Heh, the title of this post isn't a typo or any fictitious cartoon character. If you read my post about getting the OMX 70 Sennheiser Sport earphones, you'll remember it as the location where I purchased them.
For the past week, Saturn has been running mysterious 10 seconds-long TV ad spots, with the slogans: "You will...love and hate it!" It was all to build up a suspense of consumerism, what's new...
And so today Saturn started its promotion. And one of them got me really good. And I meant Real Good.
The Casio Exilim EX-Z75 from Letsgodigital.org
This camera has been around for quite a while now. Earlier this year back in February, when I was back in Malaysia for CNY, I spotted this little bugger, with SD Card and camera pouch, for close RM1000 (208 euros/USD299/SGD435).
And today, Saturn started offering the exact same model for: 129euros!!
For comparison, that's :USD185 or SGD269 or RM619 !!!
Yes, fine, so this offer comes without an SD card or a camera pouch. But still...
*wrings hands haplessly*
And if you might have guessed, Saturn's tag line was:...
"We love Hi-Tech...and we hate High Prices!"
-_-"
Now I've done some homework and scoured the Net for reviews on this product. Opinions from cnet.com and Crunchgear.com mainly scream one thing: Don't get it - not worth the price. I've browsed forums and read readers' comments about the Anti-shake not functioning properly till how poorly the Z75 fares in comparison to older Kodak models.
Reading and receiving so much information about one particular thing or product doesn't really make one better at making informed choices. On the contrary, it blurs your judgement out of focus. In my case, literally - and that sucks.
So you guys out there, any advice for clueless me? Should I get it? Or perhaps not?
1 comments:
Actually I cannot give a proper answer because I am as undecided as you are.
While looking for a new digital camera that fits to my small budget Saturn started it's new campaign with this really good offer.
But for 3 reasons I probably will not go for it:
1. Understand that Casio Exilims are blamed to need to be sent in for repair than other brands.
2. For only € 50 more you can buy a Lumix (or a Sony)
3. I don't like Saturn to make me buy something just because they decided to take 'this' product for their campaign.
Did my arguments help to even more confues you?
Take care!
renneh
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