Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Jeffrey Ritzcam! I hadn't thought of that! Thanks for the links. I was beginniong to wonder where the stores had gone! I am so steamed about KEH. I can't believe I recommended them to someone less than a year ago. Javier> Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 13:50:54 -0600> From: jsmith342@gmail.com> To: lug@leica-users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] Screwed by KEH / lookikng for an alternative> > I spoke to someone at KEH last year who confirmed that the web orders are> almost an afterthought. Phone orders always get first priority, so something> can get sold out from under you if they don't get back to the web order list> for a day or two.> > Just about every place has something good about it and something bad about> it. Kevin Cameras has an enormous selection, but his prices are super-high,> and I have seen him selling the exact same item in multiple auctions on ebay> (simultaneously).> > http://www.ritzcam.com/> > Sandy Ritz is a good guy.> > I've also had good experiences with George Ury.> http://www.georgeury.com/> > I've never had a bad experience with KEH (and I have probably bought 50> items from them), so don't write them off *too* quickly. Just use the phone> instead of ordering on the web.> > Jeffery> > On Jan 2, 2008 1:12 PM, Javier Perez <summarex@hotmail.com> wrote:> > >> > I can't believe this.> > I placed an online order for a non working Minolta CLE. I paid with my> > card and checked out fully expecting to get the camera in about two days.> > Instead I get a note from KEH the next day or the day after saying that> > the ca,mera had been sold. I complained that I was the one it should> > have been sold to and I tell tham that I witnessed the item disappear from> > their stock list immediately after I placed the order. I get back an> > argumentative letter. It sez the camera was ordered on line an hour before> > but goes back on the stock list or stays on it because of a computer> > glitch. To make things worse, they acknowledge that they give preference> > phone orders over online orders.> >> > I can't believe that an outfit this pricey would have done this to me. I> > don't even know if I believe their excuse. I've been dealing with these> > people> > longer than I can remember and this is what I get for it. I shoulda> > suspected somethingf was amiss a few months back when I ordered an as is> > camera> > and I got a receipt without a serial number printed on it! I can't even> > prove I bought the thing!> >> > Anyway I was wondering if any of you guys know of outlets besides ebay> > where I might get a decent selection abt better prioces than those KEH> > people.> > Every place I used to buy from is closed!> >> > Javier> > _________________________________________________________________> > Get the power of Windows + Web with the new Windows Live.> > http://www.windowslive.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_powerofwindows_122007> > _______________________________________________> > Leica Users Group.> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information> >> > > > -- > Jeffery L. Smith> New Orleans, LA> > _______________________________________________> Leica Users Group.> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _________________________________________________________________ i?m is proud to present Cause Effect, a series about real people making a difference. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/MTV/?source=text_Cause_Effect