Hilarious!! B&H shipping charges for one roll of film!!!
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From: Vance on 26 Mar 2010 20:05 On Mar 26, 4:38 pm, RichA <rander3...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Mar 26, 11:39 am, Allen <all...(a)austin.rr.com> wrote: > > > What is really hilarious is that someone would oder just _one_ roll of film. > > Allen > > Why? What if it's no good? Has to be tested. If it were available > locally, I'd just buy a roll at a store. If I liked it, I'd get more. Awesome logic there. Vance
From: Robert Coe on 27 Mar 2010 09:37 On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:35:50 -0400, tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote: : On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:42:43 -0700 (PDT), RichA <rander3127(a)gmail.com> : wrote: : : >On Mar 25, 7:56�pm, John A. <j...(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: : >> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:54:00 -0500, Rich <n...(a)nowhere.com> wrote: : >> >John A. <j...(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote in : >> >news:0d7nq51ppqjrmrsb3beulqrotb8vnu3lm2(a)4ax.com: : >> : >> >>>Where do you get this info from? �It is no more difficult mailing to : >> >>>Canada, except you fill in a 2`` x 2`` label. �Takes about 20 seconds. : >> : >> >> A letter, maybe, but anything over a certain weight (couple pounds?) : >> >> requires the large form. : >> : >> >> Of course a well-enough-equipped shop can print the prefilled forms : >> >> along with the mailing label and packing list. Particularly when : >> >> they're taking orders electronically. But that does take some money to : >> >> set up. : >> : >> >Last time I checked, one roll of 35mm film weighed about 2.5oz. : >> : >> Also some places will set a minimum shipping charge to discourage : >> small orders. : > : > Well, how about an expensive but small, light item? Run a $200 : >filter (about the same weight as the film) though their process and : >see what the shipping is. : : What's the big deal? You either buy something at a local store, or - : if there's no local store or your local store doesn't stock it - you : buy over the internet. If you go the internet route, there are dozens : of sources. If B&H's shipping costs are a deterrent, pick another : source. It's not like B&H is the only source for anything. They : don't need you, and you don't need them. Sometimes you can game the system; sometimes the system pushes back. Yesterday I ordered a camera from Adorama (B&H didn't have it in stock), along with a spare battery and a couple of SD cards. The whole order was under a "free shipping" deal. Adorama didn't have the battery in stock, a note on the Web site indicating that it would still ship free, even if it came separately later. But they sent me back an email warning me that the battery was back-ordered from Canon and they didn't know when they'd get it. But it turned out that B&H, which didn't have the camera, did have the battery. So I ordered it from them instead, paying their minimum shipping charge of $4.95, even though the battery is of negligible size and weight. As it happens, I had ordered $375 worth of odds and ends from B&H earlier in the day. If I had planned better, I could have included the battery in that order, and it probably wouldn't have affected the shipping charge at all. But overall I made out just fine. Since neither store has a presence in Massachusetts, I didn't have to pay sales tax on any of the stuff. At 6.5% (or whatever it is these days), I saved a lot more than $4.95. Bob
From: Pete Stavrakoglou on 29 Mar 2010 08:26 "J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet(a)cox.net> wrote in message news:hoijtt01n3(a)news5.newsguy.com... > On 3/26/2010 8:10 AM, Pete Stavrakoglou wrote: >> "John A."<john(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote in message >> news:l7lmq59i50i0pp3p4bbqchkbea7kk0vps4(a)4ax.com... >>> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:16:17 -0400, "Pete Stavrakoglou" >>> <ntotrr(a)optonline.net> wrote: >>> >>>> "Rich"<rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:5708186d-41a1-433e-ae0e-2bc59c265115(a)z4g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... >>>>> On Mar 25, 12:03 am, "Anon"<n...(a)none.invalid> wrote: >>>>>> Geezus already, that has been discussed to death previously. >>>>>> International >>>>>> shipping is always expensive. Buy at at Henry's. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> B.S. First Class Mail would be about $6.00 from the U.S. The >>>>> Brooklyn crooks are hugely padding the shipping. >>>> >>>> B&H is a Manhattan-based operation, not Brooklyn. >>> >>> Where do the proprietors reside? >> >> Why does that matter? B&H is not one of those typical Brooklyn rip-off >> joints. They are hoenst with their customers. > > FWIW, they have a huge store a block down from Madison Square Garden and > Penn Station in midtown Manhattan. Not a little dinky store front but > several floors of a good sized building. And not a warehouse, you walk in > and there's tons of stuff on display and plenty of knowledgeable people to > answer questions. They recently renovated their store and now the entire top floor is dedicated to photo gear. It's quite a place, particularly their "system" of how the goods get from the stockroom to the retail floor. It keeps the theft rate way, way down.
