Pekka i want my money back

Ahh, I thought it was free for me because i'm Finnish..

Youngster wrote:
Ahh, I thought it was free for me because i'm Finnish..

I would expect Pekka to favor a fellow Finn. Nothing wrong with nepotism.

belmondo wrote:
At least I'm able to save money by being a moderator. Pekka gives me a 10% discount on forum membership fees.



What's that you say? You don't have to pay anything at all?

Pekka. I want my money back!

No membership fees? So where is the money I'm supposed to be getting for each post I make coming from?
I was promised $1.00 for each posting I make. That' why I've been trying to crank up my count...so that I can get me that new 1Ds mkII that I've been lusting for.

Hey, I want my money!

Leo:

Ummmm, errr....

The check's in the mail.:p

Canadians don't pay nuttin

I just got a phone call from my girlfriends mom. My phone number isnt listed thus my address isnt varified for B&H, so i had them send my girlfriend the 17-40...i guess i gotta go pick it up now

*CHA CHING* More money to the pekka B&H, Canon, kickback fund!

Actually they pay 82% of nothing, whereas Danes apparently pay 2x nothing, plus VAT. At least Canadians can smuggle nothing over the border, whereas Europeans have to ship it through customs and get hit with VAT charges.

I'd like to know when Canon became an american company. I'd hope that the japanese pay less? Do they?

Canadians don't pay nothing because no-one wants our dollar

Every out of country travel/purchase is in US$. Can't understand why anyone would conterfit our money, wasted effort.

Back on topic...............

Control is very important. You must have complete control over your spending habits so you can justify all the money you spent due to this forums' advice. Justified spending is not the same as splurging on the want to have stuff.

If you can justify it to yourself at the time, run with what you got

This forum has been fairly inexpensive to me, in fact it has saved me money.

Picked up the DO from here and saved at least C$400, same with a couple of filters. May have spent money, (C$2,400?) but saved money too

Some of the advice has sent me in the right direction, and saved me time and money.

So Pekka, what ever happened to the idea of donating to you for your service? I think 1% of sales or savings generated would help?

Actually, the Japanese end up paying more for their own goods than anybody else. That's why you don't see too many people rushing to Japan to buy those Canon goodies. I have a couple of relatives in Japan so you can be sure that if they were cheaper there I'd have most of my stuff from there, too.

timmyquest wrote:
I wonder what canon kicks back to them?

How do you think I paid for my 1D mKII and 200mm f/1.8L?

Is it still classed as spending if you get 12 months interest free credit?

poke wrote:
Is it still classed as spending if you get 12 months interest free credit?

Only on the 13th month when you get hit with all the interest you've accumulated over the last 12 month months because you were so busy taking pictures with your new photo toys that you completely forgot about paying back the cc company.

PacAce wrote:
Only on the 13th month when you get hit with all the interest you've accumulated over the last 12 month months because you were so busy taking pictures with your new photo toys that you completely forgot about paying back the cc company.

Thats how i got my rebel, i had it paid off in 6 months

What a great thread and I have NO idea what you are talking about.

Hmmmm.....let me see. 1D mkii, 20 D, 300 2.8, 100-400L, 75-300IS, 2x 580EX, 70-200 2.8L IS, 24-70 2.8L, 28-135 IS, 50 1.8, 50 1.4, 100 2.8 Macro, 100-300 USM, 28-105 USM, and probably a few others. Over the years, the list is too long to remember including 2 28-70 2.8 lenses and a 70-200USM. I've also owned: AE-1, AE-1 Program, A-1, T-70, 2x 630, 1N, 1V HS, and probably more. And all the goodies that went with those. Oh, and there were also a D30, D60, 2x 1D, and a 1Ds.

Let's talk Hasselblad for a while. And then there's Pentax medium format. But at least I sold both systems when they were still worth something. I got most of my money out of the Hassy.

Oh, let's also not forget my Graflex cameras. I have a Crown Graphic 4x5 and a Speed Graphic 4x5 (currently being restored by the fella that used to run Graflex's western division). Actually, except for an old A-1 (picked up cheap) those are the only film cameras I still use. Er, except for a pair of Polaroid 600 SE cameras with 2 127mm 4.7 lenses and a 150 5.6.

I think that covers it all.....