5DIII pre-order thread

[Arkarch]

Just checked my Adorama Order Status. It is listed as "Pending".

I cannot recall if it was always that way, or "Backorder" before.

Looking through Adorama's Order Status Key, there is a "BackOrder" status.

So a change to "Pending" - ready to start the happy dance! Maybe, I hope... Damn, no music yet.

I am a 12:41 am 03/02 preorder for reference.


** Congrats TexPhoto! Maybe the clouds are lifting for all of us!


edit - I may be premature on the status change - others have suggested "pending" has been set for a good while.

 

[ebrakus]

Now that I have my unit, the blood fever has cooled

Lets be fair to B & H. They dont have the inventory on and and dont really have the answers yet.

It would be easy for them to make something up to appease everyone today, forestall the cancellations and then hope for the best. Maybe its a mark of integrity that they would rather loose a customer than lie to a customer..

My "Lesson Learned" about B & H was in assuming the larger guys would have best inventory on a hot new product. It just didn't work out that way. I have no issue with their customer service or overall organization.

cheers
-E

 

[jlev23]

just cancelled my B and H order, they are a day late.

 

[se7en]

In regards to being required to pay state tax when an internet purchase is made where tax isn't deducted. While technically a state law here in California, there is simply no method put in place or system devised to facilitate that tax or payment process. In other words, if I were to put my %7.5 away for the $4299 I just spent, I would have no where to write that check(the state franchise board wouldn't take it with an attached note), no form to fill out and literally nobody to contact. Therefore they are in no position to enforce. If the guilt was just tearing you up inside you could subtract that %7.5 from the total amount you were attempting to deduct as taxable income, but it would likely go unnoticed and further complicate the situation. I'm sure each state varies, but always talk to your tax advisor

 

[se7en]

just cancelled my B and H order, they are a day late.

Sweet, likely a +1 for me

 

[swampler]

BuyDig.com is showing 1-2 days on the kit (told me via email coming in Thursday). The body only still says pre-order, will ship when available from Canon.

 

[Drizzt321]

Just noticed Samys (big local camera/video shop) has a St Patricks day special, pay no sales tax in store...but in the fine print its says except 5d3. LOOOL

 

[Evannak]

decisions, decisions...local camera store has 5d m3...I preordered thru b&h, mar. 12, pay tax or wait until order fulfilled?

 

[Drizzt321]

decisions, decisions...local camera store has 5d m3...I preordered thru b&h, mar. 12, pay tax or wait until order fulfilled?

Cancel your B&H, I want them to get through all of their pre-orders faster so I can buy one w/out local tax

Even with next-day UPS air it'll be cheaper than local + tax.

 

[se7en]

decisions, decisions...local camera store has 5d m3...I preordered thru b&h, mar. 12, pay tax or wait until order fulfilled?

You should definitely cancel.

 

[aZhu]

just cancelled my B and H order, they are a day late.

Sweet, likely a +1 for me

I cancelled my BH preorder as well and bought the Adorama package deal. You can be another spot ahead in the BH queue...

 

[jalbfb]

just cancelled my B and H order, they are a day late.

Sweet, likely a +1 for me

I cancelled my BH preorder as well and bought the Adorama package deal. You can be another spot ahead in the BH queue...

Speaking of B&H, what happened to the B&H pre-order queue thread??? It seems to have vanished.

 

[wookiee2cu]

decisions, decisions...local camera store has 5d m3...I preordered thru b&h, mar. 12, pay tax or wait until order fulfilled?

depends how long you want to wait. within the first week B&H already had 10,000 orders

 

[wookiee2cu]

B&H just charged me in full for my 5dIII kit. Which means I have to pay :'( But I get my 5DIII ;D

I have 2 day shipping, so maybe, just maybe, they will ship so I receive on the 22nd. Apple is famous for that.

mind sharing your order number except for the last two digits to give folks something to compare theirs to?

 

[Warninglabel]

just cancelled my B and H order, they are a day late.

Sweet, likely a +1 for me

I cancelled my BH preorder as well and bought the Adorama package deal. You can be another spot ahead in the BH queue...

Speaking of B&H, what happened to the B&H pre-order queue thread??? It seems to have vanished.

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php/topic,4158.0.html

 

[Windza]

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...

I need some clarity on the pre-order timing front... I received my B&H order confirmation on March 2nd @ 3:21pm Aust. EST (UTC +10).
By my calculation that converts to March 1st @ 9:21pm PST (UTC -8) or March 2nd @ 12:21am EST (UTC -5).

My order number is in the upper 526XX range and I was under the impression this would be somewhere in the first 250 ordered... can anyone verify this for me and put my mind at ease?

 

[scottk]

I need some clarity on the pre-order timing front... I received my B&H order confirmation on March 2nd @ 3:21pm Aust. EST (UTC +10).
By my calculation that converts to March 1st @ 9:21pm PST (UTC -8) or March 1st @ 12:21am EST (UTC -5).

My order number is in the upper 526XX range and I was under the impression this would be somewhere in the first 250 ordered... can anyone verify this for me and put my mind at ease?

I think you might be calculating wrong. The B&H page came available very early AM US EST on March 2nd

 

[prestonpalmer]

Has anyone got a strait answer as to where they are on the wait list with BH?

 

[Windza]

I think you might be calculating wrong. The B&H page came available very early AM US EST on March 2nd

Whoops... not calculating wrong... just typing wrong - was meant to be March 2nd @ 12:21am U.S. EST (fixed)

 

[Mike Ca]

For those not following Canon Rumors on twitter, the Canon Rumors guy tweeted this evening that B&H confirmed to him that they will get their shipment on March 21st and begin shipping pre-orders on March 22nd.

You can see the tweet here:

https://twitter.com/canonrumorsguy

3rd tweet down now, but will go further down.

There are some reports of credit cards being charged already by B&H, but these appear to be for very early orders. It is possible B&H already has a small quantity which they are using to fill the first few orders, but on March 21st they get a large shipment to fill a large number of pre-orders.