HVL-F1000 flash conspiracy?

Jared-5 · Jul 17, 2002

I've been watching the availability of this flash since April. It seems strange that this flash is on back order everywhere except Sonystyle.com.

At risk of sounding rash, could Sony be trying to make more money selling the flash to consumers rather than distributers?

Or is the price difference great enough for consumers to avoid Sonystyle.com and buy them everywhere else?

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DougM82389 · Jul 17, 2002

I just got one from 47th st Photo in the US. At the time they had 93 of them. It was on e-bay as a single item for bidding. I was outbid and then got an e mail for ebay stating that I could purchase this item for 109.00US. I did.

Jared-5 said:
I've been watching the availability of this flash since April. It
seems strange that this flash is on back order everywhere except
Sonystyle.com.

At risk of sounding rash, could Sony be trying to make more money
selling the flash to consumers rather than distributers?

Or is the price difference great enough for consumers to avoid
Sonystyle.com and buy them everywhere else?

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Jared

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joseph levy · Jul 17, 2002

I also got mine on e-bay from 47th Photo, I paid $92.00 = $8.00 shipping two months ago, they ship very quickly, they might be you best shot!

Vi Nguyen · Jul 18, 2002

Hi Jared-5,

I was at an outlet meca located between Houston and Austin last weekend and saw that they had the flash at a Sony outlet there for $84.

I was one of the lucky ones that was able to get one at Dell within a week of my order for less than that a few months back so I did not need other one. Since it was in an outlet, may it was refurbished?? If I had that store's number, I would give it to you to call and inquire. Good luck in your quest! Cheers.

Jared-5 said:
I've been watching the availability of this flash since April. It
seems strange that this flash is on back order everywhere except
Sonystyle.com.

At risk of sounding rash, could Sony be trying to make more money
selling the flash to consumers rather than distributers?

Or is the price difference great enough for consumers to avoid
Sonystyle.com and buy them everywhere else?

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Jared

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phatty · Jul 18, 2002

speaking of 47stphoto...I just won a hoya filter set for my s85 a few days ago and have not heard from them yet...I've already paid with paypal and have sent them at least ten emails, but nothing...did any of you guys experience similar problems

joseph levy said:
I also got mine on e-bay from 47th Photo, I paid $92.00 = $8.00
shipping two months ago, they ship very quickly, they might be you
best shot!

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Jared-5 · Jul 18, 2002

I've never had a comfortable vibe with these guys. Maybe that's why I never checked to see if they had the flash.

phattie said:
joseph levy said:

I also got mine on e-bay from 47th Photo, I paid $92.00 = $8.00
shipping two months ago, they ship very quickly, they might be you
best shot!

Click to expand...

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Christopher Sicard · Jul 18, 2002

I too have been watching the availability of this ... and it seems nobody has them in stock ... EVER! If you look closely at SonyStyle, you'll see they don't even have them in stock ... you can order THROUGH them, but the product is actually shipped factory direct to the consumer. Still haven't pegged the reasoning behind this.

Jared-5 said:
I've been watching the availability of this flash since April. It
seems strange that this flash is on back order everywhere except
Sonystyle.com.

At risk of sounding rash, could Sony be trying to make more money
selling the flash to consumers rather than distributers?

Or is the price difference great enough for consumers to avoid
Sonystyle.com and buy them everywhere else?

--
Jared

DSC-F707

Jared-5 · Jul 19, 2002

Maybe Sony (like other manufacturers) did not expect the ratio of camera to accessory purchases to be so close to even. Maybe they will begin building a better in-camera flash, or more likely, they may build more flash units from now on.

Christopher Sicard said:
Jared-5 said:

I've been watching the availability of this flash since April. It
seems strange that this flash is on back order everywhere except
Sonystyle.com.

At risk of sounding rash, could Sony be trying to make more money
selling the flash to consumers rather than distributers?

Or is the price difference great enough for consumers to avoid
Sonystyle.com and buy them everywhere else?

--
Jared

DSC-F707

Click to expand...

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Jared

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cmantelope · Jul 19, 2002

Hi

I don't know if you have a good guys near you.....but I ordered it at thier store, and they had it in two days....of course at full retail price of 119.00! Maybe their website sells it too....

Good luck,

Christy

David_S85 · Jul 19, 2002

Jared-5 said:
Jared-5 wrote:
Maybe Sony (like other manufacturers) did not expect the ratio of
camera to accessory purchases to be so close to even. Maybe they
will begin building a better in-camera flash, or more likely, they
may build more flash units from now on.

Or... maybe Sony will put a REAL hotshoe on their cameras so we can all use the other flash units we all probably have laying around our houses from the old film SLR days. Not.

BAH BAH BAH BAH BAH BAH BAH BAH BAH BAH BAH !!!! ©Ulysses, 2001

David

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