From: Peter on 3 Apr 2010 15:00 "Pete Stavrakoglou" <ntotrr(a)optonline.net> wrote in message news:hoq68q$7jj$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > "J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet(a)cox.net> wrote in message > news:hoijtt01n3(a)news5.newsguy.com... >> On 3/26/2010 8:10 AM, Pete Stavrakoglou wrote: >>> "John A."<john(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote in message >>> news:l7lmq59i50i0pp3p4bbqchkbea7kk0vps4(a)4ax.com... >>>> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:16:17 -0400, "Pete Stavrakoglou" >>>> <ntotrr(a)optonline.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> "Rich"<rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>> news:5708186d-41a1-433e-ae0e-2bc59c265115(a)z4g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... >>>>>> On Mar 25, 12:03 am, "Anon"<n...(a)none.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>> Geezus already, that has been discussed to death previously. >>>>>>> International >>>>>>> shipping is always expensive. Buy at at Henry's. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> B.S. First Class Mail would be about $6.00 from the U.S. The >>>>>> Brooklyn crooks are hugely padding the shipping. >>>>> >>>>> B&H is a Manhattan-based operation, not Brooklyn. >>>> >>>> Where do the proprietors reside? >>> >>> Why does that matter? B&H is not one of those typical Brooklyn rip-off >>> joints. They are hoenst with their customers. >> >> FWIW, they have a huge store a block down from Madison Square Garden and >> Penn Station in midtown Manhattan. Not a little dinky store front but >> several floors of a good sized building. And not a warehouse, you walk >> in and there's tons of stuff on display and plenty of knowledgeable >> people to answer questions. > > They recently renovated their store and now the entire top floor is > dedicated to photo gear. It's quite a place, particularly their "system" > of how the goods get from the stockroom to the retail floor. It keeps the > theft rate way, way down. I try only to go when I have a particular purchase in mind. There have been times when I walk in "just to look," but I find it hard to walk out without making some purchase. -- Peter
From: Pete Stavrakoglou on 5 Apr 2010 07:42
"Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote in message news:4bb7907e$0$7764$8f2e0ebb(a)news.shared-secrets.com... > "Pete Stavrakoglou" <ntotrr(a)optonline.net> wrote in message > news:hoq68q$7jj$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> "J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet(a)cox.net> wrote in message >> news:hoijtt01n3(a)news5.newsguy.com... >>> On 3/26/2010 8:10 AM, Pete Stavrakoglou wrote: >>>> "John A."<john(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote in message >>>> news:l7lmq59i50i0pp3p4bbqchkbea7kk0vps4(a)4ax.com... >>>>> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:16:17 -0400, "Pete Stavrakoglou" >>>>> <ntotrr(a)optonline.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> "Rich"<rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>>> news:5708186d-41a1-433e-ae0e-2bc59c265115(a)z4g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... >>>>>>> On Mar 25, 12:03 am, "Anon"<n...(a)none.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>> Geezus already, that has been discussed to death previously. >>>>>>>> International >>>>>>>> shipping is always expensive. Buy at at Henry's. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> B.S. First Class Mail would be about $6.00 from the U.S. The >>>>>>> Brooklyn crooks are hugely padding the shipping. >>>>>> >>>>>> B&H is a Manhattan-based operation, not Brooklyn. >>>>> >>>>> Where do the proprietors reside? >>>> >>>> Why does that matter? B&H is not one of those typical Brooklyn rip-off >>>> joints. They are hoenst with their customers. >>> >>> FWIW, they have a huge store a block down from Madison Square Garden and >>> Penn Station in midtown Manhattan. Not a little dinky store front but >>> several floors of a good sized building. And not a warehouse, you walk >>> in and there's tons of stuff on display and plenty of knowledgeable >>> people to answer questions. >> >> They recently renovated their store and now the entire top floor is >> dedicated to photo gear. It's quite a place, particularly their "system" >> of how the goods get from the stockroom to the retail floor. It keeps >> the theft rate way, way down. > > > I try only to go when I have a particular purchase in mind. There have > been times when I walk in "just to look," but I find it hard to walk out > without making some purchase. > > -- > Peter And this is the reason why my dear wife won't let me go in the place anymore. |