Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/07

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Subject: [Leica] Adorama vs. B&H backorder policy...and oh yeah, I just ordered an M9
From: pasvorn at boonmark.net (Pasvorn Boonmark)
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 14:02:39 -0800
References: <075E202C-99B0-49E6-AA8E-84C45EA77550@bex.net>

For back-order stuffs from B&H, usually you can sign up for a notification
when the item arrive.
Once you get the e-mail, you can go and order it.
This has been working for me.

Special order is different, however.


On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote:

> Well, I decided to just do it.
>
> I usually buy from B&H, but on back-orders their practice is to charge the
> buyer's credit card when the order is PLACED.
> Adorama charges only when the item SHIPS.
> I don't want to give anyone use of my $7000 for a few (?) months needlessly
> and for no return (at 6% that's $35/mo).
> Anyone know why B&H is so unfriendly in this respect? Keeping an order
> active in the system until the item's in stock costs them nothing.
> But this practice clearly costs them orders.
>
> ?howard
>
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