Curious about B&H & mkiii shipments

[Pep12]

My order number is 73xxx (March 4th), was told not to get it before April 5th. Cancelled my order on March 27th, placed an order with Best Buy the same day, got it yesterday. body only.

 

[cdavidc]

I just talked to B&H and the said they don't think there will be anymore shipments before the Passover closing

 

[Sharp]

Correct me if i'm wrong, but this is where we are:

10197527xx First Shipment
10197528xx First Shipment
10197531xx First Shipment
10197532xx First Shipment
10197536xx First Shipment
10197538xx First Shipment
10197544xx First Shipment
10197546xx First Shipment
10197553xx Second Shipment
10197554xx Second Shipment
10197554xx Second Shipment
10197557xx Second Shipment
10197559xx Second Shipment
10197560xx Second Shipment
10197563xx Second Shipment
10197565xx Second Shipment
10197576xx Second Shipment
10197577xx Second Shipment
10197597xx 1200 EST 3/2 Backorder
10197636xx 1443 EST 3/2 Backorder
10197649xx 1900 EST 3/3 Backorder
10197722xx 1200 EST 3/4 Backorder
10197974xx 0925 EST 3/6 Backorder
10198120xx 1200 EST 3/7 Backorder
10198200xx 1200 EST 3/7 Backorder
10198234xx 1200 EST 3/8 Backorder
10198983xx 1200 EST 3/14 Backorder

 

[chief3]

10197860xx ordered body only on 5 March....starting to look for another place to get mine.

 

[h4ldol]

Correct me if i'm wrong, but this is where we are:

Wow, thanks for going through all the order numbers to compile this list!

My preorder from B&H, which I cancelled in order to order it from J&R instead, was: 1019753632

So, I guess I would have been in the 1st wave, and probably would have received it this week since I live in WA.

Still, an $175 extra cashback from Discover made it worthwhile to get it from J&R, who shipped it on 3/28/12 with delivery scheduled for 4/4/12.

 

[DeepShadows]

Hmmmm so I wonder if the April 2nd is still another date they will receive a shipment? if so maybe mine will be in it. Does anyone know if they just don't receive shipments during their holiday? There must be some workers maybe receiving shipments or something? If not I feel I might as well just cancel and take the hit for currency exchange and walk into a local store and buy one before my trip to Hawaii in May. Never would have thought that ordering 36 hours after the pre-order became available would put me in the 3rd, 4th, or maybe even 5th shipment.

 

[charlie44]

Got an email on the 29th from BH. My delivery date is April 2. I pre- ordered at 9 am on March 2. Can't wait to try out my new lenses.

 

[cdavidc]

I just called B& H and changed to the kit.they said it will ship April 02. Put my 24-105 that I have now on Kijiji
and it sold in 5 min

 

[DeepShadows]

Anybody get shipping notices for today? Wasn't there supposed to be a shipment April 2nd?

 

[RichATL]

Got mine today (body only)... ordered 3/2 around 8am

 

[Sharp]

Anybody get shipping notices for today? Wasn't there supposed to be a shipment April 2nd?

I heard that too, but I thought it was rather a delivery date of someone instead of a new batch of shipment.

I still hope that they will have a "double batch" after the passover..........

At least I assume there will be another batch Thursday before the passover..

 

[DeepShadows]

I officially cancelled my order now that Canadian stores came to their senses so maybe someone with patience will get there's a little sooner than they would if I didn't cancel

 

[sublime LightWorks]

Here in Atlanta, no Best Buy stores will be carrying the 5D3 in the store, you have to order it. This was learned and verified with a visit to a store that carries the 5D2 and looking at the inventory readout on the BB computer system and looking at the inventory control codes.

I walked into a Best Buy on Sunday, March 25, with a 10% off coupon and a $50 rewards card. Ordered the camera, the 10% off was honored as it did not exclude Canon DSLR (it did exclude Nikon and Sony), applied the rewards card and was all done for $3165 including tax. There were 63 in the warehouse at the time. Now, there are none.

BB called 2 days later and I picked up the camera on Wednesday March 28.



No pre-order

 

[Jamesy]

Ordered the camera, the 10% off was honored as it did not exclude Canon DSLR (it did exclude Nikon and Sony), applied the rewards card and was all done for $3165 including tax.

Wow - great price. How much tax do you pay? 10% off of 3500 is 3150, that only leaves $15 for tax.

 

[LIsnap]

Best Buy in NY is selling them in store. You can check inventory on bestbuy.com and enter your zip code. Not available for shipping, only in-store pick up. I got mine in Westbury, NY last week and cancelled my B&H pre-order. Right now the body only is in stock in Valley Stream, NY. Worth a try to check near you, you may get lucky.

 

[opiuman]

Aish, just ordered yesterday at BH. Probably won't see it until May, makes the kit and sell the 24-105 really tempting

 

[aluckyshot]

Order Number: 10197618XX
Order Date: 03/02/2012
Order Type: WEB
Order Status: In stock, order sent to warehouse

Whoop! I was not passed over by B&H!!! ;D
Must have got a shipment in today or yesterday from Canon.

 

[npc2396]

Order 1019764xxx sent to warehouse. I was literally just checking the web site to cancel and buy the kit. Yeah. Ordered on 3/2 at 5:00pm est.

 

[aluckyshot]

Order 1019764xxx sent to warehouse. I was literally just checking the web site to cancel and buy the kit. Yeah. Ordered on 3/2 at 5:00pm est.

I wonder how far we were bumped up the "body only" list because of cancellations for the kit.

 

[opiuman]

I ordered yesterday afternoon with 10201027xx... going to be a long time haha