePix from a online in Australia and the camera shipped from Malaysia direct to me.... I dont think i would purchase a Kodak now because of its *ethics* or lack of. Besides the Finepix S700/S5700 is a *better* camera Cheers > > Not interested in saving photos other than in jpeg, otherwise i would > > just buy a SLR- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - On Tue, 08 May 2007 21:15:25 -0700, Michael.Pasturi wrote: >> On Tue, 08 May 2007 16:36:54 -0700, Michael.Pasturi wrote: >> >> On Mon, 07 May 2007 23:51:57 -0700, Michael.Pasturi wrote: [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > Before yes, but now no, have you seen the scams and stunts pulled by > most [but not all] the camera stores in NewYork? I wasn't suggesting camera stores - how about the Kodak online store for refurbs? > Having said that i am sure some honest traders are in USA > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Besides the Finepix S700/S5700 is a *better* camera Possibly - but I don't do fuji anything, because of their ethics or lack thereof. I still recall the reports from Japan several years ago of fuji using their clout to prevent stores there from selling Kodak film. > Cheers >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> >> - Show quoted text - Hi Mike, Actually, Mike it is the retailer that sets the price you see. Also, I suspect the value of the Dollar in the market may something to do with the pric. It is something you can work through with the retailers in your area. Ron Baird Eastman Kodak Company > Really tried to like and to buy a Kodak, but it seems they DON'T want > my business or money.Plain STUPID what they have done to the prices [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > "Hello Kodak, anybody home" > Hi Mike, > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Thankyou for your reply today Ron. The retailers discount from the RRP/List price set by Kodak/Fujifilm Its ok seen it all before, soon as Kodak see slow sales, price will be slashed to the real level. USA is 17 year high vs AUS dollar if anything it should be only 20% more than the USA price, Japans Yen is still high vs USA$, Kodak and plain greedy and stupid, when will they wake up, when they are no longer in the top 10 selling digital brand. Frankly ANOTHER poorly run USA company, to top heavy and only worried about Nth.America market and nothing more Cheers M/P >> Hi Mike, >> [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > M/P Funny, last time I looked, they were number one, worldwide. BTW, your bias is showing, and you seem to have ignored many changes in the past two years at Kodak. >> Frankly ANOTHER poorly run USA company, to top heavy and only worried >> about Nth.America market and nothing more [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > bias is showing, and you seem to have ignored many changes in the past > two years at Kodak. Funny, last time I looked, Michael.Pasturi was "kinga", master of inane posts, and one who deserves to be ignored. Hi Mike, Wish you were here to see the changes that have been made, Mike, you would think otherwise. I don't know of a more streamlined high performing company than Kodak. Having a hard time due to issues that are out of your control creates a very finely honed business acumen. There is no top heavy at Kodak. We went from around 140,000 employees WW to between 35,000 to 40,000, losing 100,000 jobs over the last decade or so. Kodak knows what it is doing and the knowledge comes from a lot of blood, sweat, and tears of those that went before us. I still strongly suggest that you review the prices with the retailers offering them. Best Regards, Ron Baird Eastman Kodak Company >> Hi Mike, >> [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > > M/P Hi Ron, Thanks for the heads up, good to see Kodak is getting itself back on track, lots of other US companies can take a leaf out of that.. Been plenty of bloodshed at Kodak Australia, film manufacture plant shut and sold, and heaps and heaps of jobs axed. Call centre is now fowarded to India [We Aussies HATE them] and lots of other cost cutting here downunder. We certainly be on the look out for the Z712IS, otherwise i will buy it directly from you, and you can courier it downunder after payment is confirmed Cheers M/P > Hi Mike, > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Ron Baird > Eastman Kodak Company > Hi Ron, > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > M/P <edited, for brevity> Hello, Michael: Hey, you're my good Aussie buddy, right? You know I'm a huge Kodak fan, correct? Well, then, how 'bout this? I'll buy a Z712IS, here in the USA, and ship it to you, in Australia. Whaddaya say, eh? <g> Cordially, John Turco <jtur@concentric.net> |
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