fritz@hpfclp.UUCP (fritz) (05/08/85)
Recent experiences with Labelle of Maine and Adorama:
I ordered a Tokina 35-200 f/3.5 zoom from Labelle. It arrived 8 days
later; unfortunately, the salesman who had taken my order could not
write, and the lens had a Canon mount instead of a Nikon mount. Called
them up, and they said no problem: ship the lens back, and we'll send
you a new one. I didn't want to do that, since I needed the lens right
away. Ok, they said; order another one (which arrived OK in 8 days),
send back the wrong one, and we'll credit your credit card. They didn't
charge shipping on the replacement lens.
I ordered a Nikon SB-16B flash and a Tenba camera bag from Adorama. The
flash arrived 7 days later. The bag had been back-ordered; I decided to
buy a different bag locally, and they cancelled the bag order with no
hassles.
I haven't gotten my credit card bill, so I don't know if they've credited
my account yet. For the savings ($50 on the flash, >$100 on the lens),
I would say it has been well worth my while to go mail-order. Of course,
I haven't had anything break yet, either...
Gary Fritz
Hewlett Packard
Ft Collins, CO
{ihnp4,hplabs}!hpfcla!fritzcjn@calmasd.UUCP (Cheryl Nemeth) (05/25/85)
Anyone have experience mail-ordering film (and processing)?
rajeev@sftri.UUCP (S.Rajeev) (06/01/85)
> Anyone have experience mail-ordering film (and processing)?
I just bought a Tokina SMZ 80-200 zoom for my Nikon FG ($122), and 20 rolls
of Agfa 200 ($4.89 incl. processing) from Focus in Brooklyn. I am quite
satisfied with the materials, and they shipped it quite soon: I got the
package in four working days (but then I'm in NJ).
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Sri Rajeev, SF 1-342, ATT Info. Sys., Summit, NJ 07901. (201)-522-6330.dberg@noscvax.UUCP (David I. Berg) (06/04/85)
> Anyone have experience mail-ordering film (and processing)?
I use Kodak mailers for processing slides with complete satisfaction.
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ARINC Research Corporation
San Diego, CA
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ucbvax /fujinaka@hplabsc.UUCP (Hisashi Fujinaka) (06/12/85)
<Is there still a line eater?> I just ordered a Nikon MD12 motor drive for the FE2 from B&H Photo of New York City (where else). I found out that International Warranty meant that you get a slip of paper with Japanese writing on it, plus B&H was kind enough to bill me twice. I will NOT do business with them again. Camera World in Portland Oregon is a nice place to shop. I have never placed a mail order with them, but I had an old friend that worked there and he said they never sold any non-US warranty equipment with one particular exception, where they warranted the equipment themselves for a period of 5 years. I've never had any complaints about them, other than it took about 30 minutes in line to get to talk to my friend. Good luck. Todd Fujinaka