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 > >
