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Prices range from £2999.99 (inc vat) to £3799.00 (inc vat) for a D3.

http://www.rgb-tech.co.uk
http://www.microglobe.co.uk

Looks like shops are trying to get rid of stock quickly,and will be undercutting each other very soon.

Once the feeding frenzy wears off ,'the water will find its own level'.

GR
Who said this world famous quotation?
"He who waits will get the best deal"

Answer :me

LOL
 
Microglobe usually sell grey imports don't they? I got a few flashs from them though and they were cheap and easy to deal with :-)

RGB are truely excellent though :-) I'm so lucky to have such a shop in my town. Seriously they'd as cheap as the internet usually (in this case cheaper) and are really good at sourcing hard to find bits and bobs !
 
Microglobe do indeed deal with grey imports.

As do Aperture for that matter.

That's fine with me for items which have a world-wide warranty like lenses, but I'd be a little more hesitant about a D3 or D300.
 
tabloid said:
Prices range from £2999.99 (inc vat) to £3799.00 (inc vat) for a D3.

http://www.rgb-tech.co.uk
http://www.microglobe.co.uk

Looks like shops are trying to get rid of stock quickly,and will be
undercutting each other very soon.
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They don't have any stock to get rid of! I can't see any sensible reason to discount a product on stock allocation and I'd be reluctant to deal with anyone who did, to be honest. I'd quite like them to run their business well enough that a) they can afford to employ knowledgeable staff and b) they make enough profit to still be in business if I ever have a problem.
tabloid said:
Once the feeding frenzy wears off ,'the water will find its own level'.
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It never did with the D2Xs. I came close to buying one not long before the D3 announcement and the range was about £2400 to £3500.

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Guy Swarbrick said:
Guy Swarbrick said:
Looks like shops are trying to get rid of stock quickly,and will be
undercutting each other very soon.
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They don't have any stock to get rid of! I can't see any sensible
reason to discount a product on stock allocation and I'd be reluctant
to deal with anyone who did, to be honest.
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Why's that? RGB are a well known shop with a good track record and regularly cheap prices. All of their products are genuine UK products. Still if you want to pay more I'm sure they'd be happy to charge you :-P
 
Clickshots said:
clickshots said:
clickshots said:
Looks like shops are trying to get rid of stock quickly,and will be
undercutting each other very soon.
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They don't have any stock to get rid of! I can't see any sensible
reason to discount a product on stock allocation and I'd be reluctant
to deal with anyone who did, to be honest.
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Why's that? RGB are a well known shop with a good track record and
regularly cheap prices. All of their products are genuine UK
products. Still if you want to pay more I'm sure they'd be happy to
charge you :-P
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Because, on the surface, it's an insane way to run a business and I prefer not to deal with insane businessmen. I wouldn't ask them to charge me more, however - I'm not an insane customer!

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I'm unsure of what to do with regards the D3 vs D2x arguement. There's no doubt that the D3 is a better camera and for my property work I could then start using the PC lenses again - yipee!

I do need another body and very soon but with Grays of Westminster saying they can supply me with a S/H D2x from as little as £1k and the fact that no one can give me a reliable delivery date for the D3 here in the UK I am not sure what to do.

The 'official' line I am being told is that D3 production is 'to order' for the foreseable future and that one must 'place an order' and wait. The only way I can get one is to apply to Nikon as an NPS member and they will 'push' me to a dealer of my choice to get the camera ordered. So placing an order with a dealer looks to be futile. Or is it?

It's only a camera! Can't understand why Nikon would not just build them and then be able to sell as many as they can.

Loads of people are advertising the D3 at varying prices but they do not have 'general' stock levels.
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Gray's have just confirmed that I didn't get one from the first batch (despite ordering two weeks before the announcement). I will have one 'in the next batch, for sure' but nobody knows when that is.

So much for the post-D300-surplus optimism.

:(

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It's launch day for the D3, isn't it?

It's 11:45 GMT and my local dealer still hasn't had a Nikon delivery, not that they are expecting anything other than a 'limited' delivery.

It was suggested on another thread that Nikon should make a good profit from the D3 - my basic understanding of economics tells me that in order to make a profit you have to get your product to market, so where are the D3's? So far we have had feedback from a few lucky people around the globe.

