[rollei_list] Re: OT: Lens hoods, was: A Dark Side Update

  • From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:31:21 -0300

Yes Eric, I think official prices from the importer were reference
prices only, it's like some B&H prices, they have a price for some
items with the word "call" or "email", you send the email and the
price is lower than the price in the list, in general the difference
is pretty slight, but sometimes it could be significant; the price for
a 2.8C basic kit mentioned previously was $291.50 in 1954 (there was a
thread some time ago where I wrote this price today, perhaps close to
$2,500 from memory). A lens hood for the 2.8C costed $6.95 in 1954,
some sellers could include it within the camera price.

Carlos

2010/7/15 Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>:
> I expect you are right, Carlos. When a customer came in and plopped
> down a week's salary or more on a camera, paying the full retail
> price, the dealers probably thought it would be a good idea to at
> least thrown in a lens hood...
>
>
> Eric Goldstein
>
> --
>
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 5:09 PM, CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> According some original Burleigh Brooks  (Official Rollei importer for
>> the States) Retail Prices list, Rolleiflex and Rolleicord cameras were
>> sold with lens cap, cable release and instruction manual, this was the
>> common basic kit included in the camera price. Some specific models
>> (f.e 2.8C) basic kit also included neck strap and flash cord in the
>> camera price.
>> Lens hoods and eveready cases were sold separately according the
>> importer list, anyway perhaps some sellers included these items in
>> their basic kits.
>>
>> Carlos
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