5D Mark 3 Queue @ B&H

[takoman46]

So the Amazon pre-orders are being filled as I type... Adorama pre-orders have already been shipping from today... will B&H ship our orders tomorrow? I'll say that they BETTER!!!... or else... i'm just gonna sit around sulking over the weekend lol. (expecting something more dramatic?) sorry to disappoint lol. So I got my fingers crossed and going to pray every hour on the hour until I recieve shipping notification. BTW, tonight at midnight, I'm also sacrificing a small rodent on a little alter I made out of some pebbles from my driveway!

 

[Dignan21]

I haven't been charged formally but about 3600 US just got knocked off my available limit.

 

[scottk]

So the Amazon pre-orders are being filled as I type... Adorama pre-orders have already been shipping from today... will B&H ship our orders tomorrow? I'll say that they BETTER!!!... or else... i'm just gonna sit around sulking over the weekend lol. (expecting something more dramatic?) sorry to disappoint lol. So I got my fingers crossed and going to pray every hour on the hour until I recieve shipping notification. BTW, tonight at midnight, I'm also sacrificing a small rodent on a little alter I made out of some pebbles from my driveway!

Pictures, or it didn't happen. ;D

 

[Warninglabel]

Ok kinda late with this info but just got back from Chicago, IL, on my way there, I stopped @ Roberts Camera in Indy (thanks K-amps Roberts North in Carmel is a great place) I'm going to start buying stuff from them, they all seem nice.

But anyway after leaving the American Girl Doll store. I call B&H because I've read so much about people getting thier 5D Mark 3 and was hoping I would get my body before the weekend. So I wanted to change my shipping to overnight. I told the CS rep I wanted to change my order to overnight but will you first check and see if my order will be shipped before this weekend, so I don't waist my money? He pause a min and said, It looks like we are getting a shipment on Friday so overnight wouldn't help you. I placed my order @ 12:10am, March 2nd, the CS rep was really nice and I sure he didn't want to charge me overnight shipping unless I had a chance to get it Friday. This is the first time I have ever Pre-ordered anything and I really don't see why I did and will most likely not in the future unless its a local seller. I wanted to give you guys some info, so you can enjoy the nice weather the next few days.

I bought a Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM, nice little lens @ Roberts BTW

 

[takoman46]

So the Amazon pre-orders are being filled as I type... Adorama pre-orders have already been shipping from today... will B&H ship our orders tomorrow? I'll say that they BETTER!!!... or else... i'm just gonna sit around sulking over the weekend lol. (expecting something more dramatic?) sorry to disappoint lol. So I got my fingers crossed and going to pray every hour on the hour until I recieve shipping notification. BTW, tonight at midnight, I'm also sacrificing a small rodent on a little alter I made out of some pebbles from my driveway!

Pictures, or it didn't happen. ;D

Wow, whatever happened to taking a guy's word for it? I mean... would I lie to you guys?

 

[kareshi]

The new arrival badge is interesting. I have high hopes for tomorrow, come on power of positive thinking!

The new arrival thing has no meaning. If you check the 24-70II page, you can see the same thing.

 

[bchernicoff]

I am still showing backordered order on 3/2 at 12:05 EST order #524XX. I could have picked up one today at Unique but I paid for my 5D3 in full at B&H.

Thanks for the info. My order was placed 25 minutes after you and is 528XX. My hopes of shipping in the first wave have faded knowing there are 300-400 people between us. I realize not all of those are 5D orders, but I would bet most of them are...

 

[sebastiencote.com]

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my order nb.. 530xx ... cross my fingers !

 

[carmello22]

Just called B&H and they said they weren't receiving stock until Friday. The CSR wasn't sure what time the shipment would arrive, so he couldn't tell me if the order would ship out Friday or not.

 

[kevinmundo]

I called B&H this morning also to check and customer support confirms the camera will arrive "sometime" today and will ship between now and "anytime" next week. But he will not confirm if my order will ship or not. I was on early pre-order and also got the backorder status so I told them to cancel my order as this was poor sales service. I called Adorama and it's in stock. I placed my order. The camera will arrive tomorrow. If you can wait, stick with B&H, otherwise go elsewhere.

 

[Kingw]

Just called B&H and they said they weren't receiving stock until Friday. The CSR wasn't sure what time the shipment would arrive, so he couldn't tell me if the order would ship out Friday or not.

Great. Thank you for the update.

I bet some of the B&H fan boys on this forum will now say "just be patient, with my multi years of million dollar experience with B&H, they won't fail me!"

Personally I believe how they handle this pre-order situation, resembles a total failure. My friends in Hong Kong have already been shooting with a 5D3 for several days. lol.

 

[Bubbaknoxz]

I called B&H this morning also to check and customer support confirms the camera will arrive "sometime" today and will ship between now and "anytime" next week. But he will not confirm if my order will ship or not. I was on early pre-order and also got the backorder status so I told them to cancel my order as this was poor sales service. I called Adorama and it's in stock. I placed my order. The camera will arrive tomorrow. If you can wait, stick with B&H, otherwise go elsewhere.

