On Mar 31, 6:05=A0pm, Alienjones <Alienjo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Grandson dropped our P&S happy snapper off the pier while he was trying
> to get a picture of his sister's first fish catch. Not waterproof!
>
I wonder what you were doing behind him at the time!
> OK, so insurance company agrees to replace it. Photo Continental in
> Brisbane call up: "We've been authorized to replace your camera, we
> don't have one but they are on order from Olympus. Maybe 2 weeks wait".
>
> Ring, ring. Hello Olympus, how can I help?
> "Can you tell me the delay on SP 570 Ultra zoom cameras please"?
>
> Olympus. "They haven't been released yet, are you Doug the worlds
greatest=
wedding photographer and the one everyone picks on because you are so
much =
better"!
>
So how did you already have one to get it replaced?
> Insurance company when I asked for a cheque instead: "I need to check
> your story with Photo Continental" -- and why not it seems pretty far
> fetched.
>
> After about 15 minutes: "Yes, they confirm your story that the cameras
> have been on order since early February and they really don't know when
> they will arrive"!
>
> OK "So what about I choose a K10D Pentax? How much difference in the
price=
?"
>
> Photo Continental: "They are $1150 with a Sigma lens and no, we don't
> have any Pentax lenses. $675 extra".
>
> Hmmm. Maybe it's the bream my grand daughter caught but something smells
> fishy here.
>
Your fingers?
> Retail price of Olympus SP 570 is $629 at Camera Warehouse.
> Price of K10D with 24 -70 Pentax lens is $1069 from DC warehouse.
>
> Price difference =3D $440 !!!!
>
> The bit that gets me is PC wanting full retail price for the Pentax but
> selling the non-existant Olympus at what must be the cheapest price in
> Australia and not being prepared to balance out the price difference.
>
> $235 rip off. After having spent near enough to $30,000 on camera gear
> at PC in the past 5 years,
BULL**** BULL**** BULL****
I reckon that stinks. Maybe this is how they
> survive the Chinese camera sales on eBay? ...Ripping off the locals.
>
> Pentax K10D with Pentax 18 - 55 lens from a seller in HK I trust, landed
> in AU =3D $920.
>
> By buying in Hong Kong with a 3 year warranty I save $385... The cost of
> a speedlite or a better quality lens for it.
>
> --
>
> from Douglas,
> If my PGP key is missing, the
> post is a forgery. Ignore it.
>
Ignore it anyway, he is a smoker.
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