I think it was the holiday that set B&H back, although Ricoh may have modified the distribution policy to prompt direct sales and push product into smaller stores. But like you, I can wait. Not much time to play at present, although I’m sure I’ll find a minute to strap on the 24-70 and shoot a few pics when the beast arrives.
Paul > On May 3, 2016, at 4:11 PM, Stanley Halpin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Bah humbug. > > I had a Live Chat earlier with someone at B&H. They said that they expected > the shipment “within one or two business days” and that they would start > shipping out immediately. > > I had originally gone to the Pentax storefront to order from there. First > they were going to require me to establish an account with them (even though > I have had an account and bought multiple thousands of dollars of goods from > them in the past. Guess they lost it.) Then they only had one shipping > option, which required the customer to pay for “Standard Delivery.” I told > them what I thought of their new storefront and went to B&H and got Expedited > Shipping for free. I assumed that major distributors would be pre-stocked > before Pentax started shipping direct to customers. > > Oh well, it is not as though I have any commitments or specific timeline. But > still, bah. > > stan > >> On May 3, 2016, at 12:48 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Henry Posner just posted in DP Review's Pentax forum that B&H will get >> the K-1 in their warehouse this week and will start shipping them "as >> soon after they arrive as is humanly possible". >> >> Apparently, those who ordered directly from the Ricoh web site will be >> getting them starting today or tomorrow. >> >> -- >> 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.
