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Luc De Wandel · June 5th, 2008, 03:20 AM

I discovered a strange marketing habit today, regarding the XL-H1a and 's. Canon is promoting these two new camera's in Belgium and Holland (and probably also elsewhere in Europe) with an interesting cashback deal of 500 euro's. The promotion is running from june 1st to july 31st. But... there are no camera's in stock anywhere. I called several shops and they can't even tell me WHEN the cams will arrive. I've been a marketing manager for over 15 years, and I would have fired the guy who started such an important promotion without any stock present. It's detrimental for the company's image.
Anyway, I've decided to sell my XH-A1 in favour of the XL-H1a (BTW, thanks for pointing out it's existance, Chris), but it appears that I'll have to hold my horses... and hope the cashback will last until there is stock.

June 5th, 2008, 03:20 AM	#1
Luc De Wandel Regular Crew Join Date: May 2008 Location: Knokke-Heist, Belgium Posts: 97	Cashback promotion but no stock? I discovered a strange marketing habit today, regarding the XL-H1a and 's. Canon is promoting these two new camera's in Belgium and Holland (and probably also elsewhere in Europe) with an interesting cashback deal of 500 euro's. The promotion is running from june 1st to july 31st. But... there are no camera's in stock anywhere. I called several shops and they can't even tell me WHEN the cams will arrive. I've been a marketing manager for over 15 years, and I would have fired the guy who started such an important promotion without any stock present. It's detrimental for the company's image. Anyway, I've decided to sell my XH-A1 in favour of the XL-H1a (BTW, thanks for pointing out it's existance, Chris), but it appears that I'll have to hold my horses... and hope the cashback will last until there is stock.