mimoy_castillo Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 hi guys, has anybody tried buying from b&h photo?coz i saw in the net that the eos 20D is $899 only.they say its brand new.is this for real?i am form the philippines and an aunt of mine is going there in new york for a meeting this march and i am thinking of asking her to buy the camera for me.or will i add $200 more and buy from amazon.com.thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiqf Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 B&H is a good store. But are you sure their 20D is $899? I just visited there and the body is $1141.95. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuppyDigs Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Must be used or refurbished. Sometimes the light’s all shining on me. Other times I can barely see. - Robert Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will king Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 B&H is very reputable and probably the largest online seller of camera equipment. I have ordered from them several times and have been happy everytime, however, they are selling the 20D brand new for 1,141.95. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry_smith2 Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Did you actually see this price on the B&H site or was it from somewhere else? There are a lot of scams in the internet that use very low prices as a come-on but they will never sell it to you at the low price. The rice of the 20D will continue to decline as the 30D becomes available. I think it will soon go a little below US 1000.00 at places like B&H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulrich_brandl Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 The lowest price you can fand in the internet is $699 for a new 20D. You can find a link to the advertisement from mobileinc (UK) as a Google AD here on photo.net. But please don't understand this as a recommendation. I don't know anyone who has experiences with this seller and the offering sounds too good to be true. Ulrich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimoy_castillo Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 oops,my bad.i saw the $899 price at bestprice camera.com.they say thieir camera is brand new.how true is it?thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Kahn Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 BestPrice is one of the rip-off outfits in Brooklyn. Don't go there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimoy_castillo Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 thanks for the advice!how about 17th st.photo?since my aunt's meeting is in new york she might as well go there.is 17th st,photo a reliable store?they say their 20D is new and factory fresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve torelli Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 B&H is pretty much the standard by which these kind of outlets are judged.Personally, I never buy from any place else. I did use 17th St. Photo once and they are,AFAIK, a reputable outfit.Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyahn Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Here's my rule of thumb. B&H is a reputable seller and has priced the 20D at around $1140 or so. If you see any seller pricing the 20D at near (within $50-$100) B&H's price, you're probably safe. Any price that's too good to be true isn't dependable. Don't go for it Mimoy. You'll regret it. You can also check out most resellers at sites such as http://www.resellerratings.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_dunn2 Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 <p>There is also <a href="http://www.photo.net/neighbor/subcategory-index?id=2">a section right here on photo.net</a> where people can post their experiences, positive or negative, with various vendors. As others have said, B&H is one of the vendors with a good reputation. There are plenty of other camera stores which have richly earned their bad reputations. If you see a price which is substantially better than the prices offered by reputable vendors such as B&H, you want to check it out very carefully, because it is likely that you will be dealing with a disreputable vendor.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimoy_castillo Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 thanks so much for all the replies that all of you gave!i sent my aunt the contact number and address of 17th st. photo and it's all up to her.again my thanks to everybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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