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 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul > Stenquist > > May 10th? Last time I looked B&H had both DA* lenses in stock. I had > some problems with Adorama regarding returns of defective > merchandise. I steer clear of them. > Paul > On Oct 19, 2007, at 7:20 AM, Rod Connan wrote: > > > > > Being slightly unnerved by the OP's comments I checked on my > > earlier emailed > > order accepted on May 10th at a considerably lower price than B&H's > > at the > > time and still so now. > > > > I received a prompt reply that the order was still current and was > > told that > > they are expecting supplies in the near future - the order had not > > been > > cancelled or amended. > > > > The order was sent by email and was confirmed with an Adorama .PDF > > document > > specifying the order details. This was not done on the website with > > order > > cart etc due to the minor complexity of overseas CCard payment. > > > > As I said in my reply to them - all we have to do now is wait for > > Pentax to > > get themselves in gear. > > > > Obviously, I am currently a happy Adorama camper :) > > > > 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.
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