For Australian Buyers

Thanks for the heads up OzRay. Ordered myself the 25mm. Couldn't justify full price, but at AUD354 (once add Olympus rebate, couldn't pass it up. Now if I can just sell off the rest of my Canon gear to fund EM-1 + 12-40.

 

Me too.. I wanted the 17mm but couldn't justify the cost (even after discount and cash back) so got the 25mm instead!

 

I couldn't get the E-M1 (body) quick enough after the cash back offer started (on the 28th April) plus the OK from my wife & got it from CamBuy. I recommend them for being one of the best for prices & great friendly service.

 

For anyone interested in the E-M10, Bing Lee (of all places) has the body + kit lens for AUD$799 til Sunday.

 

That is a good price!

 

Yup! Just picked one up for myself

 

Excellent timing. I went in to DigiDirect to buy the 25/1.8 when the rebate was announced, but no stock ...

A week later a friend tells me about the sale on the Sunday afternoon - too late to go to the store, but not too late to order at the nicer price through the website. :smile:

Thank you DigiDirect for being out of stock the first time I tried. And thank you Michaels and Teds for being more expensive than DigiDirect's normal price so I wasn't tempted to try them.

 

I didn't realise they took it over (or changed their name), but I have bought something in the past from Camera Action (online) & later from DigiDirect (in Sydney) when I got the E-M5 kit. I noticed they have the E-M1 body at a good price but all else is dearer than where I have bought various items from since (CamBuy) with even better prices & excellent friendly service. What I don't like is when DigiDirect over-inflates the RR price in their advertising, stating the E-M1 body was $1799 when it was never that high & at $1599. It's dishonest advertising as far as I'm concerned.

 

But Teds offer an official price-matching scheme through their website, don't they? I actually used it once for a camera bag. The price to match cannot be a grey import item, of course.

 

Yes, here it is: http://www.teds.com.au/teds-info/price-promise/

It worked fine for me. Note that they say it is only online, not through stores, so don't ask store staff to price match.

A nice advantage is that after getting a match, one can have it delivered to the local store for pickup (prepaid), so I actually saved on shipping from the alternative outlet.

 

Hi Arg
Teds is notorious and they can refuse if the price is too low . They refused to match price for Oly 75 mm when camerapro was selling it for AUD799 and Teds Price was AUD999

 

Olympus promotion is still on. Here is an excellent deal on the EM-5 and EM-1 from camerapro:

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Body Only Black AUSTRALIAN STOCK $549 After Cashback
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Body Only AUSTRALIAN STOCK $849 After Cashback [EOFY Clearance]
http://www.camerapro.com.au/eofy-cl...&manufacturer=olympus,panasonic&gan_data=true

Here is the official link for the cashback claim:
http://www.olympus.com.au/promotions

 

Wow, that's $20 cheaper again than the digidirect price. It seemed that digidirect was struggling to fill orders but I just received my E-M1 after about three weeks. Unfortunately it needs to straight back to Olympus with that sticky rear dial issue.

I also read in the Olympus cash back fineprint that you should allow up to 12 weeks to receive your money!

 

Bought an E-PM2 in the first week of May. In my email of confirmation it said: "Once your claim has been approved by the promotions team please allow up to 12 weeks for the payment of your claim."

The 6 weeks may only applied to the OMD EM-1 ?!