5DIII pre-order thread

[pyzon]

I've posted this on another thread so please delete if there is adouble posting rule, it's probably more appropriate here given this is the pre-order thread.

Amazon.co.uk have knocked 300Sterling off the D800 from 2399 to 2099, do you think Canon will follow suit? give the price is 2999Sterling? or as above 2499Sterling somebody found.....does the price drop battle begin in earnest....

[5dmk.iii]

Adorama ran a pre-charge of $1.00 on my credit card thursday, so they must be getting ready to ship.

They ran a pre-charge on mine on the 5th then again on the 12th for $50 (total $100) .... the charges were not reversed. I ordered on the 5th, I do not expect them to ship mine any time soon since I was so late in pre-ordering... (since then, I have cancelled the order with them since I already had an order with BH.)

[iaind]

Just had my 5D III body status changed to shipped so look like they are starting to send them out from DigitalRev, that was ordered on first day they had them on their site.

Can't wait to get my hands on it, it's on 3 day DHL so should be here soon.

You're lucky and ordered from DigitalRev. Which country are you in though? it may take some shipping time for the 5D3 to get to you from HK.

I'm in UK, it usually doesn't take long about 3 days to ship stuff from them to me, they take care of tax so doesn't get stuck in customs.

Its best price for someone in UK as I got it for £2499 and from any where in UK its £3000. They give you a full uk warranty so easy £500 saved.

Although order from them now and price has gone up bit, they have a fair bit of stock as new orders deliver on  21 Mar 2012 - 23 Mar 2012, guess the benefit of them being so close to Japan.

Last time I checked their T&C the buyer had to deal with Customs?
(VAT being the £500 saving you've got if you don't have to pay it (which we'll be curious/jealous of!)

Be prepared for a Duty invoice from DHL in a few months time.  If your invoice from Digital Rev shows UK vat @ 20% you can contact HMRC. Got caught a few years ago with 28mm 1.8  £50 saving suddenly became £10

[Dylan777]

With all the hoopla surrounding the 5DIII, who actually put their money where there mouths are and put in a pre-order? Me 

My order went in at 12:10 EST at B&H. Hopefully that was fast enough to get one of the first batches.

I did....see attachment to see BH receipt 

My put my pre-order in March 2nd, 9AM westcoast time.....now I start wonder if I'll be lucky enough to get the camera in the shipment??? Hopefully end of April.

[unkbob]

I would love to be able to track my order from DigitalRev, but I'm having trouble finding this delivery company called "Error" on the web. Anyone else have the same issue?

[5dmk.iii]

I would love to be able to track my order from DigitalRev, but I'm having trouble finding this delivery company called "Error" on the web. Anyone else have the same issue?

 

I wonder which of us is better, you with a intransit status or me, who has absolutely no idea how long he will wait for even a shipping notification...

[CanonBo]

Has anyone that ordered just the body from Amazon heard from them? I have seen posts stating that people who have ordered the kits have received emails from Amazon. I placed my order for just the body on March 2nd in the morning but have not had any updates since then either in the form of an email or online.

[kidnaper]

Has anyone that ordered just the body from Amazon heard from them? I have seen posts stating that people who have ordered the kits have received emails from Amazon. I placed my order for just the body on March 2nd in the morning but have not had any updates since then either in the form of an email or online.

I ordered body only around 2:30am CST and have not heard a single word from Amazon, yet. At this point I'm hoping for a shipping notice before an update email.

[SomeGuyInNewJersey]

Has anyone that ordered just the body from Amazon heard from them? I have seen posts stating that people who have ordered the kits have received emails from Amazon. I placed my order for just the body on March 2nd in the morning but have not had any updates since then either in the form of an email or online.

I ordered body only around 2:30am CST and have not heard a single word from Amazon, yet. At this point I'm hoping for a shipping notice before an update email.

I'm hoping that B&H and Amazon send some sort of notices before the shipping ones... I kinda preordered with both so I'll need to cancel one and obviously I dont want the first thing I hear from either to be two shipping notices!

[NutsAndBolts]

Has anyone that ordered just the body from Amazon heard from them? I have seen posts stating that people who have ordered the kits have received emails from Amazon. I placed my order for just the body on March 2nd in the morning but have not had any updates since then either in the form of an email or online.

I ordered body only around 2:30am CST and have not heard a single word from Amazon, yet. At this point I'm hoping for a shipping notice before an update email.

I am in the same boat.  Not a word since I ordered morning of March 2.

[peederj]

I'm hoping that B&H and Amazon send some sort of notices before the shipping ones... I kinda preordered with both so I'll need to cancel one and obviously I dont want the first thing I hear from either to be two shipping notices!

Whaaat? 

I was tempted to try a similar stunt but I imagine you'll be paying shipping back on one of them. I may get two bodies, best to have a backup, but it would be with the 24-70 II kit when that appears, and probably not till Xmas discounts.

Haven't heard anything from B&H yet, still listed as "backordered" even though I ordered within a few minutes of the listing appearing.

[Drama79]

I just called B&H to amend the shipping location. I spoke to two guys, both of whom towed the party line. No word on stock or shipping, but we will be emailed as and when. Lame.

[NutsAndBolts]

Best Buy says in stock on the 25th of March:

http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/16/canon-eos-5d-mark-iii-goes-on-sale-march-25th/

[Kingw]

I just called B&H to amend the shipping location. I spoke to two guys, both of whom towed the party line. No word on stock or shipping, but we will be emailed as and when. Lame.

Thanks for the update. I do hope they will update the status soon and send us some ETA emails.

Pretty sure in the next weeks that will be lots of unboxing threads/pics lol.

[Lammy87]

I work at a camera store and we had two 5d mkiii kits arrive today and was told we could sell them, we havent taken any pre-orders for the kits but a few bodies only.