Unfair Advantage ;-)

[Jiri Vrozina]

I am at the moment looking for decent Cine Zoom.
Well ZEISS and CANON have this 0 %, YES ZERO INTEREST Finance on Lenses in USA.
Why-since we live in Global World, I can not get the same 0% Interest on my loan from ZEISS and CANON Down Under in Australia??
On $20,000 + Loan my friends in USA have big financial Edge over me.......Interest in AUS is about 10% to 17%.
Just imagine if you buy TWO Zeiss Cinema lenses for $40,000+ how much it is on Interest alone..
Anyway GOOD LUCK to USA Boys ;-).

 

[Ruff]

Totally agree. Drives me nuts. Especially with the companies advertising it in their global social media feeds all the time.

Global economy. Global pricing. Global warranty. Global finance.

 

[Adam Eden]

Westpac is 7.5%

 

[Matt Fleming]

Understood the sentiment but, if it makes you feel any better, you should know that not many average US citizens would qualify for that deal.

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

It's ok. If we send a film production to you your government will pay 40% of the cost. I would rather have that 40% than a 0% loan.

 

[Brian Merlen]

you guys should just move in with me, i could use the rent money. together we could all max out our debt and buy mad cine glass lol

 

[Elsie N]

Probably only available in U.S. because our govt. may be backing their loan program by providing them the cash at 0% interest. Nothing like that would surprise me since the govt. or Fed or whomever was loaning money to the big financial institutions at almost zero percent and then, if I understand correctly, was buying it back from them at a profit. That's over simplification but I think I got the gist of it right.

 

[Bobby Farokhzad]

The Untied States Government does not interfere with private business or financial institutions for that matter, it is a "hands off" government. What happened a few years ago with the bailout was a measure that was taken by the FED to prevent 1929 from happening all over again. In reality, I get offers for loans with 0% interest for a limited time all the time.... It usually ends up being nothing more than BS.

 

[Jiri Vrozina]

BS?

http://www.ducloslenses.com/

 

[Elsie N]

The Untied States Government does not interfere with private business or financial institutions for that matter, it is a "hands off" government. What happened a few years ago with the bailout was a measure that was taken by the FED to prevent 1929 from happening all over again. In reality, I get offers for loans with 0% interest for a limited time all the time.... It usually ends up being nothing more than BS.

One word... Solyndra. :-(

EDIT: Solyndra, et al.

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs...-only-questionable-obama-loan-to-green-energy

 

[David Collard]

Keep in mind that these programs probably require you to make minimum monthly payments with no interest.
By my math, you are perhaps saving 3% interest which is readily available through many prime lending programs.
By purchasing outright with your own loan and offer, you could negotiate a 3-6% discount.

Bottom line, if 3% is the difference between buying or not, then maybe you shouldn't buy at all, respectfully.

 

[Jiri Vrozina]

It is very unfair to the rest of the Planet from Major Manufacturers where they do different Marketing in USA alone.
Forget about interest on loan now, it is a principle ...
they should have the same LIST PRICE @ FINANCE everywhere.
Thats globalisation for you.

 

[Jiri Vrozina]

Perhaps we should have somebody from Zeiss and Canon to explain it.

 

[Ruff]

The cost of finance is not a deciding factor for me when purchasing. It's the principal of having different markets priced at different amounts. I source gear from the USA all the time when the local distributors want to charge too much for it.

It's one of the things I love about Red. Global pricing. It's very fair.

Would still like to see local Red support / service centre in New Zealand, Australia etc...

 

[Marc Wielage]

Probably only available in U.S. because our govt. may be backing their loan program by providing them the cash at 0% interest. Nothing like that would surprise me since the govt. or Fed or whomever was loaning money to the big financial institutions at almost zero percent and then, if I understand correctly, was buying it back from them at a profit. That's over simplification but I think I got the gist of it right.

I tend to doubt that the U.S. government is loaning money to benefit a German corporation (Zeiss) or a Japanese corporation (Canon).

This wouldn't be the first time that international companies had different prices in different countries, since they generally have country-specific sales corporations that set their own prices depending on demand, shipping costs, customs duty, and other factors. I agree with others that often, this doesn't seem very fair, especially when there's a big​ difference.