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From: rogerk@sco.COM (Roger Knopf 5502)
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Subject: Re: Camera discounters (was Re: Handholding long lenses)
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Date: 20 Feb 90 02:35:46 GMT
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In article <3815@nmtsun.nmt.edu> john@nmtsun.nmt.edu (John Shipman) writes:
>One thing that often happens is that you call a discounter
>and order something, and they don't have it, but they don't
>tell you that.  Then they take your money and order it from
>*their* supplier, and you sit around and chafe for weeks or
>months while they go through back-ordering and so on.

47th St. Photo did just that to me. It was a filter (77mm) that
was part of a larger order. The other stuff came right away and
the filter took 3 months. Calling didn't help. I will never buy
from them again.

Roger