I agree. I bought mine the first chance I got to lay my hands on it and I bought it at a local camera store. The difference between mail order and local price was not enough to worry about. I just did it and have enjoyed it ever since. Buying local once in a while helps keep camera stores in business. I had to mail order the battery grip because there was nobody in the whole St Louis metropolitan area that had one.
I could still be waiting around to get one cheap but then I wouldn't have had one to use in the intervening time. Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 > I was a very early adapter to the istD, buying it about 45 > minutes after it became available to me. > At that time, I paid about the same as what you are quoting now, > and the US dealers hadn't started to discount it. > Consequently, at that time it was cheaper in Canada than the USA > (at least in my instance). > What I don't get is why all the hand wringing over the pricing. > If you want it, and can afford it, just buy the damned thing and > get on with life. > If you want it and can't afford it, then you have the same > relationship to it that I have to a new Land Rover. > OTOH, if you want it, can afford it, but refuse to buy it > because you think it's going to cost less next week, then wait > till next week and quit bellyaching. > You know that within 6 months of a new version coming out, they > will be giving them away for probably about the cost of the > chip, so wait till then, and get the best deal possible. > > Sorry for the rant, but the whole price issue just doesn't fly > with me. > > William Robb > >
