The Nikon 105 VR macro lenses are coming in (to the US)

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Don Wiss - 06 Jun 2006 01:42 GMT

I'll have mine tomorrow. I'm paying $800. My dealer got a few, but had four
times as many people on their wait list. I'm posting this so that those
interested can start pestering their dealers. I just happened to contact
them this morning. Not sure if I would have gotten it if I hadn't.

Don <www.donwiss.com/pictures/> (e-mail link at page bottoms).

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Rita Ä Berkowitz - 06 Jun 2006 02:20 GMT

> I'll have mine tomorrow. I'm paying $800. My dealer got a few, but
> had four times as many people on their wait list. I'm posting this so
> that those interested can start pestering their dealers. I just
> happened to contact them this morning. Not sure if I would have
> gotten it if I hadn't.

Ritz Camera had them in stock for a while; unfortunately they are a bit on
the high side for $899.95.

http://www.ritzcamera.com/product/541535902.htm

Rita

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Randy Howard - 07 Jun 2006 18:01 GMT

Don Wiss wrote
(in article <8ej982tdf3p53njiuiu24tod0ehlik3bt1@4ax.com>):

> I'll have mine tomorrow. I'm paying $800. My dealer got a few, but had four
> times as many people on their wait list. I'm posting this so that those
> interested can start pestering their dealers. I just happened to contact
> them this morning. Not sure if I would have gotten it if I hadn't.

I doubt it is coincidence then that I just got an email
notification about the arrival of an 18-200 VR, which I bought
an hour ago. The ship must have arrived. Thank goodness it
didn't sink on the way. :-)

I hesitate to admit how much over the "wait for me, I'll come in
some day" shown by B&H, but the key point is I will have it in
time for a major trip coming up soon, which is something I had
actually given up on until this morning.

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Thomas T. Veldhouse - 07 Jun 2006 18:53 GMT

> I doubt it is coincidence then that I just got an email
> notification about the arrival of an 18-200 VR, which I bought
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> time for a major trip coming up soon, which is something I had
> actually given up on until this morning.

It isn't clear above ... so, did you buy the lens from B&H? Do you mind
sharing what you had to pay?

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cjcampbell - 08 Jun 2006 03:23 GMT

> > I doubt it is coincidence then that I just got an email
> > notification about the arrival of an 18-200 VR, which I bought
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> It isn't clear above ... so, did you buy the lens from B&H? Do you mind
> sharing what you had to pay?

I got mine at B&H last December; but I cannot for the life of me
remember how much I paid for it. I remember it being more expensive
than Adorama at the time, which kind of burned me.

I am getting a little annoyed overall with B&H. They are becoming
difficult to work with. The only way I have of buying camera gear is on
the Internet, and B&H is just not supporting their Internet customers
the way they used to. When I broke the lens hood on 18-200mm VR, I
ended up ordering a replacement from Adorama. B&H would not even admit
that they carried the lens, let alone a replacement hood for it. But
Adorama sent the hood within a few days, even though it was out of
stock when I ordered it.

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Randy Howard - 08 Jun 2006 06:36 GMT

Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote
(in article <epadnYfFbf8ZjxrZnZ2dnUVZ_uudnZ2d@giganews.com>):

>> I doubt it is coincidence then that I just got an email
>> notification about the arrival of an 18-200 VR, which I bought
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>
> It isn't clear above ... so, did you buy the lens from B&H?

Sorry about that. No, I didn't buy it from B&H. Last I heard
they had something like 100+ on back-order.

> Do you mind sharing what you had to pay?

Seems pointless. :-)

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Rita Ä Berkowitz - 08 Jun 2006 10:22 GMT

>> It isn't clear above ... so, did you buy the lens from B&H?
>
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>
> Seems pointless. :-)

Not really. Unless, of course, you bought it on eBay and overpaid by as
much as 60%. There's no shame in admitting you overpaid since many people
gladly participate in this activity. Anyway, I'm really glad you got one.
Enjoy it.

Rita

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tomorrow@erols.com - 10 Jun 2006 00:26 GMT

> >> It isn't clear above ... so, did you buy the lens from B&H?
> >
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> gladly participate in this activity. Anyway, I'm really glad you got one.
> Enjoy it.

Overpaying is paying over what the open market price is. The current
eBay prices are about as open market as is possible in this world.
Camera stores who sell the lens for less than the market will bear are
actually underprofiting. ;-)

As for me, I got on a waiting list, then I decided I couldn't wait, and
bought mine on eBay in February for $900.00. When the lens came into
my local retail shop where I was on their "list," I went ahead and
bought it for $749.00. Then, unopened, I put it on eBay for no
reserve, with an opening bid of 99 cents. It went for $922.00, so I
ended up getting my lens EARLIER than I could have locally, for $22
LESS than I would have paid to get it later!

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Paul Furman - 09 Jun 2006 01:11 GMT

Nothing in CA yet. I just called & put my name back on the list as #7 of
10 ordered. I think they dumped me when I got a D200 elsewhere.

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