Has the price gone up?

[Andy]

I was looking at the Calumet Genesis 200 last night. But im sure its gone from £160 to £240 overnight. This is put me off the sale massively. Unless Im going mental and it was £240 all the time.

http://www.calumetphoto.co.uk/item/CF0502K/

Can anyone confirm they have gone up or know why they have gone up. Maybe they will come down?

 

[testbloke]

Cant comment on that specifically but noticed many prices getting hiked. According to one retailer, there exchange rates for Japanese yen are set annualy in January (actually makes sense, we are a Japanese company and many Japanese suppliers follow this rule) therefore when receiving new stock they are now on a 140 yen / gbp where last year they were 220 yen / gbp.

I managed to get my Pentax flash for £179, everyone was advertising at £169 - £220 but when placing order price had shot up, worst case was £179 up to £320 ! Funny they still quote £179 in digital photo this month :nono: