IS NORMAL?
Posted 07/07/2010 - 16:44
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Very strange I must say.
It's a great way to sell a lens .
Certainly that would be a shop I wouldn't bother with again
It's a great way to sell a lens .
Certainly that would be a shop I wouldn't bother with again
let the education continue
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
Posted 07/07/2010 - 16:45
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If they don't tell you the price then it will be very difficult for you to buy from them!
Very strange.
Very strange.
Best regards, John
Posted 07/07/2010 - 16:51
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This is fairly normal in Tottenham Court Road, they expect you to make them an offer and they will work up from there.
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 07/07/2010 - 16:51
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yes strange...
after they said me:
when you want to buy the lens?
i said: i;m looking for..so i think in these days..
and they said: came back the day when you buy it!
this is very polite!
anyway i think i'll buy the lens by internet..i'm afraid to have another contact with a "human" seller!
after they said me:
when you want to buy the lens?
i said: i;m looking for..so i think in these days..
and they said: came back the day when you buy it!
this is very polite!
anyway i think i'll buy the lens by internet..i'm afraid to have another contact with a "human" seller!
Posted 07/07/2010 - 16:53
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If you have time in London visit our friends SRS in Watford, real 'humans' and the best prices.
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 07/07/2010 - 17:25
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I know the shop and that is exactly what they do. They claim that they will undercut anyone's price so they expect you to go in and say "Blogg's cameras have the lens for X" and they will undercut it.
Personally I find the whole shop so weird and odd that I won't buy anything from there. As others have said, get on the train to Watford and go to SRS.
Cheers, Kris.
Personally I find the whole shop so weird and odd that I won't buy anything from there. As others have said, get on the train to Watford and go to SRS.
Cheers, Kris.
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
Posted 07/07/2010 - 17:58
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Spectrum seem to be a strange set up. Whilst agreeing that one can expect a bit of bargaining/ haggling in Tottenham Court Road, it was still silly. Once when I asked the price of something I got the usual what price have you seen it elsewhere. So I told them what CameraWorld were selling the item for.
We can't match that 'cos they are grey importers'/ same when I quoted Park Cameras price. I gave up at that point!
Andy
We can't match that 'cos they are grey importers'/ same when I quoted Park Cameras price. I gave up at that point!
Andy
Andy
Posted 07/07/2010 - 19:41
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I have had a similar experience. I was looking to get a DA 21ltd and Spectrum wouldn't tell me their price, unless I produced some evidence of what the competition was offering the lens for... then when I mentioned SRS and amazon (i knew the prices at both places) the chap said he wouldn't match them and started muttering (not sure why). Finally he said I could go up Tottenham Court Road and find the lens, get a price, then come back and he would knock a penny off... all very weird. Suffice to say I didn't buy anything from them...
Regards
Regards
Posted 07/07/2010 - 20:01
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Between Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Circus, just off the north side of Oxford Street, in Wells Street, there is Camera World, see map here. Very nice people. I bought my DA55-300 there.
They appear to be listing the DA*16-50 at a slightly better price than SRS see here.
Glyn
They appear to be listing the DA*16-50 at a slightly better price than SRS see here.
Glyn
Posted 07/07/2010 - 20:34
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They are almost con-men in that store.
Pentax Pro-Centre ... I wonder where they acquired the window stickers from.
To use a phrase from Royle "Pro centre? Pro centre, my aaaarrrrsssse!"
Pentax Pro-Centre ... I wonder where they acquired the window stickers from.
To use a phrase from Royle "Pro centre? Pro centre, my aaaarrrrsssse!"
Posted 07/07/2010 - 23:07
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K-3, a macro lens and a DA*300mm...
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16 years
italy
today i went to spectrum in Tottenham Court Road (london).
i was there because is a pro center pentax and i'm looking for a da* 16 50,
so i asked about this lens and the price...and they told me that they cannot tell me the price because after i would have gone to amazoon to compare and find a better price...
amazoon???
the funny thing was that all staff were serius about this...no price!
this is strange...i'm italian and in italy when you enter in a shop and ask about price... is normal receive an answer...
i asked again my question but they were jocking with me...
so for me this is the first and the last time in this shop!
carlo