Canon price increasing coming May 1?
I received an “early bird” notice today via email from my local camera store Keeble & Shucat (below). If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, K&S is the premier store, with sales, rentals and photo processing. Only a handful of camera stores carry the range of products they do. (Bear Images is also a good choice, and it’s only half a mile from K&S).
Welcome to your early-bird notice for the upcoming Canon Days Sale! If you are a Canon user...you will not want to miss out on this sale and the events surrounding it. Our KSP newspaper ads will hit all the bay area papers on Tuesday. If you prefer to beat the rush, starting today KSP will honor the sale prices. KSP will be paying the California sales tax on Canon cameras, lenses and Canon printers that are inventory. There is one exception to the sale KSP will not be paying the sales tax on the Canon 1DsMarkIII body camera body. We have received notice from Canon that there will be a price increase across the board on all of their products on May 1st. This will be a great time for you to take advantage of the tax savings before the price increase goes into effect.
Note the part about a price increase coming on May 1 from Canon (emphasis added). It will be surprising if Nikon, Zeiss and other foreign companies don’t soon follow suit.
