I deal with the downtown store, which is quite uneven for service. However, they've got the best stock of Pentax kit locally. They even have 2 new 28-70 f4's on the shelf and I was playing with the 21 DA there yesterday.
-Adam David J Brooks wrote: > Henrys is our big "box store" of photographic equipment in Ontario. I > know a lot of people, and sometimes myself, don't really like the > chain, but..... > > When i went to pick up my D2H from the Newmarket store, the salesman > let me attach both my nikon lenses i had at the time, and when i asked > if i copuld shoot some shots outside, they said fine. > > To show my good faith, i left all my gear & id, i brought in, the D1 > and a few other things. > > I was out side for a good 25-30 minutes. Noone ever came out to check > if i was gone.:-) > > Thats whay, even at a bit higher pricing i'll deal with them. > > However, i'm considered a "pro shooter"<vbg> so i get a deal on price now. > > Just my 2c > > Dave > > Quoting Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Cotty wrote: >> >>> I am in the process of considering the purchase of an expensive lens, >>> with a choice of two similar types, at similar prices.. I was in London >>> and popped into a Canon dealer near the British Museum. When I inquired, >>> the best the salesman would do is show me prints from the lenses (which >>> they had in stock). They would not let me handle the lenses (which >>> remained sealed in boxes) and certainly not attach it them to my camera. >>> The reason given was that once marked in any way, they would be >>> unsaleable. Of course, if I purchased, I could attach the lens to my >>> camera. I nearly walked there and then, but inquired as to price. 960 >>> GBP came the reply. I asked if they would match the price to the same >>> lens for sale at a well-known camera shop based in Wales that does a lot >>> of trade on the internet. Absolutely not! 'We are not a testing ground >>> for cheap and nasty internet dealers'. >>> >>> That's when they lost the sale. If he had said yes and given me 40 quid >>> off, I might have jumped there and then. Instead, they lost out on a >>> ready sale of £920. I won't be going in there again. >> I would have said to him, "Since I can't try or even handle the lens, >> you basically offer no advantage to me over buying it for less money >> from an Internet retailer. Can you give me a good reason why I >> shouldn't do so?" >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > > Equine Photography in York Region > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
