D60 Delivery Date

LizzyB · Mar 25, 2002

I was just told by a Ritz Camera representative that the cameras are shipping from the factory this week BUT NOT TO THE DEALERS :-( They are first going to a warehouse for final quality assurance testing. They are scheduled to start going to dealers in the middle of next month. It will be interesting to see if they wait to send big batches or send small shipments as they are verified. Anyway, I thought this was interesting because it probably explains the conflicting info on shipping dates.

Wayne Reid · Mar 25, 2002

Huh?

Final QA? What could they possibly be assurring? That the cameras survived the trip? That the boxes are over their jet lag? Seems wierd to me.

Wayne

BethB said:
I was just told by a Ritz Camera representative that the cameras
are shipping from the factory this week BUT NOT TO THE DEALERS :-(
They are first going to a warehouse for final quality assurance
testing. They are scheduled to start going to dealers in the
middle of next month. It will be interesting to see if they wait
to send big batches or send small shipments as they are verified.
Anyway, I thought this was interesting because it probably explains
the conflicting info on shipping dates.

MKW26615 · Mar 25, 2002

Sure!

Fireside said:
Final QA? What could they possibly be assurring? That the cameras
survived the trip? That the boxes are over their jet lag? Seems
wierd to me.

Wayne

BethB said:

I was just told by a Ritz Camera representative that the cameras
are shipping from the factory this week BUT NOT TO THE DEALERS :-(
They are first going to a warehouse for final quality assurance
testing. They are scheduled to start going to dealers in the
middle of next month. It will be interesting to see if they wait
to send big batches or send small shipments as they are verified.
Anyway, I thought this was interesting because it probably explains
the conflicting info on shipping dates.

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Joey Pasco · Mar 25, 2002

That seems really odd, since I talked to Canon this morning, and "Bill" (the guy I spoke to) told me that the D60s are now shipping and should be in stores at the end of this month or at least by April 1st.

I hate Ritz anyway, no one ever knows anything about what they are selling unless it's a point-and-shoot, and even then, they basically only know what the box says. Unfortunately, from what I've heard, Ritz is the largest camera store in the USA. They bought out Wolf Camera and the Camera Shop--any more of these stores that you see are owned by Ritz. I'm glad there are a few local "REAL" photography stores around here (Baltimore) like Service Photo and Cooper's.

Hell, maybe they're right, but that doesn't explain why the guy from Canon told me that dealers should have it on April 1st.

Jae-- ~~Jae Winter~~

Steve Paradise · Mar 25, 2002

Beth,

I would take those comments with a grain of salt. My experience with most sales people is that if they don't know they make one up. Steve

BethB said:
I was just told by a Ritz Camera representative that the cameras
are shipping from the factory this week BUT NOT TO THE DEALERS :-(
They are first going to a warehouse for final quality assurance
testing. They are scheduled to start going to dealers in the
middle of next month. It will be interesting to see if they wait
to send big batches or send small shipments as they are verified.
Anyway, I thought this was interesting because it probably explains
the conflicting info on shipping dates.

DaveO · Mar 25, 2002

I wonder what impact this strategy of "QA testing" of units for the dealers will have on those that ordered direct from Ritz's mail order biz over the internet? I am somwhere around #60 on the Ritz list and will be pretty disappointed if I must wait 3 or 4 more weeks to get the unit flushed through the "QA" process while it appears other units will be delivered this week through other distributors. Dave

BethB said:
I was just told by a Ritz Camera representative that the cameras
are shipping from the factory this week BUT NOT TO THE DEALERS :-(
They are first going to a warehouse for final quality assurance
testing. They are scheduled to start going to dealers in the
middle of next month. It will be interesting to see if they wait
to send big batches or send small shipments as they are verified.
Anyway, I thought this was interesting because it probably explains
the conflicting info on shipping dates.

Timothy Schaffer · Mar 25, 2002

Yeah I hate sales guys that don't know jack. Tried to get bearings for a 9" Ford rear end (ford galaxie) and the guy was like "Sorry it's not in the computer". To contrast that when I was stationed in Florida the guy at the auto store looked out the store window and was like "Headlights? Sure hang on" and grabbed two headlights that fit perfect.

About photography though, there was one guy I talked to at Pen Camera in Springfield (VA), who really knew his stuff. We must have talked shop for about an hour; about the D60, and the D100. Too bad I didn't get his name. A little off subject but you know any places around here (MD, VA, DC) that rent out camera lenses?

Tim -

Jae Winter said:
That seems really odd, since I talked to Canon this morning, and
"Bill" (the guy I spoke to) told me that the D60s are now shipping
and should be in stores at the end of this month or at least by
April 1st.

I hate Ritz anyway, no one ever knows anything about what they are
selling unless it's a point-and-shoot, and even then, they
basically only know what the box says. Unfortunately, from what
I've heard, Ritz is the largest camera store in the USA. They
bought out Wolf Camera and the Camera Shop--any more of these
stores that you see are owned by Ritz. I'm glad there are a few
local "REAL" photography stores around here (Baltimore) like
Service Photo and Cooper's.

