On Jan 29, 2010, at 1:01 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > > 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?
They apparently are blaming the buyer for being obnoxious about it. I've found that B&H always deals fairly. Warm and cuddly they are not, but they are honest. > > > 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? It's true. Most manufacturer's set a basement level for advertised prices. Vendors like B&H can't display lower prices but can communicate them at the point of sale. > > 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. -- 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.
