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
