I have had another look, and I think you are not fully correct, candyman.
candyman said:
For example the 6D II was €1949 without cashback - now it is €2029. I can guarantee you that when the cashback is finished, the 6D MK II will go down in price again.
There is indeed a Cash Back for camera bodies: but for (selected)
Full Frame bodies only! The start of this particular Cash Back was on February 1.
There are indeed stores that upped the 6D Mk II's price a bit. Others still use the 'old' price of € 1949.
And to avoid confusion: the Cash Back is not already deducted in this € 1949: this is what you pay at these stores, and you claim your Cash Back at Canon afterwards.
candyman said:
The 6D with cashback €1879. Seriously? Without cashback it was around 1400.
Sorry, I don't understand this bit. The 6D is old and therefore indeed a lot cheaper than the 6D Mk II.
candyman said:
There is a chashback on the Canon 80D and the Canon 7D MK II as well - body only and in combination with purchase of a lens.
There WAS a Cash Back that involved the 80D and 7D Mk II. But that ended a while back.
According to the Canon website, presently there are 2 Cash Backs.
The 'Spring Promotion Cash Back': for selected 5D models and the 6D Mk II, together with a few EF-lenses. This is the 'Full Frame' Cash backs I mentioned earlier.
The 'Lens Promotion CAMERA + LENS = CASHBACK': here you get a Cash Back for selected lenses, but
only when bought in combination with one of the camera bodies that Canon selected. That is why only the lenses have a Cash Back-amount in € with them, and not the camera bodies.
The camera bodies, and also cameras with only a kit lens
do not qualify for Cash Back at this point in time.
To sum up.
-There is a Cash Back for Full Frame cameras; the 80D and 7D Mk II are not part of that Cash back for obvious reasons.
-There is a Cash back that mentions the 80D and 7D Mk II, but that Cash Back is to promote lenses and Cash Back is only for selected lenses (only) if bought in combination with selected camera bodies. But you get no Cash Back for only an 80D or 7D Mk II body (and also not in combination with the kit lens).
This leaves only one conclusion: Cash Back actions have nothing to do with the sudden and extreme price increase that Canon made for the 80D and 7D Mk II in The Netherlands.
And so I still see these questions:
- Why did a few days ago the prices of some camera bodies go up 20% or even a bit more?
- Why specifically these camera bodies?
- And why (apparently) only in the Netherlands?