It's VERY expensive. Use a price tracking site like Camel Camel Camel to check the price before the referendum to leave the EU!

It was around £240-250 and had been for 18 months or so! I know this because I was saving up for one and overnight the price shot up by £50. Then when I'd almost saved the extra, it went up another £50.

I refuse to pay this much for something that was £250 a year ago so I haven't bought it.

To say I'm annoyed is an understatement.

Blame the EU referendum.

Yeah, good old "taking back control", "nothing much will change", "blah blah blah" Brexit.

If I were having an orgasm as a result I might be a tad less annoyed about it.

I can only assume you don't have much experience of orgasms yourself or you wouldn't say something so daft.

Like I said earlier, go and look at price tracking sites.

Camel camel camel will show you the Amazon price history. You'll see that for the 18 months or so before the referendum the price was fairly stable at around £250. Immediately after the referendum, when the exchange rate tanked, it shot up to £300 or so and in early September it rose to around £350.

Those prices were reflected in other outlets.

Again, like I said, I was planning to buy one so I was tracking the price.

£20 saving, is not exactly a bargain. No stock either.

yeah i was thinking it seemed alright for a pack of body+prime but its just the kit lens
crap deal
edit: wtf? this deal has been voted hot??????

Beware, from the Q&A seems that this hasn't got the 50mm lens (on camerapricebuster.co.uk is usually around £200) but the standard 16-50mm kit lens.

It's VERY expensive. Use a price tracking site like Camel Camel Camel to check the price before the referendum to leave the EU!

It was around £240-250 and had been for 18 months or so! I know this because I was saving up for one and overnight the price shot up by £50. Then when I'd almost saved the extra, it went up another £50.

I refuse to pay this much for something that was £250 a year ago so I haven't bought it.

To say I'm annoyed is an understatement.

Good camera, but cold. Paid 260-270 for an A5100 over a year ago on Amazon

why would anyone want to buy this and at this price?

Not so
https://www.eglobalcentral.co.uk/s0ny-alpha-a5000-mirrorless-digital-camera-kit-with-16-50mm-lens-white.html#
£275.99 delivered at Eglobalcentral if you dare :smiley:
And 2% cashback at Quidco
So voted cold btw

Stop keep having an orgasm over it then, unless you can go back in time put up or shut up! (embarrassed)

No way, never been anything like that.

It's these old deals for the newer model that makes me think nuh uh http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/sony-a5100-with-kit-lens-279-amazon-lightning-deal-2334660

But the thing to really do when buying a camera is think about your needs, and whether what you want to buy can fulfil them. In particular consider whether you'd want additional lenses and the cost of these, Sony lenses can be quite pricey.

It was around £300 until early September 2016 when the exchange rate market had the second big Brexit shock and it shot up to £350.

Just before the referendum it was £250, or thereabouts, just about everywhere.

The A6000 was this price 6 months ago.

Given the age of the model, I would have paid £250 a year ago, (if I'd had £250. I was saving up). I wouldn't even pay that for it now. It's not worth the current vastly over inflated price.

I spent the money I'd saved on something else, in disgust or I'd have looked for an alternative.

I need a reasonably priced, decent camera with which I can use an Android smart 'phone as a viewfinder. But I'll have to start saving again now anyway.

I refuse to pay more than it was over a year ago! No, I've not bought it.

have you bought this yet or still waiting to fall below a price

Blame the EU referendum.

At £250 i would snap it up asap. £300 seems a lot for an old model camera

this is an old model, so this is quite expensive.

try wex

Keep an eye on camerapricebuster.co.uk, the camera was £10 cheaper on the 23rd and regularly drops below £300