Will do, Bipin. Even if they are buying kits and then selling the body and lens separately, I don't see how they are making much money at that body price. They are selling the 18-135mm for $479 but add that to their K-5 ii price of $797 and you only get $1276. Now you CAN find new K-5 ii with the 18-135mm on eBay for $1200 or a bit under, so apparently some people are making enough margin to sell at that price. The only thing that I can figure is that some authorized dealer is shoving a bunch out his door (maybe to get to some required quantity for discount pricing, but knows he can't move that many himself). If they are trying to protect that authorized dealer then that might explain why they try to "file the warranty info for you" and all that baloney.
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Bipin Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Darren, keep us updated on the receipt of your Brand New K-5 II > and the de-boxing experience. But do look carefully at every piece to > ensure you really receive brand new stuff. > And check out the Shutter count + manufacturing date + the version # > + Pentax -Ricoh or Pentax Hoya model + Body Serial #. > You might also check out if the camera is already registered with > Pentax? Yes seriously, this was the experience of a Canon Pro > Photographer who purchased his FF Canon from a pretty well known Hong > Kong stores. > I was shattered when B&H sold me a brand new K20D in early 2009 with a > shutter count of over 600 actuations. > Regards. > Bipin. > > -- > 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. -- "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - Peter Galassi -- 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.