You didn't happen to talk to a Israel S.? Because I got the same response when I talked to him about 5 minutes ago.

 

[AFurtado]

I called B&H this morning also to check and customer support confirms the camera will arrive "sometime" today and will ship between now and "anytime" next week. But he will not confirm if my order will ship or not. I was on early pre-order and also got the backorder status so I told them to cancel my order as this was poor sales service. I called Adorama and it's in stock. I placed my order. The camera will arrive tomorrow. If you can wait, stick with B&H, otherwise go elsewhere.

You didn't happen to talk to a Israel S.? Because I got the same response when I talked to him about 5 minutes ago.

The answer you get will depend in the rep you get. I have called more than once and the explanation keeps changing back and forth.

 

[JerryKnight]

Just called B&H and they said they weren't receiving stock until Friday. The CSR wasn't sure what time the shipment would arrive, so he couldn't tell me if the order would ship out Friday or not.

Great. Thank you for the update.

I bet some of the B&H fan boys on this forum will now say "just be patient, with my multi years of million dollar experience with B&H, they won't fail me!"

Personally I believe how they handle this pre-order situation, resembles a total failure. My friends in Hong Kong have already been shooting with a 5D3 for several days. lol.

Kingw, what exactly are you expecting from them (B&H)? In what way have they made this a "total failure"? Do you honestly think that they have them but are deliberately not shipping them? No, they clearly don't have them, and they can't pull them out of a magic hat. They are completely at Canon's mercy (or the drivers of the trucks). They can't communicate any more than they have been because they can't afford to give false estimates. No estimates or over-estimates are better.

If anything is a total failure, it's Canon's distribution processes in the US. They can't afford a cargo plane or two for the east coast? They can't have legal agreements with retailers saying they can't sell or ship them until a specific date, so that everyone in the country gets them at the same time? (That's how Apple does it.) I blame Canon more than B&H, because the only way B&H could mess this up is to 1.) get the cameras from Canon and not ship them immediately, or 2.) Give customers every rumor they hear from the distribution companies and miss those estimates. I don't think they have done either.

 

[kiniro]

The answer you get will depend in the rep you get. I have called more than once and the explanation keeps changing back and forth.

That is somewhat good if you think about it. lol I e-mailed them last night. Will have to see when and what they respond.

 

[Bubbaknoxz]

The answer you get will depend in the rep you get. I have called more than once and the explanation keeps changing back and forth.

It was the first time I actually got any info directly from a B&H source. Usually its the "we don't know when we will get it" routine.

 

[Warninglabel]

I have always ordered from B&H for years but I cancel my order today and had one overnight-ed from Onecall.com they still have some kits as of 5 min ago but now sold out with the body. My order XXXXX5261X was way earlier then most, posted on this forum. What makes me sad about this experience with B&H, is that they never ask why I was canceling "OK will do, have a nice day, bye." Just under 5 sec I was sitting in my chair dumb founded. I was one of their customers, I have bought a lot from them over the years and I was just a order # nothing else. But anyway, some of you are one step closer, good luck.

 

[kevinmundo]

I called B&H this morning also to check and customer support confirms the camera will arrive "sometime" today and will ship between now and "anytime" next week. But he will not confirm if my order will ship or not. I was on early pre-order and also got the backorder status so I told them to cancel my order as this was poor sales service. I called Adorama and it's in stock. I placed my order. The camera will arrive tomorrow. If you can wait, stick with B&H, otherwise go elsewhere.

You didn't happen to talk to a Israel S.? Because I got the same response when I talked to him about 5 minutes ago.

The answer you get will depend in the rep you get. I have called more than once and the explanation keeps changing back and forth.

I don't remember who was on the other line at B&H csr but I wasn't satisfied with the uncertainty so it was best to take my business elsewhere. I have now placed my order with Adorama with overnight shipping so unless the order get canceled by them, I "hope" to have it in my hands tomorrow.

 

[Warninglabel]

Kingw, what exactly are you expecting from them (B&H)? In what way have they made this a "total failure"? Do you honestly think that they have them but are deliberately not shipping them? No, they clearly don't have them, and they can't pull them out of a magic hat. They are completely at Canon's mercy (or the drivers of the trucks). They can't communicate any more than they have been because they can't afford to give false estimates. No estimates or over-estimates are better.

If anything is a total failure, it's Canon's distribution processes in the US. They can't afford a cargo plane or two for the east coast? They can't have legal agreements with retailers saying they can't sell or ship them until a specific date, so that everyone in the country gets them at the same time? (That's how Apple does it.) I blame Canon more than B&H, because the only way B&H could mess this up is to 1.) get the cameras from Canon and not ship them immediately, or 2.) Give customers every rumor they hear from the distribution companies and miss those estimates. I don't think they have done either.

I think after 300+ calls from customers in one week, management @ B&H would had a meeting with their CS associates and prep them with Talking Points and stop having different answers each time someone called.

 

[FyreStorm]

Their website has been down for the past 3 minutes...what does it mean Basil?