Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment

2013-12-22 Thread Steve Cottrell
Bob and Yolanda, - I fell for you both. It was meant to be I feel for both of you. The PDML is a broad church, and nobody minds which side of the aisle you sit on. Hell, you can straddle the entire aisle if that's what fills your font. ...says Bob's altar-ego. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment

2013-12-21 Thread John
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 BH), 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

Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment

2013-12-21 Thread Igor Roshchin
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 18:31:03 -0500 (EST) From: Igor Roshchin Bob and Yolanda, - I fell for you both. It was meant to be I feel for both of you. Ouch, my fingers are not doing what my brain thinks. (or what I think my brain thinks). Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment

2013-12-21 Thread Bob W
On 21 Dec 2013, at 21:12, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 18:31:03 -0500 (EST) From: Igor Roshchin Bob and Yolanda, - I fell for you both. It was meant to be I feel for both of you. The PDML is a broad church, and nobody minds which side of the aisle you

Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment

2013-12-20 Thread Yolanda Rowe
Gr! 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

Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment

2013-12-20 Thread Bruce Walker
It has to be said: Yolanda, get a grip. ;-) Merry (eventual) Christmas! On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Yolanda Rowe ypr...@gmail.com wrote: Gr! 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

Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment

2013-12-20 Thread Stan Halpin
On Dec 20, 2013, at 1:04 PM, Yolanda Rowe wrote: ...The damn thing is back-ordered and customer service has no information on when it will be in stock. ... In any case, we know that they are moving product... Thanks for *listening* to my first world problem... Yonnie Classic Pentax

Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment

2013-12-20 Thread Bob Sullivan
Ya, I was disheartened to see that sale as I have/had the grip on backorder with BH. 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

Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment

2013-12-20 Thread Igor Roshchin
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 BH. 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

Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment

2013-12-20 Thread Yolanda Rowe
Bravo! You startled a loud guffaw out of me. Laughing Yonnie On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: It has to be said: Yolanda, get a grip. ;-) Merry (eventual) Christmas! On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Yolanda Rowe ypr...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment

2013-12-20 Thread Yolanda Rowe
'Tis true. The company could have flooded the market with a craptastic product. I'll patiently exercise my K-5 and her grip. Yonnie On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: On Dec 20, 2013, at 1:04 PM, Yolanda Rowe wrote: ...The damn thing is

Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment

2013-12-20 Thread Yolanda Rowe
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

Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment

2013-12-20 Thread Stan Halpin
I bought a WG-III GPS camera from Pentax early in the 12 days. Received it within 3-4 days. But that is an old camera that they may well be phasing out. I think the Ricoh marketing (website managers) and inventory/distribution people must not talk to one another. And/or they (Ricoh) have a