OMG price of 70 200 at b&h

have you seen how cheep you can pick up a 70-200l f2.8 at b&h $ 1,094.95

thats just over 500 quid half the price of picking one up in the uk

im very tempeted to buy one but what you import on the item be/

Prob full VAT on top.. but probably still cheaper with current exchange rate!

VAT not going to be nearly 500 quid i hope


would vat be the only thing extra i would have to pay or would i be subject to import duties or what ever elts gordon brown has thought up

dude, £300 pounds return flight to NYC - walk down and pick it up, put it in your camera bag, have a couple of days in NYC and its still better than buying it in the UK.

Either that or order it from Digital Rev oe the like on Ebay, and pay no duty!

dpurslow wrote in post #2379681
dude, £300 pounds return flight to NYC - walk down and pick it up, put it in your camera bag, have a couple of days in NYC and its still better than buying it in the UK.

realy shouldnt of said that

Zilly wrote in post #2379685
realy shouldnt of said that

Tempted? I assume that's the IS one at that price?

Zilly wrote in post #2379685
realy shouldnt of said that

Why not ?

tempted just a bit

yea its for the IS one

dpurslow wrote in post #2379681
dude, £300 pounds return flight to NYC - walk down and pick it up, put it in your camera bag, have a couple of days in NYC and its still better than buying it in the UK.

Either that or order it from Digital Rev oe the like on Ebay, and pay no duty!

Remember sales tax when buying directly at the shop.

Wow,that's cheap compared to in Sweden!

Hey, if my friend buy it & send to me as a gift, how would it be with taxes etc??

Claire wrote in post #2379841
Wow,that's cheap compared to in Sweden!

Hey, if my friend buy it & send to me as a gift, how would it be with taxes etc??

If the swedish customs are half as clever as the danish customs they will ignore the mark "gift" and value the item themself and make you pay duty and tax on that value. When importing to Denmark the duty and tax amounts to approx 33% on top of the total price incl. shipping.

EOSAddict wrote in post #2379752
Tempted? I assume that's the IS one at that price?

If this is the price for the IS version then I am going to order it. The last time I checked the price on the IS version it cost around $1700.

So I think it is the non-IS version.

tommykjensen wrote in post #2379851
If this is the price for the IS version then I am going to order it. The last time I checked the price on the IS version it cost around $1700.

So I think it is the non-IS version.

You're kidding me. I just got the new Scandinavian Photo catalogue. The 70-200mm 2.8 L IS Usm = 19.995kr (app $2856.43)
Non-IS= 12.995kr (app. $1856.43)

tommykjensen wrote in post #2379846
If the swedish customs are half as clever as the danish customs they will ignore the mark "gift" and value the item themself and make you pay duty and tax on that value. When importing to Denmark the duty and tax amounts to approx 33% on top of the total price incl. shipping.

Heck with those prices it's still cheaper than over here. It'd even be affordable for me if I save up the cash for a few months.

I feel your pain..

My 'total cost of ownership' (TCO: shipping, taxes, and anything else Customs want) of the 2.8 ISL version is US$1900. In stark contrast to buy the 70-200/4 ISL locally, it's $1200. The wierd part is that we seem to have gotten a price break on the f/4 version the same way the US users got more-than-fair prices on the 2.8 version.

And with your price differences....you could probably get a return air ticket to NY, like someone else said, pick up the lens, pixel peep it in person, and go home.