Pretty much the same way as many PDMLers, I've been considering B&H as a reliable vendor. I've bought a bunch of euqipment from them, and except for the fact that they wouldn't ship a $40 reflector to the hotel or to the FedEx office, I had no problem.
So, I was surprised to read the response from Henry Posner (whom I rembember when he was responding to complaints on Usenet - in rec.photo.equipment.35mm back in mid-90s) to a message from an unfortunate buyer Polymistis (1/26/10, 9:47am) http://www.resellerratings.com/seller1914-p1-s2-d1.html#reviews I am totally surprised why he thinks "I also note our website says, "Prices, specifications, and images are subject to change without notice." is an excuse for changing the price (or the item sold) after the sale has happened. Well, yes, they made a mistake. I can understand that they don't want to sell the product at 1/2 price. But then they sholud apologize for it profusely - why do they blame the buyer for it? On a different subject, - I am rather annoyed by the recent thing that B&H (and a few other resellers, including Adorama, Buydig, Amazon, etc.) started doing when they do not show the price on their website until you add the item to the shopping cart. Some of them say that it dictated by the manufacturer not allowing them to display low prices. I am not sure if that's all true, - but that sounds like a bunch of bologna. Does anybody know if there is any substantial reason behind that game? Igor -- 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.
