> > We all know any Camera store worth anything has demo lenses to check > out, that's another story. If they have to open a box, that lens > becomes a demo. Eventually they get sold too, at a reduced price. But > I would hope the new lenses I buy are not demos, in fact came to me > straight from the factory, sealed. > While I would like to get a brand new un-touched lens too, especially if I was spending good money, even the biggest store may not have a demo of everything.
The biggest camera store chain in Toronto (Jim you know this place), He**y's Camera, was not able to do so on a EF20-35 lens, and this was their downtown flagship store! In fact, I was all set to buy this lens there two years ago until the salesperson, for reasons unknown, gave me an abrasive response that "I am not going to open the box unless you are going to buy the lens", at which point I brought the EOS-3 with the EF28-135 and 550EX out of the camera bag, only then did he bring the lens off the shelf and out of the box...... Not only did I not buy the lens (strictly due to his extremly poor attitude), he's lucky I didn't send the snap shot of his face (taken with the lens!) to the management with a complaint letter. But that's too way off topic from EOS gears..... Regards, Ken * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
