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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
