70-200 2.8 MK II Rebate Disappointment

I've been craving the 70-200 2.8 MK II and was hoping to see a price drop given the new rebates starting today. B&H had a price of $2382 pre rebate has now raised the pre-rebate price to $2499. Is this normal ?

yes

if you buy with a body, you save more. I am happy I bought mine with last set of rebates with a 60d for a final cost of 1860

Canon usually seems to announce rebates in combination with price increases, to give you a chance to take advantage of the old price for a while longer. Perhaps there's some reason they aren't allowed to pre-announce price increases and this lets them work around it.

I think we're beating a dead horse with all these rebate posts.. I think the general consensus is that the rebate didn't make things cheaper (or actually made them more expensive).

Actually, the Fall 2010 rebate brought the 70-200 II down to about $1950 at the major retailers. That was one if the best rebates that I can remember.

I was able to mine for $2069 this fall from B&H

Jon wrote in post #11878559
Canon usually seems to announce rebates in combination with price increases, to give you a chance to take advantage of the old price for a while longer. Perhaps there's some reason they aren't allowed to pre-announce price increases and this lets them work around it.

But this year they announsed price increase on Feb 1 in between the rerabates.

Jon wrote in post #11878559
Canon usually seems to announce rebates in combination with price increases, to give you a chance to take advantage of the old price for a while longer. Perhaps there's some reason they aren't allowed to pre-announce price increases and this lets them work around it.

I guess thats a good way of looking at it

The rebate definitely made it reachable for me and was a loss to anyone snoozing on the sidelines.

Yeah I was hoping they would have dropped the price a bit more. It was going for $2374 on Amazon on Friday and was hoping to get it at $2174. Unfortunately, according to canonpricewatch.com, Canon is having retailers remark the lens back at the official $2499 price point. This led to the current price of $2299 as seen on Amazon right now. Kind of sucky, but what can you do.

Been saving for a while for this lens and was going to use my tax return to get it, so pulled the trigger this morning at the $2299 price. Beach Camera is selling it at $2174 as of this morning. Good rating from the research I did looking into them, however some people have commented on return policy not as good as Amazon. I figured I would rather spend the extra $125 and be confident that if I get a bad copy from Amazon, I can just return it!

Anxious to get it for sure!!

Edit: Still can't spell :/

ender78 wrote in post #11878499
Is this normal ?

It is, but it's ridiculous (in my opinion).

Happens every year, like clock work...same with the posts asking about it.

how does BestBuy treats this manufacturer's rebate as? are those items considered Sale Item? if no I can use the 10% off coupon they normally have and get them at $2194 after tax. hmmm hmmm.

AtMostFear wrote in post #11881332
how does BestBuy treats this manufacturer's rebate as? are those items considered Sale Item? if no I can use the 10% off coupon they normally have and get them at $2194 after tax. hmmm hmmm.

Yes, Canon instant rebates become a sale price. Bestbuy also tends to play the game of raising the price beforehand.