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RF 100-500 Also Backordered

Started Oct 1, 2020 | Discussions thread
startover Forum Member • Posts: 54
Re: RF 100-500 Also Backordered

spec68 wrote:

startover wrote:

Wonder if anyone has unlocked the secret to getting this lens. Does it make sense to pre-order? I called a half a dozen dealers and none had an idea when it would arrive.

My own strategy was to make a folder of product page links to various mid-size dealers and then check everyday. It took about 3 weeks, but I finally found one at a store in PA. You might also include BestBuy. But check very early in the AM -- like 6am. This is how I finally got my R5 when those were still hard to find late last year. Hours later it was "sold out," but then, I checked again the next AM and they were back.

Great idea, thank you.  The small dealers never seem to get enough and the large ones have long lines to fulfill.  So I agree the middle is the place to go.  The Canon web site showed the lens as being "in stock" yesterday for a short while.  But when you added the lens and tried to checkout, the item would show as "backordered".  I tried a few times, but no luck.

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