Thanks for the reply, Henry. I guess my biggest fear is that I"ll buy a D60 from merchant A, and it will be months before the dealer gets one, and since my credit card's already charged, I have no easy way to cancel my order if merchant B(&H) gets one in, since I can't afford to pay for two of them and wait for a refund for the order that I cancel.
I talked to several places today, and although I didn't find a camera, Ritz told me that they only charge when you ship, and they have free shipping, but have no clue when they might get some or even how many are on backorder. Best Price Audio Video in Cleveland was very frank; he told me they were still only getting one or two at a time instead of the 20-30 they're ordering, and that their waiting list has 20+ people on it at present. Amazingly, someone is selling "refurbished" ones on eBay for $1899, and although they seem to have a lot of feedback, I'm curious that they have 4 or 5 for sale. It seems like one of those too good to be true stories, and also hard to believe that there would be "refurbished" ones available already. Tom P. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henry Posner/B&H Photo-Video" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 9:39 AM Subject: EOS Re: D-60 in stock anywhere? [OT] > At 05:10 AM 05/23/2002, you wrote: > >I really don't like idea of paying up front, then waiting weeks for them to > >ship it out. I could see doing this on a special order item, but not > >regular stock. > > Any mail order place that doesn't take payment when the order is placed is > faced with one of two options: > 1) Wait until they're ready to ship and then reconfirm that the credit > card has available funds, and if not, make efforts to contact the customer > for alternate payment options when (in the case of the D60) there're six or > sixteen people waiting behind this one, or > 2) Place a lien on your card's credit limit, usually for far more than > the transaction amount, and without ever telling you what they're doing. > > The reason most mail-order retailers do what B&H does is that it insures > payment and (in the majority of cases) speeds out-the-door time. > > > -- > regards, > Henry Posner > Director of Sales and Training > B&H Photo-Video, and Pro-Audio Inc. > http://www.bhphotovideo.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
