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merciful

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... just declined to sell me an M4, because I wanted it shipped USPS. Shouldn't the guy waving the plastic get his way in retail?
 
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Ouch, sorry to hear that :( In fact I almost had a deal with them in the past, but both the amount of papers they asked by fax, and the UPS shipment took me back.

I'm glad, as it was for a Canon 7 and I ended finding one for half that price at photo.net. If they don't come to reasons don't give up, there are always interesting deals on ebay, here or at pn.
 
Thanks. I emailed the owner: if he's smart, he'll say 'send me your info, and I'll walk it down the street to the post-office myself'; that's what I'd expect from a well-regarded company.

eBay is grinding me down: I'm spending too much time messing around looking. But sooner-or-later...
 
I have done a lot of business with KEH and have always been happy with them, but you are right. No reason not to ship a package via USPS if it is so requested by a customer. I am sure they have a special deal arranged for shipping with UPS, but in business, little business deals can be waived for customer satisfaction.
 
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I have done a lot of business with KEH and have always been happy with them, but you are right. No reason not to ship a package via USPS if it is so requested by a customer. I am sure they have a special deal arranged for shipping with UPS, but in business, little business deals can be waived for customer satisfaction.
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And not only that, I've read HORROR stories about Canada (and in fact worldwide) UPS deliveries...
 
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merciful said:
... just declined to sell me an M4, because I wanted it shipped USPS. Shouldn't the guy waving the plastic get his way in retail?
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Should is the operative word. As rover says they may have a shipping deal, many companies do. Very few online stores of any description will use the U.S. Postal Service.
 
I'm checking out that M5: might be the real deal if it's seen a shop lately and has the right s/n.

UPS Ground shipments to Canada are a nightmare. They send the stuff cheap, and then they have some sort of relationship with a Family-run business of western-European origin; who hold your stuff until you cough up the "brokerage fee". I recently returned-to-sender a camera because the guy didn't pay attention to my shipping instructions.
 
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Thanks, greyhoundman, but I'll be damned if I'll kowtow to them; it's got to be the other way 'round.
 
Merciful

That "brokerage fee" is what makes people around here ship UPS to a border store on the US side and pick it up from there. OTH I have had no problems with the USPS service. That is a bummer with KEH.

Bob
 
Hmmmmm: I knew that UPS's higher-grade services didn't have the guys-with-flat-noses feature, but I didn't know they were potentially cheaper than the USPS these days. I'll investigate, thanks.

But I won't buy from KEH.
 
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