Noland, I find your open letter to be humorous. You've called three stores to get prices on some equipment. You've noted that one store has the price of $1599 and another (I'm assuming Ed Posner's shop) has it for $1610. Do you realize that you are haggling over $11.00? That's less than 1%. The other item has a difference of about 6.5%. Don't you think you're being a bit petty? I don't know any of you digesters and I don't even know Ed Posner. But, quite frankly, I'd rather spend a couple of extra bucks on something from a shop with a good reputation and/or from a guy like Ed who (here I go assuming again) is a store owner and active in this digest. I just spent a week looking for a DP-1 prism for my F2. I was told by a very nice, knowledgeable, and reputable store owner that I shouldn't pay more that $150.00 for one in average condition (most I found were going for close to $200.00). Well, I found one for $170.00 at a west coast store. That's twenty whole dollars more than I wanted to spend. I happily paid the $170.00 because I knew that he had a good reputation and would stand behind what he sells. It's worth a few extra bucks for this kind of peace of mind. Noland, I feel that you are being a bit unfair to Ed to publicly haggle over a couple of bucks. If saving a couple of bucks is that important to you, buy from the competition. Brian Wermeyer
