Where to call in priority to get a 1DIII ?

[Pitounet]

Same question as everybody.... where would you call first to buy a 1DIII ? BHphoto or similar 'big' place ? A small company ? If possible out of CA to avoid state taxes...

What store had it / did not have it in your case, how much did you pay ? Thanks for any tip/info.

 

[Subdoc]

http://www.phptpproonline.com out of Iowa, cant recommend them enough. tell I sent ya. They were amazing to my and truely customer oriented. Wont shop anywhere else now and I live in SE GA. Speak with Melissa (sales manager) or Dave (owner).
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Patrick Delly

 

[Subdoc]

http://www.photoproonlone.com sorry about that.
this is the right address

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Patrick Delly

 

[Subdoc]

sorry its late here last time http://www.photoproonline.com

that will work

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Patrick Delly

 

[Flasheart]

I am sure there are many dealers in many countries that will be able to help you out - but you fail to mention which country you are looking to buy in.... or are you just assuming we all live in the same place?

 

[Pitounet]

actually I mentioned that I'm in California and want to buy out-of-state (not out-of-country though) to avoid state taxes.

 

[Flasheart]

Oh that is what CA means..... I guess it is easy to assume that everyone must know what US abbreviations mean when as a nation you run around telling the world what to do.

 

[Joe Sesto]

star if you can name another country that use those same terms.

So you will never need to ask again, here are the official 2 letter abbreviations for the states in the US.

http://www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/usps_abbreviations.html

BTW does UK stand for UKraine? Or UzbeKistan? I get so confused.

Chill...
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Joe Sesto

 

[Flasheart]

I am quite certain that there are other countries that use the word state and sales tax.

UK is an internationally recognized TLA for the United Kingdom not for either of the two you suggested. But given how few of your country men own a passport or even bother to travel it is hardly surprising.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCkYfYa8ePI

in fact you will find that the rest of the world knows CA as Canada.....small country to the north of you... might of heard of it.

Try this http://www.goggle.ca Strangely it doesn't come up as California.

 

[Joe Sesto]

I am quite certain that there are other countries that use the word
state and sales tax.

The challenge was for YOU to name one.

But given how few of your
country men own a passport or even bother to travel it is hardly
surprising.

Wrong again. There is such a rush for passports here now... that the wait for one is up to 3 months, or longer as we now need them to got to Canada or Mexico. Not previously required until 1-1-07. You might be surprised how often Americans travel, too. Though we are all not PJs and have worn out passports. It is a sort of ritual at parties to bring up your latest trips...to discuss the different foods and wines you have discovered. And you know when I'm abroad I run into more Americans than any other nationality, except the locals, of course. But I do not travel in June-July & August...too many tourists.

in fact you will find that the rest of the world knows CA as
Canada.....small country to the north of you... might of heard of
it.

You know, eh, that I've actually been there, eh. Nice people, eh?

You might be interested to know that California alone has a population greater than Canada...and some of those here are actually here legally.

Try this http://www.goggle.ca Strangely it doesn't come up as California.

If you just put in GOOGLE.COM it will come up IN California, as that's where they are.

You have a lousy sense of humour...that UK bit was not bad for off the top of the head IMO.
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Joe Sesto

 

[GaryJP]

So you will never need to ask again, here are the official 2 letter
abbreviations for the states in the US.

http://www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/usps_abbreviations.html

I know citizens in the US have to take these tests. I didn't know they were required from the rest of the world.

It's worth remembering the internet isn't American.

Galleries at http://www.pbase.com/garyp

 

[GaryJP]

Nasty internationalist types.

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[Flasheart]

I am quite certain that there are other countries that use the word
state and sales tax.

The challenge was for YOU to name one.

Ok then Australia.

Wrong again. There is such a rush for passports here now... that
the wait for one is up to 3 months, or longer as we now need them
to got to Canada or Mexico.

But then fewer than 20% actually have them. Saying that there is a huge demand because of backlogs speaks more of the inadequate system for application being poorly thought out. But then also possible that the US be dragged kicking and screaming into the 19th century of travellers having travel documents. I thought most US citizens were still too scared to travel outside their back garden due to the evils of AQ and other such organisations.

