Ritz again...

And I ain't talkin' 'bout no cracker!

I am in the process of updating the Lens Tables again, and I have discovered that, in it's ongoing fight with Canon, Ritz has discontinued all Canon-mount Quantaray lenses.

That'll put us in our place!

Riiiiight!

Oh no, no more Quantaray lenses?

I bought an old Quantaray once -- got taken advantage of on Craigslist when I was just getting into digital photography. It was the worst lens I've ever used.

Simple. Ritz is in such bad standing with Canon that they know they'll never carry a Canon product ever again. So why would they produce lenses for a product they don't carry?

I'm kind of surprised that "chased out of the store" didn't appear in the original post to be honest (the manager herself indirectly asked me to leave for not buying before).

20droger wrote in post #11778608
And I ain't talkin' 'bout no cracker!

I am in the process of updating the Lens Tables again, and I have discovered that, in it's ongoing fight with Canon, Ritz has discontinued all Canon-mount Quantaray lenses.

That'll put us in our place!

Riiiiight!

I thought they went out of business a couple years back.

Oh well, guess you can't keep a bad company down.

MrWho wrote in post #11785710
Simple. Ritz is in such bad standing with Canon that they know they'll never carry a Canon product ever again. So why would they produce lenses for a product they don't carry?

I'm kind of surprised that "chased out of the store" didn't appear in the original post to be honest (the manager herself indirectly asked me to leave for not buying before).

what?

I stopped in the Ritz store in Honolulu and there wasn't a Canon product to be seen. The sales rep deferred by saying it was a corporate decision to not stock Canon in store but you can still order it online which I checked and you can order a Canon DSLR through their online store.

I never did hear the story as to what caused this dispute.

ritz/wolf filed for bankruptcy. Lines of credit were left hanging...canon didn't get their slice of the pie like they would like. So instead of continuing in a business with an already faulty company canon wouldn't continue business with them. That's my understanding from internet reading.

smart move on their part. I really don't like ritz stores...they never carry anything I even want outside of canon merch and it's overpriced.

ssim wrote in post #11785994
I stopped in the Ritz store in Honolulu and there wasn't a Canon product to be seen. The sales rep deferred by saying it was a corporate decision to not stock Canon in store but you can still order it online which I checked and you can order a Canon DSLR through their online store.

I never did hear the story as to what caused this dispute.

That's about as silly as a DVD shop not stocking Disney movies or a bookshop not stocking fiction..

A reasonably accurate explanation of the whole Ritz/Wolf thing can be found here:

http://www.fredmiranda​.com/forum/topic/85103​4

As far as the Canon vs. Ritz business, Ritz simply left Canon holding the bag and Canon didn't care for it. Besides which, Canon being a company with some honor, they wouldn't play ball with kickbacks and other such crap. Ritz salespeople (being salespeople, with all that that implies) pushed other brands. Canon, therefore, was always a "poor seller" in the Ritz world.

Now, this business of discontinuing Canon-mount Quantaray lenses is just plain stupid.

Quantaray lenses are nothing but rebadged lesser-grade Sigma, Tamron, and Samyang lenses. There has never been one produced that, in my opinion, was worth owning. But still, they serve a purpose—sort of.

If, for some reason, you feel a need for a Quantaray lens, go buy the equivalent Phoenix or Vivitar lens instead. At least you can get them from B&H and/or Adorama for the same price.

Discontinuing all Canon-mount Quantarays does absolutely nothing to bother Canon. I doubt they even noticed. It does, however, further hurt their sales base. And this at a time when they literally need every penny they can get.

And yes, Ritz on line still sells some Canon products. But expect delivery of only those items that are leftovers on the shelf. If you order anything else, be prepared for it to be "backordered"—indefini​tely. They will charge your credit card up front, though. And, when you finally cancel your order, they will refund the charges, about 90 days later. Expect hassles over shipping fees, which Ritz policies say are not refundable. The fact that the item(s) never shipped is apparently irrelevant to this policy.

Andy Griffith says that Ritz is a "Good cracker. Goooood cracker!" I'd agree, about the crackers. The photo store? Not so much.

not to mention that all their prices (at least for Canon) are about 10-20% over priced.

Oh no, where do I get my L lenses now???