Amazon.com and their price-gouging sellers.

[aerosolcheese]

OK, I thought the 5D MKII price gouging by Amazon's sellers was crazy, but this is getting ridiculous. I really wish they wouldn't allow these shady bastards to sell on their site... I think it can ruin their reputation.

[ldelacruz]

Canon should put pressure on them as well. Broadwayphoto advertises in most camera magazines and the magazines continue to take their money. What a shame!

[johnastovall]

Have you contacted Amazon?

[brad]

There is nothing shady about this.

Shady would be putting a price up there like $300 and having the shipping charges be $4000.

[aerosolcheese]

sorry...wrong choice of words on my part, brad.

[brad]

Its not like the lens is rare.. so it is probably just a poor business model.

[d2creative]

I don't think I see the issue.
As a consumer you have a choice of where to buy and as a business they have a choice of how much to charge, unless the manufacturer puts a cap on it.
It's up to the consumer to make an informed decision.
I bought the nikon 24-70 a couple weeks ago from 42nd St Photo who had it for $20 more than the street price seen elsewhere, but they were the only ones who had any stock so it was worth it to me to pay a little extra. If they were charging $200 more, I would have looked elsewhere.

[brad]

Originally Posted by d2creative

as a business they have a choice of how much to charge, unless the manufacturer puts a cap on it.

Manufacturer technically can't do that because of price fixing laws.

[Howard Barlow]

OTOH, it might be a typo.

[MHampton]

Have you ever noticed they always only seem to have 1 at a time so you better "hurry!" and buy it while you can. Sheesh!

[CaptainTom]

It is an obvious typa, I mean typo.

[ldelacruz]

Originally Posted by brad

Manufacturer technically can't do that because of price fixing laws.

They can cancel your agreement with them if you are a dealer.

[z-monster]

Originally Posted by MHampton

Have you ever noticed they always only seem to have 1 at a time so you better "hurry!" and buy it while you can. Sheesh!

Even though there are 3 new ones from 1,699 still available.

[Arnor]

Hi Tarick,

Did you send the seller an email? I just did as this looks like a simple typo to me, someone hit 4 instead of 1 (pretty easy on the num-keypad)

Best regards,

[zeroendless]

Originally Posted by brad

Its not like the lens is rare...

The 24L II is, in fact, very hard to find, not only in US but Japan too (so they said). I've been 3-4 months on Robert Imaging's waiting list. I called them up last month and was told it's a line of there, not heavy but long enough. The issue is they only receive 1 or 2 pieces per shipment, not enough to fulfill the back order.

If you search online, none of them have one in stock.

zeroendless added 3 Minutes and 55 Seconds later...Double Post Merged Below

Originally Posted by z-monster

Even though there are 3 new ones from 1,699 still available.

Nope, only amazon has it for $1,699. It's a legit online price but they never got one in stock. I've seen 17th photo, onecall and other legit amazon affiliated stores bump the price up to $1,899....