Voigtländer Price Increase on Selected Items April 7!

[veraikon]

Stephen Gandy announced a partial price increase at his home page

Voigtlander Price Increase on Selected Items April 7!

http://www.cameraquest.com/
(problably caused by exchange rate Y/US$)
Does anybody knows which items are increasing ?

 

[ath]

Everything not bought on April, 1st?

 

[foggie]

How come this thread isn't getting more attention?

Coming on April 1st, this announcement could be a joke. Conversely with the US dollar being so far down the toilet, it could be true.

I'm worried. Hold me 🙁

 

[monochromejrnl]

for those of you who are looking for great prices - check out www.camtecphoto.com in Montreal... they will ship internationally and their prices are very competitive.. no association with them but have purchased from them in the past with good success...

 

[Avotius]

Word here is the dollar is due to sink again. 4 years ago the Dollar to chinese Yuan was 8.4 yuan to one dollar, now its 7:1, word is at the end of the year its going to be 6.3:1. Makes sense that things would be going up in price.

 

[meven]

Zeiss prices have increased by 5 to 10% in Hong Kong on the 1st of April (and no this is not a joke!) so I can imagine CV will do the same.

 

[veraikon]

How come this thread isn't getting more attention?

Coming on April 1st, this announcement could be a joke. Conversely with the US dollar being so far down the toilet, it could be true.

Today is the 2nd of April and Stephens announcement is still on his page:

Voigtlander Price Increase on Selected Items April 7!

http://www.cameraquest.com/
I presume it was not an april joke. 😉

 

[CameraQuest]

actually, it was posted 3/31

Stephen

 

[rich815]

Word here is the dollar is due to sink again. 4 years ago the Dollar to chinese Yuan was 8.4 yuan to one dollar, now its 7:1, word is at the end of the year its going to be 6.3:1. Makes sense that things would be going up in price.

The yuan has always been artificially held down in value vs. the dollar. The change recently has been government policy since the yuan does not "float" and is not actively traded on the international currency markets.

 

[Athos6]

So whats going up? Are the 1.2's going up? Is the stock on hand going up? Just wondering

 

[veraikon]

The new price list is online. As far as I see it, there were only a few minor increases on viewfinders.
Only one lens increased.

Leica M8 use Film 28 Viewfinder -- 145 -> 159
(like all Viewfinders from 145 -> 159 or 128 ->145)
25/4 Snapshot-Skopar w/ 25 Film Viewfinder screw mount: 289 -> 329
Voigtlander 28/35 Mini-Viewfinder Brightline, 169 -> 179

 

[thirdeye]

Thanks for the legwork!