5DIII pre-order thread

[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?

Just to let you know my 5D III body only was delivered today from DigitalRev, came from UK address not from HK direct so they must have imported them and then broken the shipment down in the UK, no issues with tax thats all fine and courier used was DPD, I'd think you'd get yours today as well.

Off to play with my new toy

Cheers Nick, got mine today as well I asked the courier if it was from HK and he said "No, Bolton" - I was heartbroken until I opened the package!

[jalbfb]

OK, Bye Bye B&H.

 I just found a body at Shutterbug in Portland. Called them and the CS checked with their buyer and they have enough bodies coming in today that they will have one for me to ship tomorrow or Thursday at the latest. I will pay shipping but just ground from there which is one day so no big deal and faster than if B&H shipped right away anyway.

I also cancelled the 24-70 II and ordered that out of Shutterbug.

I told the B&H guy why I cancelled and he said that there was no way Shutterbug could get me the camera that soon. Somebody is full of crap and I will find out in the next few days just who that is. I would bet on B&H. The Shutterbug CS was very helpful and said he would check with the buyer and call me right back. He did exactly that.

Looks like the right decision at this point, I will keep you guys posted.

Good luck!! Hope it arrives quickly!! Keep us posted.

[Arkarch]

I told the B&H guy why I cancelled and he said that there was no way Shutterbug could get me the camera that soon. Somebody is full of crap and I will find out in the next few days just who that is. I would bet on B&H. The Shutterbug CS was very helpful and said he would check with the buyer and call me right back. He did exactly that.

The question I have -

Does BH, Adorama, and other large volume shops have their stock yet?   
Are they ordering container/semi-size volumes and are those trailers still in transit from the west coast (by rail or truck)?
Did they just get undercut by less-than-trailer size shipments (carton size) that may have left the docks by carrier late last week and arriving at smaller shops throughout the US.  Seems so.

Maybe the March 22 date was based on an intermodal shipping calculation.

Seems Adorama made the move to try to keep if not attract orders with the new bundle.

This cant be lost on them, even if the sales room doesnt have the full picture.

[jaxonyu]

sadly, looks like adorama kit deal is no longer on their site!!

[Drama79]

As I said before, I'm not in the US until April 5th, so can wait a week or so before I get too antsy. I really hope B&H notice the number of people leaving them on this. I'd imagine they don't care, due to having a great track record, I'm sure they have pre-orders out the wazoo, but it's not unreasonable to ask for an estimate if other sites are shipping, and people are calling all day every day. Just a simple email with "stock expected by the end of the wek" or something semi-vague would calm people.

The other thing to bear in mind is that it isn't the 22nd, which was the originally slated release date that we were all fine with. If it ships friday, that's hardly the end of the world.

[bgstucki]

Well, with the baby coming I decided not to risk a delayed shipment with amazon. I cancelled my preorder and bought a 5D3 locally. The UPS man dropped off the cameras at noon and I was there to get one. The owner said it was their first batch. In fact, the employees gathered around as I opened it up there.

I'm glad the battery had a tiny drop of power so we could snap right away. Sounds great.

[jalbfb]

I told the B&H guy why I cancelled and he said that there was no way Shutterbug could get me the camera that soon. Somebody is full of crap and I will find out in the next few days just who that is. I would bet on B&H. The Shutterbug CS was very helpful and said he would check with the buyer and call me right back. He did exactly that.

The question I have -

Does BH, Adorama, and other large volume shops have their stock yet?   
Are they ordering container/semi-size volumes and are those trailers still in transit from the west coast (by rail or truck)?
Did they just get undercut by less-than-trailer size shipments (carton size) that may have left the docks by carrier late last week and arriving at smaller shops throughout the US.  Seems so.

Maybe the March 22 date was based on an intermodal shipping calculation.

Seems Adorama made the move to try to keep if not attract orders with the new bundle.

This cant be lost on them, even if the sales room doesnt have the full picture.

We have no way of knowing what is going on with the bigger stores since they are treating us all like mushrooms: they are keeping us in the dark and feeding us manure.

[martydo]

I just talked to the custyomer service at B&H- I ordered my mark3 on 3-5-12 and he told me it will not be shipping in this initial batch they are going to release soon. He wasn't willing to commit when it would ship-only that it wont be this week. He did mention that all of the authorizations they put on credit cards would have dropped off already so to cancel the order is no problem. The guy didn't really seem to care if they got the order or not. Nice customer service.

[jalbfb]

I just talked to the custyomer service at B&H- I ordered my mark3 on 3-5-12 and he told me it will not be shipping in this initial batch they are going to release soon. He wasn't willing to commit when it would ship-only that it wont be this week. He did mention that all of the authorizations they put on credit cards would have dropped off already so to cancel the order is no problem. The guy didn't really seem to care if they got the order or not. Nice customer service.

Well, at least we have some info FINALLY!! I ordered on the 6th so I figured I was in the 2nd or 3rd wave of shipments-hopefully it'll be the 2nd! And hopefully, they will open up a little with the info they give out.

[Warninglabel]

B&H

22 bodies = 76,978  | 2% profit = $1,539.56
32 bodies = 111,968 | 2% profit = $2 239.36

400 bodies = 1,399,600 | 2% profit = $27,993

@ 5% profit $69,983

I don't know the mark-up on these cameras but theirs money in add-on sales if you get a good experience from buying from them. like a new Lens!

B&H Must not care or not be prepared/ planned for this event.

Find the Pre-oreder list B&H Sales Manager, send out a I care letter, to make at-least some of the people happy  Not no computer generated letter that says, You have place an order on a out of stock product, soon as we get stock back in, we will promptly full fill your order.

[kilobit]

Got it...

Visiting the US for a conference, I called a local canon dealer today, and they just then received two bodies from their courier.

I bought it at lakeside camera, New Orleans.

[aZhu]

sadly, looks like adorama kit deal is no longer on their site!!

Wow... I'm SO glad I jumped on that while it was still up...

[JerryFish]

Called B&H after reading all of these negative comments. The guy I talked to was very nice and polite, but as with others, he wouldnt give me any numbers or dates.

I asked if my order would be shipped this week, but he would not reply.

I asked him if he were in my position would he want a response? He then told me that they had recieved an "unextectadly large" number of pre-orders and that they "My order will probably not make the first wave of distribution" and that they "will be processing your order as soon possible when sufficient stock arrives"

This really concerns me becasue I my order was placed confirmed at 1:30AM PST on 3/2/2012. I guess not early enough. Probably cancel and find one locally 

[PeterPanFan1953]

You know... considering that B&H's google ad is saying "New Canon EOS 5D Mark III | BHPhotoVideo.com" - "The Kits Start Shipping Today 3/20! Order Now, $3499 Charged Upon Ship" (seen when searching for Canon 5D Mark III) you would think they would have a bit more info now

[Drama79]

This really concerns me becasue I my order was placed confirmed at 1:30AM PST on 3/2/2012. I guess not early enough. Probably cancel and find one locally 

WHAAAAAAAA? that's ridiculous! Perhaps they are just saying that to everyone. It seems like it's a standard response. Better to not get hopes up. 1:30am, pre-orders were open what, an hour maybe? I ordered about an hour after that. So no camera until June for me then...