Adorama is making some kind of mistake: If you visit select the Black Olympus E-PL1 cameras they say the camera costs $549.99. But add it to the cart and the real final price is $479.95!
UPDATE: Amazon is selling the blue E-PL1 for $499
You can preorder the new Olympus lenses:
1) the Olympus 75-300mm lens at BHphoto and at Amazon Deutschland
2) The Olympus 40-150mm lens at BHphoto and at Amazon Deutschland
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> Adorama is making some kind of mistake …
Uh, if someone is making a mistake, isn’t the proper thing to do to let them know they’re making a mistake?
Does not matter now. They are closed till next week for celebrating of their religious holiday. They may just cancel those orders when they are back in business on Monday.
300mm@f6.7@$900 *sigh*
In the headline to this post, you forget heaps of exclamation marks. Why?!!!
I agree w/ Angry Oly Owner! WTF?! That’s more than I paid for my 50-200 SWD! Good luck moving those lenses at that price!
I sold them some lenses awhile back. They quoted me a great price and agreed to pay the shipping. They received the gear, acknowledged it was in excellent condition, and then sat on it for three weeks. When I finally asked them where my check was they said the value had declined while they had the lenses, and they could only pay me half the quoted price, furthermore they could only give me a store credit for the shipping costs. Needless to say I told them where to shove their store credit. Will never do business with them again, unless it’s a loss leader sale…
I was really very concerned and sorry to read about your experience with the used department at Adorama. If something similar had happened to me as you describe, I’d be wary, too.
However, I’d like to stress that the used department is quite separate from New sales.
Nevertheless, it sounds as though the rep you spoke with was not following procedures as he should have done, and I would welcome the opportunity to find out who you spoke to so we can address the issues internally. If you could email me with the date and time of your call – plus the number you called from – and your original estimate number, I’d be most grateful.
If I can make it up to you, I will.
Once again my apologies and I do look forward to hearing from you.
Helen Oster
Adorama Camera Customer Service Ambassador
HelenO@adorama.com
I’d really like to be able to resolve this for you but until you come back to me with more details eg your estimate number, my hands are tied.
We always send out a pre-paid UPS shipping label for customers sending items in to Adorama for evaluation from the Contental US – and always pay return shipping costs, plus insurance, if a customer declines to go ahead with the sale and requests that the equipment be returned. According to the head of our used department, we never offer store credits to cover the shipping cost.
Please email me asap so I can sort this out: HelenO@adorama.com
They’ve done similar stunts to me as well, quoting different prices. I try to avoid them.
B&H isn’t great either in terms of their used dept.
slow week huh..? barely 5 days before photokina but no big leak coming out. i guess the “smokescreen” is working
I am SO looking forward to what Olympus has to say about the 43s.
Counting down the days!
Every thing is crap where’s the real deal
NB This isn’t a pricing mistake!
This is due to Olympus USA’s MAP (minimum advertised price) rules for some of their products, which require us to list them online this way. We appreciate this may seem strange or inconvenient, but we are contractually obliged to follow Olympus USA’s rules in this matter.
BTW please don’t forget that we are in the midst of our Fall holiday period. Our Holiday Schedule:
Yom Kippur Eve – Friday, September 17: Closed
Succot Eve & all of Succot – Wednesday, September 22 thru Friday, October 1: Closed
Thank you for your understanding.
NB I’m only an email away for advice and after-sales support with any order from Adorama Camera: HelenO@adorama.com