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K-amps said:
Congrats K-amp!! I'm both happy and jealous at the same time. That means i've moved up one spot since I think I ordered after you! Hope more do the same as they get their hands on the 5D3 from other sources! Unfortunately, my "local" camera shop is over an hour and half away, and does not have it yet.
Oh, I think those emails from B&H are automatic ones that are generated two weeks after you ordered. So if that is true I should be receiving one sometime today and probably has nothing to do as to when they actually get or ship the camera from B&H
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K-amps said:
Gratz k-amp
I'm about 1 hour and 45 mins outside of indy. I called Roberts camera and they in fact have them but they're all for pre-ordered customers and bodies only.
Gratz again enjoy your camera
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Thanks guys
I could not wait for lunch... I went and got it now!!
It's a beaut! I upgraded from a 5dc, so this is so much better. Sorry can't post pics till I get home and put a lens on it... ;D ;D ;D
This AM I was ready to drive 4 hours to St. Louis to get it from a local shop there, but before I called them, Roberts called me. I hope all you guys get yours BEFORE you expect it.
I could not wait for lunch... I went and got it now!!
It's a beaut! I upgraded from a 5dc, so this is so much better. Sorry can't post pics till I get home and put a lens on it... ;D ;D ;D
This AM I was ready to drive 4 hours to St. Louis to get it from a local shop there, but before I called them, Roberts called me. I hope all you guys get yours BEFORE you expect it.
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Crapking said:
You can almost track the shipments coming west to east. Yesterday it was St. Louis, today Indy, tomorrow Pittsburg!! They are getting the bodies 1-2 days earlier than planned. Good luck on yours.
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Man, I'd imagine B&H, Adorama, Amazon must all be getting hammered by angry and/or frustrated callers wanting to know when they'll start shipping the camera. On several threads people are jumping ship and cancelling their orders after getting their hands on one from local shops or jumping on Adorama's special package. for those of us who did not order w/i the first 48 hours, our only consolation is to seek out a local store that may be getting some in or to hope with enough cancellations we move up maybe a day in the queue. Either way, to those who already have their hands on one-cheers.
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K-amps said:
I was thinking the same thing but really Canon USA snail mail it (2 to 5 days) because if they would have ship it so everyone would get it at the same time, local shops would only have got in a case here and there. So this means they didn't flood UPS or Fedx with 5D mark III (2 day shipping)on there trucks as you can see the boxes are a nice size. Why? because as soon as B&H and Amazon got the camera they would be shipping it right back out cause of the pre-orders. I can't believe our shipping companies couldn't handle the flow and a little overtime? but anyway canon your cheap lol. Show the east coast a little love. Call UPS and reroute some shipments to B&H and make the world happy
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This is my first order from B&H. I'm trying to remain patient as the March 22nd date is rather, well, hypothetical. On the otherhand, having a number of people simply walk down the street and pick one up while the rest of us wait is somewhat unusual.
If they did get what some have mentioned to be 10,000 pre orders (not likely, however as it's been formentioned we can use it as a statistical waypoint), that would be about $35,000,000 in product sales for B&H and with even 10% margin, I would think that there is sufficient cash flow related to selling this product that they could devote some resources to an ovbously sensitive group of customers to sufficiently white glove the distribution and delivery of such a simpel 'in box' product.
I have a few mutually exclusive hypothesis of my own then: 1) B&H is gaming the system by keeping their cards close to their chest to protect the quantity and quality of their product delivery (as mentioned elseware) 2) B&H is unable to ship until the 22nd becuase of a contractual canon requirement to not deliver until the 22nd, and they can't ship becuase they can't charge the cards until they ship, and they can't charge the cards until the 22nd as an official sale. (This is appearing less likely as smaller dealers are either bold enough to break the rules of the game, or there are simply no rules and they are delivering early)
3) B&H has no greater volumes guaranteed than any other retailer and they are completely overwhelmed at the moment by lack of product to fufill orders
4) In line with #1, B&H has already shipped and they are either accidently or purposefully laging the notice of shipment.
5) B&H stands for Buggs & Hobbs and they have ran off with the entire lot to sell them in strong currency countries like.... Iceland... humph!
If they did get what some have mentioned to be 10,000 pre orders (not likely, however as it's been formentioned we can use it as a statistical waypoint), that would be about $35,000,000 in product sales for B&H and with even 10% margin, I would think that there is sufficient cash flow related to selling this product that they could devote some resources to an ovbously sensitive group of customers to sufficiently white glove the distribution and delivery of such a simpel 'in box' product.
I have a few mutually exclusive hypothesis of my own then: 1) B&H is gaming the system by keeping their cards close to their chest to protect the quantity and quality of their product delivery (as mentioned elseware) 2) B&H is unable to ship until the 22nd becuase of a contractual canon requirement to not deliver until the 22nd, and they can't ship becuase they can't charge the cards until they ship, and they can't charge the cards until the 22nd as an official sale. (This is appearing less likely as smaller dealers are either bold enough to break the rules of the game, or there are simply no rules and they are delivering early)
3) B&H has no greater volumes guaranteed than any other retailer and they are completely overwhelmed at the moment by lack of product to fufill orders
4) In line with #1, B&H has already shipped and they are either accidently or purposefully laging the notice of shipment.
5) B&H stands for Buggs & Hobbs and they have ran off with the entire lot to sell them in strong currency countries like.... Iceland... humph!
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I wish that was the case but I don't believe that the case. If they had shipped the cameras already I would expect to see a pending charge on my credit card. I don't think they'd ship and wait to charge your credit card a few days later. At least not for that big amount of money.RedEye said:
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kiniro said:
And someone would have come forward and said they got a BH shipment.... My guess is, they have not gotten the lot yet... it is still on some UPS truck going east
Perhaps they should give us the tracking number of the truck (s) ;D ;D ;D
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That's a good idea! Anybody asked B&H if they have the tracking number of their order?lolK-amps said:
I must admit that I'll be disappointed if I do not receive my camera on Friday. For now all I can do is check the forum for any updates and check my B&H order status and check my credit card for any pending transactions.
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