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My gripe is that two years later with the dollar hovering around 90 cents US for quite a while, that the prices HAVE NOT dropped at any dealer.
When I purchased mine it was $1499 (the dollar was worth 65 cents US)
the similar model in G.S.O based scopes was $1200)
NOW the 12" LB is still $1499 and the G.S.O. 12" is $800!!!
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I was looking at buying a CPC11 XLT about eighteen months ago. Australian price was then $5950. Same scope is still being listed at $5950 by some Australian dealers despite a marked appreciation in the A$.
Meanwhile in the US its price is US$2800 = A$3100. Even with GST and freight etc it's a huge difference.
However its not fair to say that no dealers take account of exchange rate fluctuations, I know that the Tak dealer in SA changes his prices to match A$/Y movements (which is why I am glad I bought my Tak when the dollar was at 104 yen) and Bintel did discount the price of TV EPs to take into account dollar appreciation (and also because people were buying direct from the US).