Hi Stephen, Many years ago I was waiting on 2 Z1p's as part of an insurance settlement. I had lots of delays and Kennedy's said it was on a boat and I tried to not harass them more than twice a week. After 3 months Kennedy's air freighted my 2 Z1p's from Japan and apologised for the delay.
I will say that I did get my FA50f1.4 almost immediately though. Good luck, and take heart that it will arrive. -- Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon Stephen wrote: > Thanks for the encouraging words. > > The camera store rang me on Saturday and apologized for the problem on the > phone. They told me, probably another couple of weeks. And interestingly said > that all the distributors here do not know what is in a shipment until it > arrives! > > Does Pentax just decide what to send and Kennedys have to just ware it? > > I received and e mail from Kennedys today: " The revised delivery time is now > late March. " Certainly a bit different to before xmas. > > That's about five months. It certainly seems the B&H is more efficient at > obtaining stock! > > Both the camera store and Kennedys have now suggested that I buy a Sigma item > instead. > > I am happy with the camera store, they are at least trying to get the lens > for me. Others did not even give me the courtesy of letting me know that they > wouldn't try to get a Pentax lens. > > I'm never going to order an item that comes via Kennedys again! If I happen > to see an item in a shop, at the right time, I'll buy it. But I'll not order > anything! > > > Stephen > > At 18:21 16/02/2007, you wrote: > >> In the middle of October I went to local camera stores and asked for a price >> on some lenses. I was told they would have to get back to me and took my >> phone number. I have still not heard from them. >> >> I waited and then figured maybe the lenses are not in stock so I e mailed >> Kennedys about the smc PENTAX-FA 50mm F1.4. They replied on 13-11-6 and >> told me it was in stock and asked me which retailer to send it to. >> >> I didn't want to reward any of those who did not quote before and I wanted >> an idea of how much it would cost. So I asked three stores near where my >> lover works for a price. And I have not heard from them re the price either. >> >> Then I called into another camera shop on my way past on spec and was >> actually quoted a price. I ordered the lens though them and paid a deposit >> on 22-11-6. They expected availability on 10-12-6. >> >> It did not arrive as expected so I asked Kennedys and they told me a >> shipment was due in before xmas and they 'will do our best to get it to them >> before Xmas '. >> >> Around xmas, I'm in trouble because my lover could not give me the lens for >> xmas. But the shop did advise me they expected the lens in the middle of >> January. >> >> Around the middle of January, I'm in the shit because my lover could not >> give me the lens for your anniversary and she knows I could have got the >> lens from B&H by now. >> >> On 31-1-7 Kennedys advised me that a shipment is arriving in a couple of >> weeks. The shop tells me six days. >> >> Not being overly optimistic I waited until today to ring the shop. The >> person that answered the phone could not check the status of my order, nor >> were they allowed to transfer my call to someone who could. I'm not happy. >> >> Four months. And wondering ' Is it possible to buying a Pentax lens in >> Sydney? ' >> >> >> Stephen >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