My understanding is that Nikon have a production capacity of 12,000 units a month, so if the past few months production is only sufficient to dribble the D3's out here and there on launch day then what does the future hold, it is only a few more months to Easter, presumably we will get another dribble of units then?
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Mark (MxM)
 
Guy Swarbrick said:
Guy Swarbrick said:
Once the feeding frenzy wears off ,'the water will find its own level'.
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It never did with the D2Xs. I came close to buying one not long
before the D3 announcement and the range was about £2400 to £3500.
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Same here - price was fluctuating from one week to the next, but fortunately I held off because of the impending announcements from Nikon back in August.
 
Hi,

Apart from the pre-release models for testing - have we confirmation of any D3 deliveries to the UK at all today - or yesterday ?? Anywhere ?? It is the 30th November ... and my supplier (Warehouse Express) has had none delivered so far. France seems to have then in shops and off the shelf (NPS or not). So has there been any delivered to the UK ?

Regards,

Zorpie
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If it seems too good to be true - then it isn't. If you cannot believe your eyes - then don't.
 
As I said, Grays told me that you had to approach Nikon UK and that only those who are NPS members will be asked to 'name' their dealer of preference and will be allocated the first units to be shipped. So where this leaves people like Warehouse Express and other 'retailers' is questionable. I see someone in the US said Ritz were getting 1000. Maybe its the good old UK that is being shafted yet again! Highest prices, worst availability!

Even though I have bought a fair bit of kit new from Grays, as a semi-professional and non NPS member they said they could not give me any indication of when I might have a chance to buy the D3. They will add my name to their waiting list.

The guy I spoke to sited the 18-200 VR and suggested that Grays would not make the same mistake as with that lens where they 'suggested' ETAs for better supply and then had to let many clients down.

Maybe another D2x would be a good move for me in the short-term.
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cheers

Ian

http://www.iantunnicliffe.co.uk
 
Guy Swarbrick said:
Because, on the surface, it's an insane way to run a business and I
prefer not to deal with insane businessmen. I wouldn't ask them to
charge me more, however - I'm not an insane customer!
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Now you're just being silly! Sure they could make more money selling it higher, but they get more publicity selling it lower (e.g. on camera price buster). Since the guy in there has been running a camera shop for years I'm sure he probably knows what he's doing.
 
Clickshots said:
clickshots said:
Because, on the surface, it's an insane way to run a business and I
prefer not to deal with insane businessmen. I wouldn't ask them to
charge me more, however - I'm not an insane customer!
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Now you're just being silly!
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Someone's being silly here, but it isn't me.
clickshots said:
Sure they could make more money selling
it higher, but they get more publicity selling it lower (e.g. on
camera price buster).
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Which does what? Generates more orders for a camera they can't ship. Which does what?
clickshots said:
Since the guy in there has been running a
camera shop for years I'm sure he probably knows what he's doing.
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I know exactly what he's doing. I've seen it dozens of times in many different markets. It isn't smart. The fact that he's survived for a while in spite of this sort of behaviour doesn't change that.

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Guy

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I think dealers are expecting shipments today; I don't know whether they have arrived. I do know that, for the most part, they're getting their NPS member orders and maybe a handful of others.

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Guy

'Critics talk about art; artists talk about brushes...'

My 'work' photos are at http://swarbrick.com/photos
The 'fun' stuff is at http://www.flickr.com/photos/swarbrick

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Guy Swarbrick said:
Someone's being silly here, but it isn't me.
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:-P
Guy Swarbrick said:
Which does what? Generates more orders for a camera they can't ship.
Which does what?
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Well I know they've had at least 1 camera in the shop. Plus I bet they're still cheaper than elsewhere when stock is easily available.
Guy Swarbrick said:
I know exactly what he's doing. I've seen it dozens of times in many
different markets. It isn't smart. The fact that he's survived for a
while in spite of this sort of behaviour doesn't change that.
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How do you think shops like walmart/asda/etc survive with their low prices?
 
I spoke to "my local dealer" (yeah OK, AJ Purdy) 10 minutes ago and they said they were due to get their entire NPS 'allocation' today, but it hadn't actually arrived yet.

They're also getting a second shipment on Monday / Tuesday which is for their regular customers, i.e. the rest of us on the waiting list, but they weren't sure how many units.

They were also told by Nikon that they expect to be able to supply them with enough units to clear their current orders by Christmas.
 
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