Could be that if they ship the *one* that's "in stock" they won't have it
"in stock" anymore, so they're holding on to it for now.
More like (based on past dealings with B&H), they had half a dozen on
hand & got a dozen orders. They shipped the ones they had first come,
first served & they'll fill the rest of orders as soon as they're
resupplied.
On 12/20/2013 6:40 PM, Yolanda Rowe wrote:
Igor, the company should be honest with us. I wouldn't be half as
irritated if it were stated on the site that the items are
back-ordered. I still would have placed the order, but I wouldn't
have scared the UPS drivers to not purpose for the past week. :D
If it's *in stock*, why isn't your lens in hand?
Yonnie
On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Igor Roshchin <s...@komkon.org>
wrote:
Bob and Yolanda, - I fell for you both.
I pulled the trigger on that one-day sale of 31/1.8 on
Cyber-Monday, and bought one from B&H. It said (and still says)
"Usually ships in 3-7 business days", but it's been a while (3
business weeks), and I am still waiting..
That day Ricoh also had the sale for this Pentax lens (which
prompted the matching sale by B&H). It says "in stock" for that
lens on Pentaxwebstore.com.
Igor
Fri Dec 20 16:21:16 EST 2013 Bob Sullivan wrote:
Ya, I was disheartened to see that sale as I have/had the grip on
backorder with B&H. I figured the Ricoh deal sucked up all the
supply of grips. To hear that you didn't get an immediate shipment
gives me a glimmer of hope that they protected their other
backorders. I'm waiting to see the cheap Chinese version on ebay. I
bought 2 (for the K-7 then K-5) and they worked just fine. You'll
get the order jammed back up your ~~~ distribution system if you
don't deliver soon. Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Yolanda Rowe <yprowe at
gmail.com> wrote:
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr! Now, that I have that off my chest I can tell you
why I feel that way.
We hopped on the deal for the K-3 w/battery grip (who cares about
the sling bag; it will simply go in the pile collecting dust).
I've been watching the email for the shipping notification (and
the charge acct for a earlier hint). Saw the charge pending but
it disappeared, so I contacted Ricoh (refuse to say P*ntax on
this one--LOL)
The damn thing is back-ordered and customer service has "no
information" on when it will be in stock. From what I've read
here, it's probably because of the grip. In any case, it might
have been nice to learn that from them. Simple thing to have the
system generate an automated email reply for a WEB STORE order
that has an associated email. If they're too cheap to ship twice,
contact me and give me the option to pay for extra shipment.
In any case, we know that they are moving product.
So much for sneaking off and playing with a Christmas gift before
it goes under the tree.
Thanks for *listening* to my first world problem...
Yonnie
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