08-01-2010, 06:17 PM
[quote name='wim' timestamp='1280676380' post='1443']
Same problem here. I ordered a 5D II for a relative, almost two months ago. It finally arrived yesterday, and that was only the second one the shop received in 2 1/2 months, with another 10 or so on back order.
Ever since Canon laid off 1800 factory workers in Japan several years ago because of the impending crisis, and the Canon offices no longer keeping any stock at all, things have been very bad with regard to getting any new (semi-)professional equipment, and sometimes even any equipment whatsoever.
Not much better than with Nikon either; they laid off 1200 people at the same time.
What I really think is interesting is the fact that this way they made the crisis become a self-fulfilling prophecy. You can't sell anything if you haven't produced it yet, or don't have any stock. I know many retailers who have been struggling with exactly that. Enough orders, but impossible to fulfill, because neither Canon nor Nikon can deliver....
Kind regards, WIm
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I must add though - and this has little to do with ordering problems - that I lament the disappearance of the small, specialized camera shops. Okay, they can't compete with the price dumping of the large electronics retailers, so they have closed due to pressures of the market. But it is hard to get professional quality equipment, and even harder to find staff who know about the stuff they're selling.
Same problem here. I ordered a 5D II for a relative, almost two months ago. It finally arrived yesterday, and that was only the second one the shop received in 2 1/2 months, with another 10 or so on back order.
Ever since Canon laid off 1800 factory workers in Japan several years ago because of the impending crisis, and the Canon offices no longer keeping any stock at all, things have been very bad with regard to getting any new (semi-)professional equipment, and sometimes even any equipment whatsoever.
Not much better than with Nikon either; they laid off 1200 people at the same time.
What I really think is interesting is the fact that this way they made the crisis become a self-fulfilling prophecy. You can't sell anything if you haven't produced it yet, or don't have any stock. I know many retailers who have been struggling with exactly that. Enough orders, but impossible to fulfill, because neither Canon nor Nikon can deliver....
Kind regards, WIm
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I must add though - and this has little to do with ordering problems - that I lament the disappearance of the small, specialized camera shops. Okay, they can't compete with the price dumping of the large electronics retailers, so they have closed due to pressures of the market. But it is hard to get professional quality equipment, and even harder to find staff who know about the stuff they're selling.