Re: B&H has PST's...oh, sorry, they don't...

From: Sol Sunspot (solsunspot_at_upthere.sky)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 19:52:05 GMT

"Mark Rosengarten" <isobutane@aol.comdelete> wrote in message
news:20040730151456.26045.00000748@mb-m28.aol.com...
> I have been looking for a Coronado PST for the last two weeks, and I
placed an
> order with Orion that is scheduled to ship on August 8th. A friend of
mine was
> also looking for one, especially after seeing what the PST can do with the
SM40
> attached to it.
> I have been checking B&H Photo's web site for the last week after hearing
that
> some people have been getting them from there. Last night the site
finally
> listed the PST as being "In Stock". This held true this morning as well,
so I
> called B&H to see if they were in fact in stock. I was told that there
were
> two in stock, and I told them to hold them for me. They gave me an order
> number and I called my friend. We took the 80 mile drive down to
Manhattan,
> found a parking space and went in to B&H Photo. We went to the counter of
the
> binoculars and telescopes department and gave the order number. The
manager
> said that there none in stock. We were there for fifteen minutes while he
> fiddled with the computer more and we also found out that they had only
> reserved one instead of two...but there were no PST's anywhere in the
store, so
> our order could not be filled. No one ever went in the back to check
visually
> that they weren't there. The guy who is their "buyer" was out today
(coming
> back in on Sunday). We were asked to leave our phone numbers and that
they
> would call us back and that they would ship them out to us for free ($11
> shipping usually) when they got them in. Completely aggravated, we left
B&H
> and came back home. 160 miles, tolls and gas later, we are still without
PSTs.
> I am done with B&H Photo as a source for my gear. I will wait for Orion
to
> ship theirs. Now hopefully, they will get their shipment of PST's on
time! :)
> I guess the axiom that good things come to those who WAIT is probably
right.

I've had trouble with B&H myself within the last year. Mainly, they refused
to ship any other way than what they specified and, of course, most of these
firms overcharge shipping costs to make up for discounts, a trick I see
through on a regular basis. So, if they don't have actual shipping options,
I avoid them.... and B&H was one of those I decided to avoid.

Ted

> Mark
> The Catman
> >^..^<
> isobutane@aol.com
> www.geocities.com/mark_rosengarten
> Owner/Coordinator of the Neko Ultraportable Solar Observatory
> Fun WITH The Sun for Everyone!

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