You should be ok
I'm told by a couple of readers that Henry's is saying there will probably be a price increase on the 5D2. However, current preorders should be safe from the price increase.
I'll keep inquiring about this.
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I can see this causing some customer loyalty issues that’s for sure. If one company decided to honor the original price, and others do not then there are going to be a lot of angry pre-orderers out there. The stores may make a little less money on those original camera orders buy honoring the price but will it compare to the the potential loss of clients they will face if they do up the price?
I pre-ordered mine from vistek and considering they wanted a fairly large sum of money upfront the day of the original announcement I will be extremely upset if they up the price. I dont know how many pre-orders they took but they must be sitting on a considerable sum of money already taken from their loyal customers even though we are not expecting to see the cameras for another month. By taking this money from us already i think they are entering into an agreement on that original price and if they do hike the price on me they certainly wont see any further business from me in the future.
As for not being the sales reps fault? Well yes , I will be courteous to the rep but somewhere back up the chain , ultimately there is going to have to be someone who makes that call to up the price and I might not be so courteous to them……
From the Vice President of Sales of Henry’s Canada to all on the Henry’s email list just a couple of days ago…
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Further to what i said earlier, i wouldn’t have any problem with a price increase to people that have not yet put any money down on the new camera. I’m sure there are probably a few people that took pre-orders without taking money and therefore there is no obligation for the customer to take up the order when the camera comes into stock. What I would have a problem with is for a company that has taken large deposits on the camera to increase the price. The customer does not really have a choice in this case but to pay the extra, and that is not fair. I guess by taking the money beforehand they are taking a bit of a gamble, the price may go up but in the meantime they have tens of thousands of dollars in the bank.
Do you think we would see a price decrease on pre-orders if the prices had gone the other way?……
All that a deposit on an item ensures is that you have your place in line to receive said item. If you do not want to purchase it then your designated spot goes to the next of the hundreds waiting for said item.
If Canon charges a retailer $2800 do you think they will turn around and sell it for no profit or a loss?
IMHO, If someone puts money down and the dealer has accepted it, there is a implied contract, and the dealer is in a bind if he has to raise the price. If you just place a pre-order that involves no payment, there is no contract.