It's gotta do with tariffs regarding US-Japanese trade. Well, we all know the US economy is buckling, probably the two countries had struck some trade off agreement stipulating that US would help sell Jap goods en mass if Japan is willing to take in US exports.
Come on, Panasonic can't be stupid and give concessionary rates only to the US. The rest of the world are still paying the prices of 2010
@kazuo Yeah, sad to see $=Euro +20% prices. At least there's a 100e cash-back program in Germany when you buy at select dealers. http://www.panasonic.de/html/de_DE/8124625/index.html Otherwise, the set with the 14-140 is still 1550 Euro list :(
@p_hawks It's through the Panasonic fan page on facebook, "like" it and you see the Black Friday deal. Then go to the Panasonic shop and register with an email. It's under lenses. The price will adjust once you put it in your shopping cart.
@TraumManufaktur Thanks. I'm having trouble getting it to work, but I am on an iPhone and my Facebook and Panasonic account are under different emails. It looks like other people are having problems too, and so I will post on Facebook. Thanks again