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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

Karl_Guttag wrote:

startover wrote:

You were right to ask me about the confirmation email. The status of my order is now "inventory fulfilled". No tracking number and no confirmation email. This is my first experience buying from Canon USA. The rep says "we have no more information". They sound friendly but are seemingly quite inefficient.

Hope it doesn't sit in this limbo status of "inventory fulfilled" for too long. Wonder if anyone else had this experience.

I think you are good. Below is the infamous email you DON'T want to get (redacted name and order number any my added bold emphasis). The keywords are "received" and "once your order has been confirmed." Canon splits hairs between "received and confirmed."

That "shipping and tracking information" didn't come after 3 months and I canceled the order. I called Canon a few days later to confirm that the item was backordered as it never showed the status online. As you wrote, the person I talked to was nice but didn't seem to really know anything (i.e., nice, but useless). About 3 months later I call and canceled (you have to call to cancel) and ordered from B&H.

This was my second order from shop.canon and the first one proceeded without any problems.

Thank you!!  You are right.  They are 'nice + useless' -- the hardest of the four quadrants to deal with.  I'd much rather have 'not nice + useful'.

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