Hell, maybe they're right, but that doesn't explain why the guy
from Canon told me that dealers should have it on April 1st.

Jae
--
~~Jae Winter~~

jurek · Mar 25, 2002

unless it's crackers.

Jurek

BethB said:
I was just told by a Ritz Camera representative that the cameras
are shipping from the factory this week BUT NOT TO THE DEALERS :-(
They are first going to a warehouse for final quality assurance
testing. They are scheduled to start going to dealers in the
middle of next month. It will be interesting to see if they wait
to send big batches or send small shipments as they are verified.
Anyway, I thought this was interesting because it probably explains
the conflicting info on shipping dates.

rams · Mar 25, 2002

LOL

Jurek Zarzycki said:
Jurek

BethB said:

I was just told by a Ritz Camera representative that the cameras
are shipping from the factory this week BUT NOT TO THE DEALERS :-(
They are first going to a warehouse for final quality assurance
testing. They are scheduled to start going to dealers in the
middle of next month. It will be interesting to see if they wait
to send big batches or send small shipments as they are verified.
Anyway, I thought this was interesting because it probably explains
the conflicting info on shipping dates.

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Alex Goldberg · Mar 25, 2002

Tim,

You can rent most of the stuff, including D1X, from a Penn Camera store in DC.

http://www.penncamera.com

Tim Schaffer said:
About photography though, there was one guy I talked to at Pen
Camera in Springfield (VA), who really knew his stuff. We must
have talked shop for about an hour; about the D60, and the D100.
Too bad I didn't get his name. A little off subject but you know
any places around here (MD, VA, DC) that rent out camera lenses?

Tim -

Jae Winter said:

That seems really odd, since I talked to Canon this morning, and
"Bill" (the guy I spoke to) told me that the D60s are now shipping
and should be in stores at the end of this month or at least by
April 1st.

I hate Ritz anyway, no one ever knows anything about what they are
selling unless it's a point-and-shoot, and even then, they
basically only know what the box says. Unfortunately, from what
I've heard, Ritz is the largest camera store in the USA. They
bought out Wolf Camera and the Camera Shop--any more of these
stores that you see are owned by Ritz. I'm glad there are a few
local "REAL" photography stores around here (Baltimore) like
Service Photo and Cooper's.

Hell, maybe they're right, but that doesn't explain why the guy
from Canon told me that dealers should have it on April 1st.

Jae
--
~~Jae Winter~~

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Timothy Schaffer · Mar 25, 2002

I'll have to check it out, and gee they just happen to be having a sale at the DC store this thursday and friday

teosoft said:
You can rent most of the stuff, including D1X, from a Penn Camera
store in DC.

http://www.penncamera.com

Tim Schaffer said:

About photography though, there was one guy I talked to at Pen
Camera in Springfield (VA), who really knew his stuff. We must
have talked shop for about an hour; about the D60, and the D100.
Too bad I didn't get his name. A little off subject but you know
any places around here (MD, VA, DC) that rent out camera lenses?

Tim -

Jae Winter said:

That seems really odd, since I talked to Canon this morning, and
"Bill" (the guy I spoke to) told me that the D60s are now shipping
and should be in stores at the end of this month or at least by
April 1st.

I hate Ritz anyway, no one ever knows anything about what they are
selling unless it's a point-and-shoot, and even then, they
basically only know what the box says. Unfortunately, from what
I've heard, Ritz is the largest camera store in the USA. They
bought out Wolf Camera and the Camera Shop--any more of these
stores that you see are owned by Ritz. I'm glad there are a few
local "REAL" photography stores around here (Baltimore) like
Service Photo and Cooper's.

Hell, maybe they're right, but that doesn't explain why the guy
from Canon told me that dealers should have it on April 1st.

Jae
--
~~Jae Winter~~

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JRG-Imaging · Mar 25, 2002

whoever you talked to is full of it.

i'm a retailer. canon rep says our units are on the way. means, hopefully, if they shipped on friday that i get them tomorrow! i bought one myself so i'm anxious.

BethB said:
I was just told by a Ritz Camera representative that the cameras
are shipping from the factory this week BUT NOT TO THE DEALERS :-(
They are first going to a warehouse for final quality assurance
testing. They are scheduled to start going to dealers in the
middle of next month. It will be interesting to see if they wait
to send big batches or send small shipments as they are verified.
Anyway, I thought this was interesting because it probably explains
the conflicting info on shipping dates.

Ken Krakow82881 · Mar 25, 2002

What is all this QA poop. They are going to open up all those factory boxes and run diagnostics on each on of them? Yeah right. KK--Ken http://www.kenkrakow.com

JABlatnik · Mar 25, 2002

On the D60 page at http://www.powershot.com/powershot2/d60/index.html you are now able to register your camera. Previously it said that registration would be available when the cameras started shipping. Hopefully this is good news for those of us waiting.

Jeff

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