I visited that site and their price is really low. If you don't mind my asking, what did they charge for shipping and handling and do they charge sales tax for sales outside NY? Also, did you buy any extras or were you pressured to do that? Sorry, I'm just skeptical of the NYC retailers. I've dealt with B&H and, so far, I've been quite happy with their service, but they aren't the lowest price web store.
The Ritz camera near me just got it in today for $350. I was seriously tempted to get it but I can't stomach the $170 for a 3 year warranty. Granted the warranty covers damage such as dropping it but it's almost half the price of the camera.
I'll probably buy one at the Ritz store in Salem, NH soon. I agree that their extended warranties are a bit high, but the store manager tells me that, as long as you bring in the pieces, they will give you a new camera. That includes driving over it with your car. This will be my 4th digital camera and I have never bought an extended warranty, nor have I had a problem which I'd have collected on. So I figure that I'm ahead of the game. As an aside, I never buy extended warranties on anything, but made an exception when Best buy sold me a 4 year warranty on a $180 vaccuum cleane rfor $19. The cleaner died in under 2 years and Best Buy just gave me a new one and the warranty still has 2 years left on it. I thought that it was interesting that this was the only warranty I'd ever bought and I ended up collecting on it. Maybe I should play the lottery occassionally.
Here is the link to the $10 (at B&H) case:
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