Henrys is our big "box store" of photographic equipment in Ontario. I know a lot of people, and sometimes myself, don't really like the chain, but.....
When i went to pick up my D2H from the Newmarket store, the salesman let me attach both my nikon lenses i had at the time, and when i asked if i copuld shoot some shots outside, they said fine. To show my good faith, i left all my gear & id, i brought in, the D1 and a few other things. I was out side for a good 25-30 minutes. Noone ever came out to check if i was gone.:-) Thats whay, even at a bit higher pricing i'll deal with them. However, i'm considered a "pro shooter"<vbg> so i get a deal on price now. Just my 2c Dave Quoting Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Cotty wrote: > >> I am in the process of considering the purchase of an expensive lens, >> with a choice of two similar types, at similar prices.. I was in London >> and popped into a Canon dealer near the British Museum. When I inquired, >> the best the salesman would do is show me prints from the lenses (which >> they had in stock). They would not let me handle the lenses (which >> remained sealed in boxes) and certainly not attach it them to my camera. >> The reason given was that once marked in any way, they would be >> unsaleable. Of course, if I purchased, I could attach the lens to my >> camera. I nearly walked there and then, but inquired as to price. 960 >> GBP came the reply. I asked if they would match the price to the same >> lens for sale at a well-known camera shop based in Wales that does a lot >> of trade on the internet. Absolutely not! 'We are not a testing ground >> for cheap and nasty internet dealers'. >> >> That's when they lost the sale. If he had said yes and given me 40 quid >> off, I might have jumped there and then. Instead, they lost out on a >> ready sale of £920. I won't be going in there again. > > I would have said to him, "Since I can't try or even handle the lens, > you basically offer no advantage to me over buying it for less money > from an Internet retailer. Can you give me a good reason why I > shouldn't do so?" > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > Equine Photography in York Region -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
