Good to hear. Dave
On 11/2/05, Leon Altoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David, > > A friend of mine bought a Canon. He had to wait 8 weeks for a 100mm > f2.8 macro lens and I'm not sure if they have managed to get his ring > flash in yet and that's been 3 months when I last spoke to him. > > It's not plain sailing for the other brands either. > > Leon > > http://www.bluering.org.au > http://www.bluering.org.au/leon > > > David Savage wrote: > > Don't get me started on the lens availability issue. > > > > I put in an order for a brand spanking new piece of Pentax glass (I'm > > not saying which, I might jinx it). CRK told my camera store, 6-8 > > weeks. After 7 weeks I got impatient and asked my camera shop for an > > updated ETA (this was yesterday), CRK couldn't give one. For f&#k's > > sake. It's times like this when I envy those Dark Side users, who can > > go into any decent store and pick up pretty much any lens the desire > > off the shelf or, worst case, have to wait a few days. > > > > I'm not blaming Pentax for this, just CRK for giving inaccurate information. > > > > Dave (the mightily pi55ed) > > > > On 11/2/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Quoting Ryan Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > >>> Saw this as a sponsored link on a Canon forum: > >>> http://www.crkennedy.com.au/v1/index.cfm?pageID=465 > >>> > >>> I was under the impression that they'd usually close one eye and do > >>> warranty > >>> work on grey goods anyway as long as you can prove when you purchased. > >>> Maybe > >>> they're starting to really feel the pinch of parallel importers (they seem > >>> to markup camera goods lots here down under..). Food for thought? > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Ryan > >>> > >>> > >> "CR Kennedy & Company Pty Ltd. operates in a global market place. The > >> lines we > >> represent in Australia are globally competitive in price. The savings by > >> purchasing from parallel/grey importers are small. The risks are even > >> greater." > >> > >> Grrr.. > >> > >> DSLR prices are about comparable in Australia with New York mail order (if > >> you > >> take into account GST and shipping). But lenses are can be 20% to 30% more > >> expensive, if they are available at all in Australia. And over time, you > >> spend > >> many many more dollars on lenses than on bodies. And that's assuming you > >> can > >> even obtain the lenses here. I had no luck getting the 31mm LTD retail, > >> and had > >> to make a special request to CRK to get one from Japan for me (good from a > >> CRK > >> customer service point of view, poor from a retail strategy point of view). > >> > >> D > >> > >> > > > > > > > >
