XT2 Price increase and cash back deal

[NorthernXposure]

So, Fuji are offering a £95 cash back deal this autumn in the UK - shame they've just put the price up by £200.00 then!

[milandro]

perhaps the " price increase" is due to the pound devaluation?

[NorthernXposure]

I know the pound has been devalued recently but to the tune of £200? That's nearly a 15% increase in the price. I was all but set to take advantage of the cash back offer this autumn but that increase means that I won't be buying it at the moment. 

[milandro]

I am not buying anything until my X-T1 ceases to work.

 

I can print up to 2 x 3 meter with 16Mp and I still have to find any reason to throw out a perfectly working camera to buy the latest model and take the same pictures

[NorthernXposure]

I have the X-E2 - essentially the same image quality as the XT1 - so I wasn't in a rush to get the XT2 either but was waiting on the right offer to come along to make it more affordable. 
So, I'll be waiting now until the XT2s or XT3 is released and then hopefully the XT2 will come down again.

[milandro]

wise move   

[FenFotos]

FWIW... In the U.S. what is on offer is $100 "instant rebate" off the T-2 and 18-55mm kit, about the same as your rebate.  However, the price on the kit ($1899, now $1799) did not rise. The camera kits and a few lenses have been scarce, and Fuji incentives rare and a while in coming. But right now in the U.S. the new price is indeed (net) $100 off both camera alone ($1499 from $1599) and the kit ($1799 down from $1899). Maybe it can transfer to UK savings via online (Adorama, B&H, and Amazon all reflect the sales prices.) Also a few lenses are now with rebates, including some of the long ones at $150 off. I just bought some of the discounted goodies this past week when they finally appeared a) available in the big camera stores here in NY; and with a long-time-in-the-coming Fuji-sponsored "instant" rebate (discount at time of purchase).  That's the story here, anyway.

[NorthernXposure]

Look like the XT2 is the same price in US Dollars as here in the UK - I know US prices don't include Sales Tax but all the same it's another case of the UK Consumer getting charged more. I decided to go for the 16-55 lens in the meantime as it has £145 cash back and look at the body again next year when the XT2s is released - maybe the XT2 will come down again then.