Thanks Paul - It was just worth waiting with the price difference and the additional import penalty I would have been hit with.
It is great that any purchase under AU$1000 is not subject to 10% GST. GST is like a US state sales tax essentially but it hurts when you just go over the I grand and you get about $60+ in clearance charges too :( Rod -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Good luck then. That is a great price. B&H did have the 16-50 last I looked. Probably Wednesday or Tuesday of this week. My problem with Adorama was with a Sandisk card that was defective from day one. They insisted I return it to the manufacturer, who made me jump through hoops. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Rod Connan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Look again Paul, I just went to B&H to check their current price and find > that at this moment they do not have the DA* 16-50 on their site either. I > am getting the 16-50 and for some reason Adorama did not receive any of the > first shipment - I have it on order for US$750 which they apparently will > honour. > > With B&H originally at around US$900 originally (and still relatively high > last time I looked, relying on my memory) the Adorama price was a _lot_ > cheaper. Also, with the exchange rate as it was when the first lot appeared > I would have been up for another AU$160+ (Duty and customs fees if the AU > dollar value was over AU$1000) which it would have been with the B&H price. > It would have been just too expensive so I have stuck with my Adorama order > as I was and am not desperate for a lens to fill a gap. > > I have never returned anything to Adorama as all I have received has been > satisfactory but I will bear your comment in mind. > > Rod -- 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.
