When will Panny Lumix DMC-GH3 finally start selling?

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jalywol
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Re: Lumix DMC-GH3 in invisible-cam status
In reply to Francis Carver, 4 months ago

Francis Carver wrote:

jalywol wrote:

Got mine from Kenmore Camera last week. They had enough to fill backorders and put up some on the website for sale. They are getting a new shipment in sometime next week, and they are not all accounted for yet, so you might want to give them a call if you want one.

Yeah, right.

http://www.kenmorecamera.com/p-21889-panasonic-lumix-gh3-body-black.aspx

GH3 is "ON ORDER" with them. If you check with Panasonic's online store, well over there it is on "PRE-ORDER." Not a helluva big bean bag of a difference, eh?

What I cannot fathom is, how can this camera get to Washington state next week, when Panasonic's online sales store is telling me today that instead of the indicated 28 January shipping date, they will not have it until sometime in February?

Strange brew, huh? I am now thinking.... maybe they had an initial shipment sneak thorough somehow, something was found to be defective, and they pulled the product until they fix it the problem?

You might want to back off a little bit. I was in contact with a senior marketing person for Panasonic this week about another issue, and they were in contact with the owner of Kenmore camera, and according to both, Kenmore camera was due to get another shipment sometime next week, and not all the incoming cameras were spoken for there.

My suggestion would be to call them and leave a deposit, and I am sure you will get one sooner rather than later, and to go easy on the griping. And, remember, the Panasonic online STORE is NOT the same as independent camera stores that sell Panasonic products, and they have different supply lines and different supply times. In other words, talking to the Panasonic STORE will not give you any information about the product supply timeline to any independent camera retailers, and should not be used as a basis for estimating supply to anywhere other than the Panasonic STORE itself.

-J

Edited 4 months ago by jalywol
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