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I tried to get some of the Canadian shops to match the U.S total price of $3995 taxes and duty included, but they would only do that if they had a stockpile of the mkIII in shop 
CANON CANADA SUCKS ARSE!
anyway, Vistek says that maybe by mid April if you place an order now. . . . .
CANON CANADA SUCKS ARSE!
anyway, Vistek says that maybe by mid April if you place an order now. . . . .
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You have to keep in mind you will pay a 'spread' on your credit card of approx. 2.9% for the conversion. Right now the dollar is almost exactly at par so 2.9% of 3995 is $115.Orion said:
Henry's is selling for $3699 plus tax which comes in at ~4180 verses $3995USD * 2.9% = ~$4110
There is only $70 difference by my math.
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Jamesy said:
Just a heads up MasterCard, Visa, and AMEX from the major Cdn banks all charge 2.5% to the best of my knowledge.
Because of that and not wanting to give 2.5% to the credit card companies for nothing when I travel to the U.S. and more importantly when I spend fair amounts of money at B&H, I got a U.S. Dollar Bank of Montreal MasterCard.
It costs $25/year, however, when you spend over $1000/yr on it, they waive the fee, as in it's free.
Since last summer I've placed all of my B&H orders using the card and I don't pay any credit card fees on the USD transactions. All I have to do is pay off my U.S. Dollar MasterCard when the bill comes with U.S. funds. I don't have an account with BMO so I withdraw the U.S. funds from my U.S. account at my bank in the form of a draft and pay then my M/C with it.
As for the 5D III, while I'm waiting for the 1D X, I know a couple of camera shops in Manitoba are announcing as of today they have the 5D III in stock for purchase off the street.
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bigblue1ca said:
I have a BMO U$D card too and U$D account but it still costs money to change money unless you trade in the millions. 2.5-2.9% is pretty standard.
On a CDN 5D3 note, I just went on lunch and picked one up in a kit, I bought the extended 4yr warranty 'cause he knocked $80 off of it and I had him throw in an extra battery. I was not sure if I was going to jump in yet but I did. It might be a slight upgrade from my 40D
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Jamesy said:bigblue1ca said:
I have a BMO U$D card too and U$D account but it still costs money to change money unless you trade in the millions. 2.5-2.9% is pretty standard.
On a CDN 5D3 note, I just went on lunch and picked one up in a kit, I bought the extended 4yr warranty 'cause he knocked $80 off of it and I had him throw in an extra battery. I was not sure if I was going to jump in yet but I did. It might be a slight upgrade from my 40D
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Enjoy! An extra battery is a good idea. As my first DSLR that does video, I can only assume the video is a battery drainer.
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Jamesy said:
I bank with RBC and to transfer between my regular CDN accounts and my US account they charge 1.73%. But, better than that I use XE Trade and for $4000 US they charge 1.32%.
Obviously getting a camera right now in your hand rather than waiting a few days has a premium to it, but if I was ordering a 5D III instead of the 1D X, getting the 5D III from B&H would cost me total $3762.89 CDN (3713.87 US) versus buying it locally $4255.98 CDN. For almost $500 I can wait 4 days to get my camera.
Granted if you are in Ontario, the deal isn't quite as good because you guys have to pay the HST at B&H versus just GST like the provinces that don't have the HST.
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Has anyone else in Canada got there camera yet? My local camera store only got 3 cameras in their first shipment but told me I should be in the next one. They were expecting it friday. Has anyone bought the camera in store and not have it shipped? If so were you able to get one from a store without a pre-order? Have the big chains like Vistek and Henrys received a significant amount of stock yet? Where's all the Canadian 5D mark iii action at? Or is everyone already out shooting and enjoying them?
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