Amazon Playing Games with D7000 Orders?

I put in an order at Amazon for a D7000 (body only) on October 28th. The price for the camera was $1,199.00. The latest update from Amazon is that the order will not be fullfilled until after December 25th.

Yet today (December 1st, 2010 that is), if you go on Amazon's web site you'll see the D7000 body only in stock and ready to ship for $1,499.00. These are things that make you go hmmmmm. You'll note that Amazon is selling this through Photoworld, probably one of their affiliate members. And Photoworld has marked up the price as they are aware of how high demand is for this camera.

Nonetheless it is bad PR for Amazon to do this and they should have thought twice before letting this go up. While I am tempted to cancel the order and go to B&H, all that would mean is that I would drop to the end of the queue at B&H and end up waiting longer for the camera than if I simply stay with Amazon. I'm busy with other projects and don't need the camera right now, either. However, it will make me think twice about ordering from them in the future. It leaves the feeling that they are not being straight with their customers about their order fullfillment process.

Update - Amazon notified me last night that the order will now be filled and I can expect the D7000 next week. Now that is too cool.

Comments

[Mrfearless47]

Amazon hasn't had the body only since it was released. They only sell the body plus kit lens, which retails for $1499. The prices for the kit are quite inflated right now. I found that ordering it through Best Buy got me the kit and I was able to sell the 18-105 for the difference in the kit price and the body price. The bodies only are in extremely short supply.

[Dean]

Well, all I can say is my D7000, body only, at $1,199, arrived last week from Amazon, shortly after I posted this. So I'm happy.

[Rob]

Might not be Amazon's fault but with such a high profile item they should have noticed.

I ordered a B+W 49mm UV filter from Amazon, fulfilled by Cambridge World. Almost immediately the status went to "shipping soon." Nice! A week later it was still listed as "shipping soon." Not nice because that meant I had no ability to cancel the order or complain to Amazon about my order having not arrived. Those actions are all suspended during "shipping soon"

At this point I contacted Cambridge World to ask what "soon" meant. They responded that they in fact did not have the product on hand and would not for another two weeks. I understand being back ordered. The problem was they still had it listed as being in stock and available for shipping. I asked them to cancel my order and immediately ordered another from B&H. It took me two more emails for them to actually cancel the order.

To me, Cambridge World clearly and intentionally abused the "shipping soon" status to keep me from canceling my order. And they lied in the first place by saying it was in stock and available. Had they put "backordered, hips in 3-4 weeks" I would not have ordered it from them - I needed the filter NOW, not in a month. If I dont need something right now, I have no issue waiting. But let me know up front. In the mean time the price has gone up slightly - about the same percentage wise as your D7000 order. Had I not cancelled my original order I would still be sitting at "shipping soon."

Lack of honesty cost Cambridge World a customer. Two days after I cancelled my order I decided it was time to get a serious tripod and ball head. I ended up paying slightly more from where I purchased from than what Cambridge World offered. Their profit on the filter was probably $10. Profit on the tripod/ball head would have been at least 10x that.