Which site to buy from?? Please read.

[wkrider]

I am ready to buy the Pentax K100D . I am looking at the B&h site. They have a great price for the body lens combo with a 2gig card. Then I saw that BeachCamera has a great price too.

I remember a thread that rated all the sites but I cannot find it...can anyone help me out?

I also noticed that the rebate from is the same for B&H and Beach...so I am guessing that it is a Pentax rebate not a store rebate. The rebate is dated Jan 1 - March 27....I do not have time to order and get the rebate...but I seem to remember that people talked about these rebates being constant. Does anyone know that if the dates will change on the rebate for to cover the next few months?

Thanks

 

[ukcatfan]

I bought my K100D from Beach and my S1 IS from Buydig (their sister site). I had no problems and received my package very quickly. You cannot go wrong with B&H or Adorama also.

It is a Pentax rebate and not store specific.

You are looking for http://www.resellerratings.com/

Kevin

 

[wkrider]

I bought my K100D from Beach and my S1 IS from Buydig (their sister site). I had no problems and received my package very quickly. You cannot go wrong with B&H or Adorama also.

It is a Pentax rebate and not store specific.

You are looking for http://www.resellerratings.com/

Kevin

Thanks a bunch!!

 

[Groucho]

Beach is terrific but doesn't have the selection that BH or Adorama has. If you're going to get the 50-200mm lens, it's worth buying both from BH or Adorama as you get an extra $50 in the rebate, but if you're just buying the camera, I'd go with Beach for the slightly lower price and free shipping.

I ordered my Pentax from then on the afternoon of July 3rd, the day before a holiday... it was shipped that day and I got it on the 6th. Not bad!

 

[wkrider]

Thanks....

 

[iggbees]

my camera almost got to me today, after being shipped yesterday from beach. i couldn't believe it. granted i'm in ma and they are in nj. it was totally hassle free.

 

[Quicklabs]

I've bought a number of things from Beach, and I'm always a satisfied customer.

 

[Donald is #1]

I've always had excellent luck with B&H. I haven't used the other site mentioned in this thread so I can't offer a comparison.

 

[Metallicat]

I've bought two lenses from Beach. I highly recommend them.

 

[jann1033]

i've ordered from beach and adorama, and i know they are closed ( beach and b&h on friday and sat part days and adorama is closing( i think) april 1 for 10 days. usually you have to order the product/product shipped by the rebate "end of" day and have a few more days/weeks to get it in just in case you want to try for it.

 

[allyn]

i also recommend amazon, which usually has very good prices but is usually overlooked when buying cameras. newegg.com is also very good if you live in a state where they don't charge sales tax.

 

[Jeanne B]

i also recommend amazon, which usually has very good prices but is usually overlooked when buying cameras. newegg.com is also very good if you live in a state where they don't charge sales tax.

And the nice thing about Amazon is that if the price drops within 30 days after your purchase you can call them and they'll refund you the difference. But I also recommend beach (where I purchased my K100 from), buydig, b&h and Adorama as others have mentioned.

 

[jann1033]

i also recommend amazon, which usually has very good prices but is usually overlooked when buying cameras. newegg.com is also very good if you live in a state where they don't charge sales tax.

i've bought stuff from amazon as well... but just a fyi the only problem i ran into there is when they sell something via another store( which is alot for camera stuff) i don't think they always offer everything a store offers...for example...i just bought a tripod, monopod and ball head with an amazon gift cert. i wanted to buy them all at the same store to save on shipping but according to amazon, one store ( adorama) had the head and monopod , not the tripod and the other store with the tripod didn't have the other stuff so i had to order from two and got killed with shipping...then went on line later at adorama site itself, (not via amazon)and yes they did sell the tripod...which would have saved me almost $15 without paying the extra shipping...so not sure if you could get around that with amazon or not.