where there’s smoke there’s fire

Update – and another price increase report: “Interfoto in Norway will increase their prices on January 15th.”

Several readers informed me today that resellers across the UK already have the new pricing. The worst part is that buyers cannot back order any item for the old price:

“I was at Jacobs in London today, and they said they couldn’t back order stuff for the same price since they got a memo today form Nikon that prices will go up on the 12th of January due to the pound devaluation.”

From what I heard Amazon UK still hasn’t increase their prices. Several Nikon products are already out of stock, but you can still back order them for the old price – if they have what you need, pull the trigger now.

The initial report was that Nikon prices are going up this Spring. Now it seems that this may happen earlier,  way earlier… like in 5 days, on January 12, 2009 (Monday). The source is an email sent from a major shop in the UK. There is also similar thread on flickr.

If you are planning on buying any new equipment in the UK, I suggest you do it this weekend.

Here is the history of this rumor- it has been going on for a while.

Update: report from a reader: “D700 at www.robertwhite.co.uk just jumped up from 1331 to 1505 pounds (excluding VAT).”

Nikon prices are falling in… Saudi Arabia. According to a NR reader, Nikon prices in Saudi Arabia were recently reduced. A Nikon D90, for example, sells for SR 4,949 = USD 1,321, Nikon D3: SR 18,749 = USD 5,007:

FYI, Nikon D90 prices around the world:

• Germany: EUR 979 = USD 1,317
• UK: GBP 768 = USD 1,142
• France: EUR 1,017 = USD 1,367
• Japan: ￥ 126,459 = USD 1,345
• US: USD 1,149.

Nikon D3:

• Germany: EUR 3,995 = USD 5,390
• UK: GBP 2,779 = USD 4,136
• France: EUR 4,118 = USD 5,551
• Japan: ￥ 469,135 = USD 4,989
• US: USD 4,099

What are the Nikon D90 and D3 prices in your country? Please add the equvalent in USD or EUR for better comparisson.