An absolutely atrocious price, an extra £200-300 for IS would have been reasonable but £1000 over the GM is mind-boggling. For a lot of UK Canon shooters I think this might slightly bump up sales of the EF version and Sigma Art 135s.
Well USA prices are without tax, if you remove VAT that Germany has you get the price of 2511,6 euros that is really close to the USA price.
Are you sure that the tax is included? Cause that would mean that in some USA states the price would be even lower, and that is currently not the case. My experience with B&H if you buy in the store in New York you ad the tax to the online store prices.
But…but…but… Stacked sensors are cheaper to make, you said. You positively assured us that was true. Wow, Canon must be stupid for throwing away profit by using a more expensive sensor.
No, tax is not included in the $2499 price. IF and only if you use their affiliate credit card (which is issued by a crappy bank known for consumer-unfriendly fees and policies), B&H will pay the sales tax for you.
Indeed, our healthcare system in DACH (Germany, Switzerland, Austria) is very good. Maybe not efficient, especially at some hospital groups you get an extra surgical intervention if our DRG system adds some points. But for almost all treatments you do not have to pay extra and the quality is good.
Isn´t it, that in some US states taxes vary from state to state? Maybe someone from US can tell us.
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Yes, in the US sales tax is set by the state (a few have none), and in some cases counties within a state add a local tax as well. What is taxed varies as well, and where you buy something matters, too.