You might be interested to know that California alone has a
population greater than Canada...and some of those here are
actually here legally.

Actually not in the slightest bit interested in immigration problems or census figures of the former colony.

Try this http://www.goggle.ca Strangely it doesn't come up as California.

If you just put in GOOGLE.COM it will come up IN California, as
that's where they are.

And you know what put in google.co.uk and it will come up with the UK( that is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). But then claiming that a .COM is applicable to the US is not what it once was... for instance look at the URL, dpreview is registered in the UK( for reference to the TLA see above).

 

[Joe Sesto]

GaryJP wrote:
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It's worth remembering the internet isn't American.

No, but respecting the Internet, like GPS and other technologies we created....the US lets the rest of the world in on it. (We did screw up on not embracing GSM telecomm tech until late in the game...though I did have cell phones clear back in the mid-'80's.)

Europe is so envious that they want to spend billions of euros to have their own GPS network.

Europe's land based phone system is far behind that of the US, which is why mobiles are so popular there. I pay 15 euros ($20 US) a month for AT&T long distance and can speak to any one of the 300,000,000 persons in the US for hours per day on my landline at no additional charge.

My satellite TV brings in about 500 US channels, and I believe we pioneered that, too.

Companies like Google, Microsoft, Intel, Motorola, HP, Kodak, GE, and countless others are responsible for things the world now takes for granted.

I have to chuckle at times when I drive around Europe and see so many US brands and I don't mean McDonalds or Starbucks. The opposite is not often the case...other than a few cars (some American owned), some pharm and electronics.

But there are many things I see in Europe and elsewhere that often cause me to think; "Why don't we do that?" Nuclear power, 240v service, better trains, better urban planning, more efficient diesel cars, etc. Even little things like taking credit cards on the Autostrada seem so natural...but that would impact the union labor force here...better to back up traffic on the Golden Gate than let somebody go.

It really is a small world...too bad we just can't all get along...even here on DPR.

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Joe Sesto

 

[Defender90]

Having read this thread (my God, I must be bored!) two things strike me:

1) The Pilgrim Fathers made a big mistake getting on that boat from Plymouth

2) It is little wonder that (presumably) sensible American citizens are clamouring to get passports.

Colin

 

[brianric]

I spent eight years in the US Navy, made two Med cruises. To be quite frank, except for Canada, I do not have a desire to see the rest of the world. Go kiss my brown eye.

But then fewer than 20% actually have them. Saying that there is a
huge demand because of backlogs speaks more of the inadequate
system for application being poorly thought out. But then also
possible that the US be dragged kicking and screaming into the 19th
century of travellers having travel documents. I thought most US
citizens were still too scared to travel outside their back garden
due to the evils of AQ and other such organisations.

 

[Stuartmac]

I am quite certain that there are other countries that use the word
state and sales tax.

The challenge was for YOU to name one.

Ok then Australia.

Well, actually no. In Australia we have GST (Goods and services tax) the government don't like us calling it sales tax. And it is a federal tax, not a state tax.....it is the same for everone (i.e. 10%)

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'Tis better to have loved and lust than to never have lust at all

 

[Flasheart]

Fair point.... but then going back to the original point one would have to know that the only country that has states and a sales tax is the US.... personally don't have time or the inclination to do that survey.

 

[Badbatz]

But then fewer than 20% actually have them.

Gee, soldier...You really don't deserve an answer to your drivel, but I'd like to make just one fact clear to you: until very recently (and this has recently been extended until 2008 (?)) US citizens could travel without a passport to most places we go for vacations - all of North America, Caribbean islands, some Latin American countries, Bermuda, etc., hence no need for a passport for most people who just, like the British subjects, travel abroad for vacations only...

 

[Two Truths]

But then fewer than 20% actually have them. Saying that there is a
huge demand because of backlogs speaks more of the inadequate
system for application being poorly thought out. But then also
possible that the US be dragged kicking and screaming into the 19th
century of travellers having travel documents. I thought most US
citizens were still too scared to travel outside their back garden
due to the evils of AQ and other such organisations.

And THAT is why everyone loves to hate Americans!
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