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aytza

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Location: Feasterville, United States
Registered: 12 Feb 2008

Kaidan Announces Major Price Reductions on Posted: 12 Feb 2008 at 15:35 GMT updated: 12 Feb 2008 at 15:40 GMT
PMA 08 - Las Vegas, NV – Friday, February 1, 2008: Kaidan Incorporated, the leading manufacturer and supplier of Photographic VR and Immersive Imaging solutions, today announced significant price reductions on all models of their panoramic tripod heads. “During the past few years, we’ve seen the panoramic tripod head market grow significantly and now the panoramic head is commonplace in the equipment bags of many photographers and virtual tour providers,” says James Anders, President of Kaidan. “Kaidan has recently made a large investment in CAD/CAM design software and CNC machine tools in order to meet these continued demands. Our new lower MSRPs reflect the newfound economies we are seeing.” Part No. Product Name Old Price New Price 00-0264 QuickPan Rotator From $199.95 To $149.95 00-0232 KiWi Panoramic Tripod Head From $199.95 To $149.95 00-0166 Standard Camera Bracket From $109.95 To $99.95 00-0167 Spherical w/ Universal Mount From $279.95 To $199.95 00-0183 Spherical w/ Quick Release Mnt From $279.95 To $199.95 00-0298 QuickPan Professional From $849.95 To $799.95 Additional information can be found at www.kaidan.com. Or contact A’ytza Gautieri at Kaidan. Kaidan, KiWi and QuickPan are registered trademarks of Kaidan Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners
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Smooth

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Location: Australia
Registered: 21 Jul 2004

Re: Kaidan Announces Major Price Reductions on Posted: 12 Feb 2008 at 17:33 GMT
Hello A’ytza, I was once a Kaidan user but had to find other Panohead manufactures that offered better customer service and offered opportunities to help further design and promotion. Too see a price drop is great - but simply better customer service would have retained my custom. Based on what is represented on most panoramic forums these days I feel your customer base must surely consist of mainly US based customers who haven't yet realised how easy, fast and how much money they can save by buying/importing far more popular brands from other countries. It is very interesting looking at the decline in use from users from 2004 to the latest 2008 statistics of the WWP as shown by timhatch.com/projects/wwp-equipment/ Maybe your customer service has improved over the years? Though uptake by users on the forums doesn't suggest this! Price dropping is one way to gain some customers I guess. Do you now have an Australian distributor again? Regards, Smooth www.smooth360.com
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bigwade

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Location: Netherlands
Registered: 19 Oct 2005

Re: Kaidan Announces Major Price Reductions on Posted: 13 Feb 2008 at 1:10 GMT
aytza said: Kaidan Incorporated, the leading manufacturer and supplier of Photographic VR and Immersive Imaging solutions Leading ? Huh ?
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