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Subject: [Leica] Adorama vs. B&H backorder policy...and oh yeah, I just ordered an M9
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 18:16:56 -0600
References: <075E202C-99B0-49E6-AA8E-84C45EA77550@bex.net><19b6d42d1003071559h6ec2545r61993181f2d3f1b0@mail.gmail.com> <4B94402F.3000908@cox.net>

Yeah, these days it's more like zero to .02%.  I actually received a monthly 
dividend check for $0.05.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Adorama vs. B&H backorder policy...and oh yeah, I just 
ordered an M9


> On 3/7/2010 5:59 PM, Vince Passaro wrote:
>> Yo Howard
>>
>> A.) You should write to B&  H. They tend to be very customer friendly. I
>> would assume they don't want to take orders that aren't really orders....
>> control their inventory?
>>
>> B.) Where you gettin 6 percent bro? At an annual return of .33 percent,
>> that's $2.20.
>>
>> Vince
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Howard Ritter<hlritter at bex.net>  wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Well, I decided to just do it.
>>>
>>> I usually buy from B&H, but on back-orders their practice is to charge 
>>> the
>>> buyer's credit card when the order is PLACED.
>>> Adorama charges only when the item SHIPS.
>>> I don't want to give anyone use of my $7000 for a few (?) months 
>>> needlessly
>>> and for no return (at 6% that's $35/mo).
>>> Anyone know why B&H is so unfriendly in this respect? Keeping an order
>>> active in the system until the item's in stock costs them nothing.
>>> But this practice clearly costs them orders.
>>>
>>> ?howard
>>>
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> Vince, where are you getting .33%? :) :)
>
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In reply to: Message from hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter) ([Leica] Adorama vs. B&H backorder policy...and oh yeah, I just ordered an M9)
Message from passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro) ([Leica] Adorama vs. B&H backorder policy...and oh yeah, I just ordered an M9)
Message from kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney) ([Leica] Adorama vs. B&H backorder policy...and oh yeah, I just ordered an M9)