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RF 100-500 Also Backordered

Started Oct 1, 2020 | Discussions thread
Kokopelli_Rocks
Kokopelli_Rocks Veteran Member • Posts: 3,661
Re: RF 100-500 Also Backordered

BigBen08 wrote:

Joel G wrote:

OK, I'm not usually a whiner, but here goes. I ordered the R5 and RF100-500 from B&H on May 30. R5 delivered right away, but 100-500 backordered. And almost 4 months later, it's still not in.

But here's the realy annoying part. Amazon is currently showing 19 lenses in stock at $3,443.97. This is a $2800 lens, so Amazon is scalping it at a $650 markup. Both seller and shipping is Amazon, not an affiliate. I have never known Amazon to scalp anything before.

I have been monitoring this lens on Amazon and the number in stock is increasing! Just this morning they showed 18, and now this afternoon it's at 19. A couple of days ago I believe it was single-digit numbers in stock. So it is clear that Amazon has a stream of these being delivered. But what about B&H? Do they have a stream of them too, but just aren't delivering them to me?

During the time since I ordered on May 30th, the price has increase $100. I paid $2700, and the current price is $2800. I wonder whether they are shipping the $2800 orders before the $2700 orders to make more money.

Anybody else received one from B&H lately?

Wow, never seen this before with amazon. I wonder if Canon corp knows about this. Maybe they don't care.

Why would Canon care? Canon just wants to make sure no one advertises below the list price. What is wrong with a reseller selling at a higher price? No one is forced to buy from Amazon.  If they sold at list price 2/3rds would be up on eBay for 1K about list.

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