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As we all know, the price of 'togging gear, along with plenty of other stuff, has sky-rocketed over the last few months. Lenses that were £500 new are now upto £800-£900, second hand prices have obviously gone up to accomidate the higher prices in the shops.

I was looking at flashes, the 430ex, a few months ago, they were going for around £120 ish brand new, and around £90-£100 second hand. I had a look yesterday and now they're £179 brand new, and around £130-£140 second hand. I'm unsure yet whether to buy one or not, as I dont NEED one, it's just something i'd like to have in the bag.

So, based on the price increases etc, are you still buying as normal but taking a bit more time to purchase, or are you keeping still for the minute until the prices come back down again, if they ever do?
 
If you can afford it and want it then buy it, I am sure the trader will welcome your business. Its important to try and keep the wheels moving at the moment with the current financial crisis. Its for that reason and that reason alone I have just bought my new 50D :D:D:D

Seriously just buy it. I know some of items are more expensive at the moment, some of the lenses I had on my wish list a few years ago seem to have rocketed in price but saying that I paid less for my 50D than my 20D.

I paid £150 for my 420EX about 4 years ago so current price for the 430ex seems about right and of course there is no certainty that prices will come back down.


Steve
 
Little Man said:
I was looking at flashes, the 430ex, a few months ago, they were going for around £120 ish brand new, and around £90-£100 second hand. I had a look yesterday and now they're £179 brand new, and around £130-£140 second hand. I'm unsure yet whether to buy one or not, as I dont NEED one, it's just something i'd like to have in the bag.
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The 430EX II has never been less than £179 as far as I am aware, and I don't remember ever seeing the Mk 1 be that low either.

If you've got the money buy it now - things will only get worse before they get better
 
steve_v said:
If you can afford it and want it then buy it, I am sure the trader will welcome your business. Its important to try and keep the wheels moving at the moment with the current financial crisis. Its for that reason and that reason alone I have just bought my new 50D :D:D:D

Seriously just buy it. I know some of items are more expensive at the moment, some of the lenses I had on my wish list a few years ago seem to have rocketed in price but saying that I paid less for my 50D than my 20D.

I paid £150 for my 420EX about 4 years ago so current price for the 430ex seems about right and of course there is no certainty that prices will come back down.


Steve
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Fair points there fella, how are you liking the 50D?

Uneducated_Rick said:
The 430EX II has never been less than £179 as far as I am aware, and I don't remember ever seeing the Mk 1 be that low either.

If you've got the money buy it now - things will only get worse before they get better
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They have fella, i'm not sure about the 430EX II, but the 430EX has definatly been a lot lower. £129.99 i'm sure it was at one point, from Amazon.co.uk.
 
Well Japans exports for Jan are down 46% on last year, they cannot allow that to continue so its not impossible that prices will fall, despite the yen value.

That said I have bought the complete outfit I wanted rather quicker than I would have liked, and so far am £420 ahead, on current prices and that is within the last 2 months.

Jessops list the Sigma 10-20 at £479 instead of £320 elsewhere. If thats because they have bought new stock then it is a pretty vivid illustration of what price rises may be in store - my view,pump money back into the economy and buy now!
 
I've been looking at the prices of the 430EX II for a while and recently noticed that Amazon were doing them for £172 so I bought one.
I also bagged a Canon 10-22mm for £499 as the prices started to rise.
It's going to be a tough year for us DSLR's users so imo, if you can afford to buy now I would do it otherwise you will find the kit is just far too expensive until the pound gains strength against the yen
 
i'm going to be screwed with the economy as it is. i'm a student nearly finished college in the process of starting home studio shoots with a car to run and a rubbish job!
 
You could be waiting forever for prices to drop. Buy now, if you can afford, buy later if you can't. If the prices drop only a few days after purchase, well.. what can you do? They'll drop at some point.
 
Few good points to ponder on there guy's.
 
If you really need something then you'll just have to bite the bullet and hand over the dosh. If you can afford to wait a few years for the economy to recover then do that. I'm no expert but I think we're talking years rather than months for the prices to come anywhere near where they were.

Second hand is a very good option now, the problem is everyone else knows this too increasing demand and prices, we'll just have to accept that we'll have to pay the same price as we would have for the same item new a few months ago.
 
Im getting either a d3 or d700 in the next while, Im undecided whether or not to purchase just yet though. Im not really missing any shots out of not having it at the moment though
 
It's the old GREED v FEAR dilemma. :thinking:

The greed in you wants to buy it now in case the price rises!

and

The fear in you wants to buy it now in case the price rises!

:lol:

If you have the money buy it now!
 
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I can't see how the price increases are so high.

I have been wanting to buy a 10-22mm for my camera and it's rocketed in price, while at the same time the LCD tv I want to buy has dropped dramatically. Over the same period.

So if the rises are due to the pound being so poor to the yen then why are other electrical goods form Japan coming down??

I will wait till them pound to yen gets better before parting with my hard earned I think..
 
There's a good chance Japan will devalue the yen in order to bolster exports. Short term expect prices to rise, but medium to long I'd expect falls. But I know as much about what markets will do as....a twiglet. :)

If you have the money, buy now.....or do what I do and be very patient and hit gumtree every hour until you find a used item at the right price and jump on it before someone else does :P
 
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