In case he does, PM him or email him right from FM. He's a long-standing member here and is around frequently, so you can PM or email your questions right now and see when he responds. Might actually be the quickest path.
do you by any chance have his bh email? I want to make sure he gets one of the emails ASAP-Im supposed to meet the guy tomorrow afternoon and if it is stolen I need to find out ASAP.
Never carry $4K in cash for things like this. Meet him at the bank branch for Pete's sake, carry out the transaction inside, and hand the guy a check he can cash immediately.
But the seller could have been lying when he said it was bought from B&H, so that's good news but not conclusive. You didn't mention the serial number... was Henry able/willing to confirm whether that S/N had been one of theirs and that it had indeed been legally sold?
This was a very funny experience, for me anyway. I bought a new d200 and decided to go for a d300. So I listed it on Craigslist. I meet him in McDonald inside a train station. He tested out the camera and handed me cash. And since it was all small bills bunch of 20's 10's even 5's, so I was there counting for awhile. After I was done counting he kinda warned me. He was like be careful and watch your pocket. I told him it was ok because I was taking the train home, so he offered to walk me and wait with me on the track.
I 'ed. I am a guy and he was a guy so it was kinda weird for me. Anyway nice of him to do it but I declined.
PS. Rodolfo's advice about paying him in the bank is a very sound idea. There are cameras everywhere.
update-at the last minute he got cold feet and backed out. Claimed he was scared his friend may have stolen it
A call the B&H and Adorama had no stolen D3s on file
Shutterslam-wrong place and different D3s
NikonDeb wrote:
update-at the last minute he got cold feet and backed out. Claimed he was scared his friend may have stolen it
A call the B&H and Adorama had no stolen D3s on file
Shutterslam-wrong place and different D3s
"I Want My Camera Back" is a European-based stolen and lost photo equipment database. Owners of lost gear worldwide can list their lost equipment brand, model, serial number and equipment type, plus any other relevant details and it will be added into the database. The database can be searched by serial number.
This was the "I Want My Camera Back" press release I think about a year ago:
Iwantmycameraback.com is a photographic equipment serial number collective base for items which have been declared stolen or lost. The website through a specifically formulated process allows photographers to declare all details about their lost equipment, such as the brand, the model, the serial number and also information which concerns the place, the time of loss and finally an email address for further contact. Photographic supply shops, service centers, prospective buyers and whoever else wishes to, can, by using the search engine provided by this website, search through equipment serial numbers to find out if it has been declared lost or stolen.
Also it it possible to contact the owner who declared the loss, in order for him to be given the necessary information as in how to retrieve the equipment. The website www.iwantmycameraback.com aspires to become a universal database for lost and stolen equipment and to increase the percentage of retrievals.In other words, it will no longer be necessary to inform every service center, photographic supply shop or photographer independently in case of loss. They will be informed through the upload of the information on the website.
In addition, due to the universal nature of this service it will be possible to immediately and directly inform all service centers, photographic supply shops and photographers in all countries.
The function of the website depends on the universal community of photographers and is of a non-profitable nature.
I'm still kind of surprised that this camera isn't in stock anywhere. I understand that new products sell out quickly but the D3S has been out for a few months now. It didn't have a lot of hype relative to other camera releases. I know a great deal of photographers in the sports and photojournalist market and only know one photographer locally that has one(happens to be a freshmen in college). Even the photographers I know that get significant discounts directly from Nikon haven't made the jump to the D3S.
stuuke wrote:
Even the photographers I know that get significant discounts directly from Nikon haven't made the jump to the D3S.
Without going into any confidential details, how do said photographers earn the privilege of said "significant discounts"? Inquiring minds and wallets really want to know.
Rodolfo Paiz wrote:
Without going into any confidential details, how do said photographers earn the privilege of said "significant discounts"? Inquiring minds and wallets really want to know.
Most them have to be high visibility photographers. Cover high profile major events and shoot often. Some are photographers that made the jump from Canon to Nikon and contacted Nikon for a little extra convincing.
It appears that ritz/wolf has them in stock but their reseller rating is terrible.
'ed. I am a guy and he was a guy so it was kinda weird for me. Anyway nice of him to do it but I declined.