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Olympus reconditioned sale (20% off)

Started Jun 20, 2016 | Discussions thread
Highlands Regular Member • Posts: 236
Re: I hate when this happens!

cptobvious wrote:

Highlands wrote:

Got the notice of the sale. Went to buy a 12-40, put it the cart and then realized the lens might arrive while we're away on vacation. Had to take telephone call at work; then had to call a relative and ask if I could have the lens sent to them, if they were going to be at home next week. Yes, they could!! 15 minutes after these calls, I'm back at my cart and ... the lens is out of stock. The stars are not revolving in my favor today!

These sales are always buy-first, think-later. The 12-40 in particular seems to sell out in a matter of minutes after a sale starts. FWIW for next time, Olympus outlet usually ships via FedEx, and I believe it's free to set vacation holds at fedex.com after the item ships.

I briefly thought about delivery to a FedEx center, but couldn't remember what shipping company Olympus uses.  Thanks for mentioning vacation holds, that was also a concern.

I'm continuing to watch the sale, the lens might come back in stock.  If it doesn't, there's always next time.  That work-related telephone call just could not have a come at a worse time!

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