Canon is turning into another Bell….

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Demand they honour the original price, never cancel the pre-order under no circumstance s- you ca either leave it open undelievered and in breach of contract or you can pay the levy and then submit to small claims the preorder sales receipt with the deposit stub (my credit card transactoin proof) and the n the delivery receipt – proof you have been wronged legally.

Also – follow this one:
-Canon Canada has a corporate and consumer division
-both are urn by the same management at the top of the food chain
-both divisions of canon Canada have use of the same lawyers?
-both are not ignorant of what the other is doing – yet
the corporate division (rep i spoke to directly – consumer rep stopped answering the phone the day the increase occurred – i spoke to him the day before) was surprised to learn my invoice from an authorized reseller for a consumer product did not have a price increase disclaimer – it is legally required to avoid this exact issue
- Canon is aware of ordering things at futures prices -

I believe Canon Canada has received delivery of stock at the prices they previoiusly agreed upon from their international supplier (US) and are needlessly (because it is not costing them more) increasing the price to us for unrelated reasons – merely to increase profit fo rhteir own benefit, and are scapegoating the economic conditoins as a cover to effectively steal (by using the unfair advantage of their psotion to gain the upper hand – illegal) an additional $300. not because it costs them more, but because we are willing to pay it

then they are confusing the issues further by citing the legality of a disclaimer they failed to have the authorized resellers employ, my receipt says nothing about price increases – i depositsed to gaurantee delivery at an agreed upon price.

Do you think they all got just a little too excited at the potential profitability and forgot to cover their rears if that is what is normally done in the corporate side (if economy truly is an issue) or ….. or are they just on crack to think Canadian’s would do nothing about Canon’s attempt to break a contractual obligation
(or is it the reseller’s obligaiton or both – who is driving this – they were all excited when the initial response was good to pre-orders motnhs ago)

In the end the polite “f” you attitude inthe response letter to Rob at http://stoppriceincrease.blogspot.com/
(where the contractual implications were ignored and the issues weer not addressed – avoided)

shows you
HOW LITTLE RESPECT CANON HAS FOR THEIR WORD, THEIR MOST LOYAL PHOTOGRAPHERS, AND CANADA IN GENERAL.

Try to narrow your perspective on what the issue is here.

Unless you are qualified as having expert knowledge in this very specialized area, it could cost a great deal more than the additional cost of price increase on a camera or lens.

This is about more than just one company – “Canon”, or corporate greed. The depreciation of world money markets will eventually encompass all suppliers of advanced digital
and electronic systems. Adjustments will be made – you will pay more or do without, on more than just DSLR’s.

I understand the frustration on your “dream DSLR acquisition” – try to broaden your perspective to what is really going on.

“We just got notification from Canon that because of the “dramatic change in the market conditions” they have to raise the price of the 5D MarkII. The body only price is now $3099.00 up from $2799.00.
Do you want to keep the order we have for you?”

I just called Henry’s as in an earlier post someone mentioned they will be honoring prices on existing orders. They are saying now that they won’t for future pre-orders and they are still undecided on existing orders.

They hope that our demand for their products outweighs our reluctance to buy at higher prices. That might be the case if your laptop dies but for most amateurs with cameras that’s not the case.

If the 5DII goes too much higher I’ll just wait & sit with my current gear until the economy settles or my need outgrows my willpower. ;)