Kias
Senior Member
Pulled the trigger on a P7800 this morning. Couldn't resist.
Last Monday I finally decided on this one. I shop around on line all over the place. Hit Amazon first and saw it for $373.94 sold by J&R Music and Computer World. (A very legit company). Then went to B&H, Adorama, they both had it for $540ish... Couldn't figure out why it was so high, and went back to Amazon where the price had now jumped to $546.95, but no longer sold by J&R, it was sold and shipped by Amazon. Thought that was really strange, so decided to put off the purchase. Didn't really want to spend much over 350 on a P&S. Went straight to J&R's website jrmusic.com to find they closed their brick and mortar store (and apparently their website) so they can build and open a really cool looking store in 2015. But it said I could still buy from them on Amazon and Ebay in the meantime. Well, I don't know what happened to the $373 P7800
So I started looking at P330 and P340 instead. Almost pulled the trigger on a P340 this morning, but thought I'd look at the P7800 again. Low-n-behold, it came up on Amazon sold and shipped by J&R Music again for $373.94! So as fast as I could click buy, enter my password, and do all that, it was done.
The funny thing is that regular shipping (6-8 days) cost a dollar more than the Expedited shipping (2-3 days)
Then, right after I ordered it, I went into the "My Orders" section of Amazon, clicked on the P7800 link I just purchased, and it went to this screen... Now being sold and shipped by Amazon, again...
I don't know if this is a Grey Market camera from J&R or what, but I've ordered a lot from J&R in the past, and have never had one problem with them. I'll guess we'll see when it shows up. I guess if you're in the market for this camera, might want to check Amazon for a week or two. Seems they're flipping back and forth.
I'll update this when it shows up, if it shows up, hopefully it shows up, they already took the money! LOL
Last Monday I finally decided on this one. I shop around on line all over the place. Hit Amazon first and saw it for $373.94 sold by J&R Music and Computer World. (A very legit company). Then went to B&H, Adorama, they both had it for $540ish... Couldn't figure out why it was so high, and went back to Amazon where the price had now jumped to $546.95, but no longer sold by J&R, it was sold and shipped by Amazon. Thought that was really strange, so decided to put off the purchase. Didn't really want to spend much over 350 on a P&S. Went straight to J&R's website jrmusic.com to find they closed their brick and mortar store (and apparently their website) so they can build and open a really cool looking store in 2015. But it said I could still buy from them on Amazon and Ebay in the meantime. Well, I don't know what happened to the $373 P7800
So I started looking at P330 and P340 instead. Almost pulled the trigger on a P340 this morning, but thought I'd look at the P7800 again. Low-n-behold, it came up on Amazon sold and shipped by J&R Music again for $373.94! So as fast as I could click buy, enter my password, and do all that, it was done.
The funny thing is that regular shipping (6-8 days) cost a dollar more than the Expedited shipping (2-3 days)
Then, right after I ordered it, I went into the "My Orders" section of Amazon, clicked on the P7800 link I just purchased, and it went to this screen... Now being sold and shipped by Amazon, again...
I don't know if this is a Grey Market camera from J&R or what, but I've ordered a lot from J&R in the past, and have never had one problem with them. I'll guess we'll see when it shows up. I guess if you're in the market for this camera, might want to check Amazon for a week or two. Seems they're flipping back and forth.
I'll update this when it shows up, if it shows up, hopefully it shows up, they already took the money! LOL