Adorama is selling 5d3 for $2745 on eBay now

[Tammy]

Mine is out for delivery!

 

[Tammy]

Adorama has sold 818 5D Mark III's on ebay alone, which has netted them well over $2,400,000!.. not too shabby.. 100 5D3's were sold alone in the last 9 or so hours of that sale!! and that was when everyone was likely sleeping.

I hope you are not in business. They didn't "net" $2.4 million. The grossed $2.4 million. What they netted was the sale price less wholesale cost, less shipping, less overhead. If they actually made $50 net on each one (which might be more generous than you think) that's about $41,000. That's not bad for a one-day sale, but it's a far cry from $2.4 million and assumes they actually made $50 in profit on each one.

No, I am not in business, I am in law. But I do have an economics background and a business degree and understand it is revenue, not net profit. That is still a nice chunk of revenue, and revenue and volume do tend to correlate with profit. They obviously didn't make as much or any profit on the one day sale at the price point they unloaded the cameras at but what they did do was free up inventory space and cash flow.

 

[gilmorephoto]

She's here! She's beautiful! (And I probably not going to be posting for a while. ) Painfully long weekend averted. Here come the snaps!

 

[ishdakuteb]

finally received it. everything is great except joy stick... not really as solid as 7d. anyone has the same feeling? like it so far, but will see how it handles low light focus tomorrow.

 

[sleepnever]

Mine has said "Departed Hodgkins, IL" for the past 3 days with no updates from UPS. Was hoping some miracle I'd get it today, but nope. Monday it is... when I have to work. Lame. =)

 

[bbasiaga]

Checked my S/N and my magic digit is a 3. I think that clears me of the light leak issue as well.

I'm sure there is a conspiracy theory we're disproving right now.

-Brian

 

[Kliphten]

Just got mine this afternoon. 6th digit in serial is 4.

 

[enraginangel]

I'm sitting here at ups for my package. Looks like ups is working real hard to deliver iPhones today and the line is just insane.

 

[SPL]

Got mine today! Orderd saturday around 6 PM 6th digit is 4. Looking forward to the world of full frame!!!!

 

[PabloHoneySF]

Mine arrived at the UPS facility 5 miles from my house yesterday afternoon. It will be sitting there until Monday. #totalfrustration

 

[AudioGlenn]

I'm so jealous of all of you who purchased one... (sigh) :-X

 

[mirekti]

...and me for not buying one. I just followed the number of sold items on ebay :'(
I still hope for some Christmas discounts, though.

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Mine will arrive Monday. I'm about as far away as you can get, excepting Alaska Hawaii, and US Territories.
Its on a Truck that left Hodgkins IL on 9/20.

 

[drmikeinpdx]

My truck left Hodgkins on 9/19. Tomorrow should be my lucky day. ;D

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

I see it arrived in Spokane at 2 AM this morning and is on the delivery truck. I get deliveries in the late afternoon..
Update: came at 3:00 PM, fresh stock as expected, the battery mfg date is June 2012, and its usually a couple of months older than the camera. I just finished recharging the battery, formatting my CF card, and took two test shots with my 16-35mm L. They look pretty good right out of the box, but I've been getting my FoCal updated and targets ready to do a AFMA.

 

[drmikeinpdx]

I have it, and it works!

Anyone want to buy a 5D classic?

 

[sleepnever]

Got my Mk3 today. Waited impatiently while the battery charged. Checked the serial # and like others have found it is not part of a light-leak batch. Got the battery in, locked my 24-70L mkI on to it and started to play.

I'm in love. Upgrading from the T2i is huge. The ISO performance inside with 1 light + TV is amazing. I never went past 800 on the T2i. I can't wait to get out and play with this tomorrow =)

 

[morrisng]

Received mine today. 6th digit of SN is "4" with current firmware loaded 1.1.3. Checked all the settings are untouch ed and packaging looks new with all USA warranty and box serial matching body.

Guess now will need to spend time on AFMA with FoCal this weekend