Dublin's dearest Camera shop.

DaireQuinlan

Barname wrote: »

my biggest gripe is when I went to a certain well known shop and purchased a D200, I was assured a new model was not imminent, the D300 was launched the next day!

left a sour taste especially as I have since learned about Nikons product cycles and know that they had to know!

poor form.

Well in a sense they were right, whoever they were. If that was just the new product announcement from nikon then it would have been at least a year if not longer before you would have been able to buy one.

Barname

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Well in a sense they were right, whoever they were. If that was just the new product announcement from nikon then it would have been at least a year if not longer before you would have been able to buy one.

no sense about it.

If I had waited a week I would now own a D300

Like I said, I was not aware of product cycles etc at the time, I was depending on the perceived integrity of the salesman, anyway he got his sale that day however in my book that is short term thinking

CabanSail

Not having a go here, but before buying gear you really do need to do more research than asking sales people in shops. Generally I try to know more about the specific product than they do.

The Sales Staff are there to make Sales. They could be playing the short game by selling you something by misleading you. You may not go back but then they may have moved on & they have a sale & are not concerned with the return business. Family owned businesses are more likely to play the long game.

There was lots of talk around about the rumoured release of the D300 long before it was official.

Barname

CabanSail wrote: »

Not having a go here, but before buying gear you really do need to do more research than asking sales people in shops. Generally I try to know more about the specific product than they do.

The Sales Staff are there to make Sales. They could be playing the short game by selling you something by misleading you. You may not go back but then they may have moved on & they have a sale & are not concerned with the return business. Family owned businesses are more likely to play the long game.

There was lots of talk around about the rumoured release of the D300 long before it was official.

Family, business and personal commitments etc. limit my time for infinite internet research

I didnt go to Harvey Normans or Currys I purchased from a well known Dublin Camera shop that has a Family name over the door.
I thought that one could fairly expect that such a business should be playing the long game.

I think my comments have been fair and I have not named the business

Thing is I am now in the market for a high value lens (2-3 x body price) and they will not be considered.

Tommy Max

Its on grafton street.

Complete rip off.

Standard of customer service is terrible. No chance of refunds.

kensutz