I love Lunenburg. My parents used to live in Mahone Bay about ten miles away.
Beautiful part of the world. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Paul Ewins <[email protected]> Sent: September 10, 2012 9/10/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: KEH enablement and advice for Canadians Hi Steve, I'm not Canadian (although I have been to Lunenburg) but when I order from the KEH website I get the option of USPS Priority near the end of the checkout process. It initially defaults to Fedex when it is quoting the postage but I get to change that when I actually make the order. Paul Ewins Melbourne, Australia On 11/09/2012, at 10:59 AM, Steve Sharpe <[email protected]> wrote: > A couple of weeks ago I took a look at the KEH site and saw that their 200 > f4's for the 645 had dropped back to a reasonable price. A couple of years > ago I wanted to order one, but kept putting it off. I finally went to place > the order just after the 645D was announced, and saw that the price for the > lenses had practically doubled. Anyway, the prices have dropped again to less > than they were previously, so I ordered one in EX condition with caps for $99. > > I also made an impulse purchase in the form of a Tamron 55-200 zoom for my > Nikon D70 beater camera, for $39 new. It's a plastic mount kit-class lens > with screw drive AF...and I guess the newer, low-end Nikons no longer > screw...so there's not much demand for these lenses. > > Anyway, the lenses arrived today and both look good. The Pentax looks brand > new. I'm hoping to get over to Lunenburg tomorrow - if Leslie has moved on - > to give it a work out. > > If you're not Canadian then you can stop reading this post, now. > > > Go back to arguing about laptops or something. > > > > The following does not concern you, unless you live in Canada. > > > > > > Go away! > > > > > > > &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& > > > > > Okay, Canadians, now that all the riff-raff have moved on, here is my advice: > if you want to order something from KEH, do not do it through their web site! > They only offer one shipping option online, and that is Fedex, which starts > at almost $60 and goes up from there. For my $138 order the shipping was > almost $80. In addition, Fedex will sock it to you with a brokerage fee on > delivery, which is something like 20% with a $10 minimum. I sent KEH an email > complaining about this and they replied, telling me to call in. I did, and > they offered me USPS Priority for $41 - and no brokerage fee. I complained > some more, and they grudgingly offered me USPS first class for...$22. I took > that and placed the order over the phone with the guy. > > Anyway, the lenses arrived in two weeks less a day at my post office. I went > to pick them up, ready to pay some HST and maybe duty, but the postmistress > just handed me the box and sent me on my way. Yay! > > So, if you ever order from KEH, do it over the phone. > > -- > > Steve Sharpe > [email protected] > • > > http://earth.delith.com/photo_gallery.html > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
