K5 Price?

...that's not something you hear every day...



(I miss Watford too, but my aim is improving... boom boom tish ayethankyou...)

p.s.
his price is very good.

I pass Watford most days on the M25 I would not miss it at all or the M25

Damned, the French shop offering the K5 for 899€ back-pedaled, and raised its price from 999€ (with a 100€ cashback) to 1099€ (without mentioning the 100€ cashback anymore)...

Someone in the shop must have been spanked hard for this!

Having lived in France for six years I have some advice. Never buy anything in France. Customer service is an alien concept here.

I would not hesitate to spend a bit extra (actually France is usually more expensive anyway) for good service and peace of mind. Having had some (ongoing) bad experiences I will definitely be going to SRS for my next new purchase, that is if Pentax ever supply me with a camera that actually works properly.

It's funny you say that as every Pentax I've owned has had to go back for one thing or another , even this KM had to have a New board fitted

Hmm. I think I need to talk to Chris, though my purchase won't be until beginning of December. Though that's also only 6 weeks away....

Bret

I see Amazon.co.uk have moved the release date to November 1st .

what i heard a while ago was end of october/start of november for first shipments. so the amazon dates are still in line with this.

Originally Amazon said October 18th. In the US they said October 17th, and even shipped a few out. Now both say November. I assume the ones they shipped are pre-release models, with the wrong firmware. It all very odd imho.

It is however what I have come to expect from Pentax. Mid October invariably means Christmas if you are lucky. I just hoped this time would be different.

Now if they will get on and release the compacts, I might, just might, forgive them. But even they are only very sporadically available, and I really don't want to get one from some unknown internet store.
At least a compact would mean I could get out there and get some piccies.

The pictures that I have seen with Exif intact say Firmware V1.00

Okay, seems like there are some cashbacks coming soon...
- 100€ cashback for the K5 body only.
- 150€ cashback for the K5 in kit.

Last news from some Phox shops were that K5 body only will be at 1049€ (949€ after cashback), and 18-55 kit will be 1069€ (919€ after cashback!!!).

Yep, they pay you 20€ for taking the 18-55WR...

I'll believe it when I see it. I doubt the cashback will be coincide with the launch.

The lowest body only price I have seen here is €1112. There is one shop which claims to have it in stock, for €1149. I've sent them a mail .

949 euros = £833

Kit price even cheaper.

I would buy one at that price.

Phox don't seem to sell online - so you would need to visit France to buy one - which puts the price up, even from Kent.