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11/15/2006 12:40:23 PM · #1 |
I have been dreaming, scheming, drooling, agonizing over what lenses I was going to buy with an employee discount from Canon. I have been waiting and waiting and waiting for the company store to open online.
FINALLY, this morning, I am able to log into the canon employee website.
WOOOO HOOOO, I am in!!!
Alright, lets look at the lenses I want to buy....
What the....
They are selling crap on the website. Refurbished lenses that no one wants anyway. Ok, I check out everything else on the site...ALL CRAP ALL refurbished junk at lousy prices.
WHAT A HUGE LETDOWN after WEEKS AND WEEKS of anticipation.
So, I bought a couple lenses through Amazon and B&H and now I feel much better.
Still, I cannot believe the crap on the employee website... |
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11/15/2006 12:47:17 PM · #2 |
| Canon are bound to disappoint... |
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11/15/2006 12:51:50 PM · #3 |
| Should work for Nikon instead. lol |
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11/15/2006 12:55:40 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Bugzeye:
Should work for Nikon instead. lol |
Are you saying that Nikon would have a load of stuff left over for staff, as nobody else wants to buy it? :)
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11/15/2006 12:57:26 PM · #5 |
| Care to share the website and login information so we can see for ourselves? Just kidding. :-) Well on the bright side, at least you got some new toys, even though you probably spent a little more. Have fun with them! |
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11/15/2006 01:06:53 PM · #6 |
| i am saying that Nikon wouldn't try to pedal off their second chance garbage on their employees at inflated prices. That's what Ebay is for. haha. actually Nikon is backordering everything they make lately so the demand must be huge. Canon on the other hand must be way ahead on production because I seen a stack of Canon Rebels at Walmart yesterday that went all the way to the rafters, must be getting ready for the day after thanks giving sale. |
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11/15/2006 01:11:34 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Bugzeye:
I seen a stack of Canon Rebels at Walmart yesterday that went all the way to the rafters, must be getting ready for the day after thanks giving sale. |
The best way to sell accesories (lenses, flashes, etc) is to get bodies in the hands of more people. Those stacks of Rebels could turn into some serious cashflow for Canon.
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11/15/2006 01:18:37 PM · #8 |
I toured a Trek bike factory years ago. They had a huge warehouse full of all the Trek bikes and any employee could sign them out when ever they wanted. SWEET! I'm guessing Canon doesn't do this?
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11/15/2006 01:51:14 PM · #9 |
Which plant did you tour? Trek doesnt do that anymore. But they still let you buy two bikes per year at cost, however you have to have it assembled at a authorized dealer for warranty reasons. After a fee the price isn't much below suggested retail. Kind of a bummer I worked there for a couple of years but never bought a bike from them.
Originally posted by LoudDog:
I toured a Trek bike factory years ago. They had a huge warehouse full of all the Trek bikes and any employee could sign them out when ever they wanted. SWEET! I'm guessing Canon doesn't do this? |
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11/15/2006 01:58:56 PM · #10 |
When I worked in a camera store Nikon had great deals on employee purchase (as a Nikon dealer we were considered Nikon employees). Pretty much their entire line was open to employee purchase. Nikon was a certain % off from dealer cost, the percentage varied from pro to consumer product and also what the item was. Then they always threw out a pre-holiday special. The first year the N80 (film) was out you could get one on the special for nearly half of dealer cost.
From time to time Canon would have "employee specials" but if you wanted to buy from Canon you were better off going through the store owner and paying his cost than waiting for Canon to hopefully have an employee special.
Pentax had pretty good employee purchase, but didn't open up the line the way Nikon did. Nikon really wanted to get their products into the hands of the sales people. Pentax would sell us bodies at cost and then accessories (flashes and lenses as well as misc. items) we could get at like 15-20% off cost.
Olympus used to have fabulous employee deals (just ask my family and their collection of Olympus Stylus cameras), but I've been told that they stopped that and now most everything is cost+.
Message edited by author 2006-11-15 14:02:37.
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11/15/2006 02:04:07 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by slickchik:
So, I bought a couple lenses through Amazon and B&H and now I feel much better. |
What did you get?
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11/15/2006 04:36:30 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by vxpra:
Originally posted by slickchik:
So, I bought a couple lenses through Amazon and B&H and now I feel much better. |
What did you get? |
I got the 24-105, the 28mm f/1.8 and the 1.4x teleconverter.
I have been saving for a few months now and sold a lens to fund this nice purchase...plus the double rebate from Canon.
One plus is that the prices on the 24-105 came down during my wait...
I have an entire week off for Thanksgiving and I am going shooting, woooooo hooooooo!!! |
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11/15/2006 04:40:02 PM · #13 |
The 24-105 only comes off my camera for the 10-22 to go on in the circumstances where I want that. Then it goes right back on. You'll love it! Edit to add the fact I get crap scores with it is solely my fault, not that of the lens. :-)
Message edited by author 2006-11-15 16:41:18. |
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11/15/2006 04:57:26 PM · #14 |
I am really looking forward to these new lenses.
I really wanted a fast low-light prime for indoors so I got the 28mm f/1.8...Sometimes the 50mm f/1.4 is too tight...I can't get far enough away from the subjects.
I agree about the 10-22...I LOVE that lens.
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11/16/2006 08:10:02 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by Bugzeye:
Which plant did you tour? Trek doesnt do that anymore. But they still let you buy two bikes per year at cost, however you have to have it assembled at a authorized dealer for warranty reasons. After a fee the price isn't much below suggested retail. Kind of a bummer I worked there for a couple of years but never bought a bike from them.
Originally posted by LoudDog:
I toured a Trek bike factory years ago. They had a huge warehouse full of all the Trek bikes and any employee could sign them out when ever they wanted. SWEET! I'm guessing Canon doesn't do this? |
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It was outside of Madison Wisconsin I think. It was more then 10 years ago.
Edit, I just looked at your profile! I think I visited you!
Message edited by author 2006-11-16 08:10:42.
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11/16/2006 09:33:48 AM · #16 |
You toured the plant in Waterloo, I live about 20 minutes from there I worked in Waterloo but not at the main plant, I was in a smaller building a couple of blocks up the road where they formed the carbon fiber components for those expensive touring bikes. I actually prepared some parts for a few of Lance Armstrongs bikes the last year I worked there which was the first year he won the tour. Pretty Much everything on the bike was a different size from the standard retail versions.
Armstrong toured the plant while I worked there but it was on a day I had called in sick so I missed out on meeting him.
Originally posted by LoudDog:
I toured a Trek bike factory years ago. They had a huge warehouse full of all the Trek bikes and any employee could sign them out when ever they wanted. SWEET! I'm guessing Canon doesn't do this? |
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It was outside of Madison Wisconsin I think. It was more then 10 years ago.
Edit, I just looked at your profile! I think I visited you! [/quote] |
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