Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment
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 List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment
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 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 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 for this Pentax lens (which prompted the matching sale by BH). 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 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 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: 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 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment
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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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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 sit on. Hell, you can straddle the entire aisle if that's what fills your font. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment
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 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment
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 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment
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 problem. They build good stuff, but underestimate the demand and don't preload the supply chain adequately before product release. All things considered, I find this preferable considering that they could be building bad stuff that was easy to obtain because of low demand. But it is frustrating! stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment
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 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 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 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment
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 for this Pentax lens (which prompted the matching sale by BH). 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 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 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: 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 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment
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: 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 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment
'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 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 problem. They build good stuff, but underestimate the demand and don't preload the supply chain adequately before product release. All things considered, I find this preferable considering that they could be building bad stuff that was easy to obtain because of low demand. But it is frustrating! stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment
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 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 for this Pentax lens (which prompted the matching sale by BH). 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 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 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: 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 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment
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 totally inadequate model of the expected supply/demand curves as they are affected by variations in price points. BH on the other hand usually has a better grasp of all of that. stan On Dec 20, 2013, at 6:31 PM, Igor Roshchin 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 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 for this Pentax lens (which prompted the matching sale by BH). 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 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 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: 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 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
