Found a deal in japan!

So, i had a 5dmk2 on order from a company in the states (military in japan). Well i got a hair up my as to check locally. I pull up Yodabashi camera, 300,000en, Bic camera? 299,000en...then i check Kitamura....250,000 yen!!!!!

for 2770.00 i picked up a 5dmk2 off the shelf...i cant more happy.
here are the pics and a sample vid i made on my blog!

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How much were taxes?

Awesome that you got it, I just have to wait a little longer, its killing me but I have about 1 month left >.<

The picture of the cave would have been priceless had those darn plastic bottles not been in the way. Nothing a Little photoshop cant take care of. I have to say, I really really like that picture.

The 370Z is looking good, a little far from how I like my new line of Nismo (I like the G37.) To me the headlights screw up its lines, but eh thats just me. The extreem slope makes it seem like they were taking cues from the old Datsun Z cars!

Nothing can take my love away from the Z32 300ZX though mMmmMmm Good feelings :}
I get to go work on our 93' in a couple hours after it warms up more. LOL

Great pics again.

it was 2770 even pretty much.
no extra taxes.

Great deal
Congratulations

ahh i see why you asked about the prices i saw in japan you already bought one for 250,000 yen. ah well you could've gotten it for 233,000 Yen. but still a great deal..gratz

eh, im ok with it. i bought it from a store that i get alot of stuff from. and got the last one that was on sale

plus i can guarantee my warranty and crap is good, 3rd party sellers arent as reliable with that

Kitamura often has good deals on newly released equipment. That's where I got my 17-55 IS. Or was it my 70-200 ? I forget.

I pulled up Kitamura Camera website and it's listed at 298,000円...

Was that a local in-store deal?

Congrads!

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First of all...congrats and have fun with the camera.
I looked thru your blog...you have some really nice stuff there. Keep it up !!
And finally....and most important, thank you, from a fellow yank for the work you do as a AF jet mechanic.

best regards from the states, george w

Greetings - Today I show Yodobashi (my favorite store!) at 286,000 yen, but I have Gold Point Card which gets 10% added to it for 28,600 yen store credit. This is a great deal.
So camera is 255,400 yen including tax. As a visitor (I am a permanent resident), I think with showing your passport, you get the consumption tax of 5% excluded, but not sure. What firmware version is in your new 5D Mark II? I am waiting for Yodobashi to carry it with the firmware update announced earlier this month. If buying with US$ this is 2838.00 at today's rate since yen is strong. I am resisting the purchase temporarily, but will cave in very soon!
Cheers from Kamogawa City.
John

cina wrote in post #7106607
I pulled up Kitamura Camera website and it's listed at 298,000円...

Was that a local in-store deal?

nope
it was a 20 unit deal. after those were gone it was done. i found out from the guy there that i was the 20th person (i went back today for some prints)


thanks george!
just doing what im told just so happens i get to spend that time in japan for a while.

John
it came with 1.0.6, but as soon as i opened it i already had 1.0.7 downloaded and firmware updated before i even took a shot. soooo easy

Cool deal! Man, if I wasn't in the market for a new car, I think I would just have to pick one up myself. As far as I know, Yodobashi and Bic have the price matching policy...just in case you are on one of their point systems.

Nice shots on your website. I heard the fire was big! It was even on JNnews. Any ideas on how much cash was actually in that building?

Also, do you remember exactly where the Orion beer entrance was at? I'll be going there for a week in Feb so gotta keep my eyes open for it.

Hi Haisai Ojisan - I was in your neighborhood last weekend. Love Kamakura:

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