BH backorder emial - 5DMIII

Dear XXXXX:

You placed order # on 03/02/12.

One or more items from this purchase are still out of stock as we haven't
yet received the merchandise from our supplier. We are sorry for any
inconvenience this may have caused. We will keep you posted on a weekly basis.

We appreciate your patience and patronage. Feel free to contact us with any
questions or comments about this order.

Thank you.

B&H Photo-Video
www.BandH.com

I just received this from BH. I got the confirmation e-mail on March 2nd at 12:28 EST. I hope this is an automated response...

It is an automated response. I placed my order at 12:05 EST and got the same response this morning.

I got an email from a friend in NM that Best Buy will have them in stock on 3/25.

I got one to

You placed order #********* on 03/02/12.

One or more items from this purchase are still out of stock as we haven't
yet received the merchandise from our supplier. We are sorry for any
inconvenience this may have caused. We will keep you posted on a weekly basis.

We appreciate your patience and patronage. Feel free to contact us with any
questions or comments about this order.

Thank you.

B&H Photo-Video
www.BandH.com

What time did B&H preorders go live? I thought it was 2am EST but it looks like people were ordering around midnight.

Try the smaller regional outlets. It looks like Canon is using the "shallow and wide" distribution pattern they have used with recent models: They distribute fewer cameras to the big dealers, but also distribute a few cameras to the small dealers at the same time. So your chances are better as the only person on a small dealer's waiting list than as the 150th person on a large dealer's waiting list.

Take the cameras going to Best Buy, for instance. The odds are your local Best Buy will have their one or two bodies hidden below the case--because a $3500 isn't going to sell well enough to take up display space. So if you get there quick and ask for it, you'll get it earlier than people on the B&H waiting list.

RDKirk wrote in post #14107217
Try the smaller regional outlets. It looks like Canon is using the "shallow and wide" distribution pattern they have used with recent models: They distribute fewer cameras to the big dealers, but also distribute a few cameras to the small dealers at the same time. So your chances are better as the only person on a small dealer's waiting list than as the 150th person on a large dealer's waiting list.

Take the cameras going to Best Buy, for instance. The odds are your local Best Buy will have their one or two bodies hidden below the case--because a $3500 isn't going to sell well enough to take up display space. So if you get there quick and ask for it, you'll get it earlier than people on the B&H waiting list.

No one knows for sure about how many B&H are getting nor if B&H has them ready to ship, we just don't know.

Andy btw, there's a big ship of containers docked at Oahu and was wondering if that's filled with camera and maybe it's taking a quick stop to y'all on the mainland.

When the last two 5D models came out, the distribution pattern was pretty obvious. People across the country were easily finding cameras in their local stores while people were on the B&H and Adorama waitlists for months.

RDKirk wrote in post #14111957
When the last two 5D models came out, the distribution pattern was pretty obvious. People across the country were easily finding cameras in their local stores while people were on the B&H and Adorama waitlists for months.

That is hilarious.

Its funny that a camera which costs so much may(and shall) sell out!

a 500 dollar phone... I cam be persuaded to understand why it sells out...

a $3500 camera.... well, the next person who complains about a rough recession AND owns a 5D mark 3, gets hit with a big stick.