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View Poll Results: What % of camera/lens/accessory purchases of the last 18 months were online?
0% - I buy everything retail 22.11%
10% 11.05%
20% 11.05%
30% 11.05%
40%   00%
50% 11.05%
60%   00%
70% 22.11%
80% 66.32%
90% 2425.26%
100% - I buy everything online 5760.00%
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05-18-2016, 10:27 AM   #1
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What % of your camera/lens/accessory purchases are online?

Think about the last 18 months or so of camera/lens/accessory purchases. What $ percentage was done online? This includes all online purchase via Amazon, B&H, Adorama, KEH, and virtual marketplaces like we have here.


You don't have to share the actually dollar amount unless you are either proud or ashamed of it

05-18-2016, 10:28 AM   #2
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Because of my "out in the boonies" location: 100 % !!
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QuoteOriginally posted by jpzk Quote
Because of my "out in the boonies" location: 100 % !!
Yep, same here! Those of us lucky enough to live out in the boonies, have no other way to buy equipment.
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live out in the sticks - every bit of my kit is bought online....

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So, we have:

"out in the boonies" (2)
"out in the sticks" (1)
100% of online purchases!
05-18-2016, 10:42 AM   #6
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I walked into my local B&M store and bought my K-1 off the shelf. No pre-order, no prior relationship. So in dollars I'm at 80% online. I now consider online my nackup resource. My dealer can get me anything I need.
05-18-2016, 11:14 AM   #7
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The last 18 months? <5% in b&m. The main reason I buy almost exclusively online is that I buy used gear if at all possible.

Edit: Reduced the percentage after thinking through what I have bought lately...

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No local store stocks anything Pentax. So it is about 90% in the last 18 months.
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Is craigslist online? You shop online but buy in person.
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About 50%, later this year it should go up to 70%


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Lately, probably 90% or more online simply because I have no other choice where I live. The only thing I have bought locally are my SD cards. I would really prefer to support local business but I really have no other alternative unless I want to drive 50 miles or more with no guarantee they will have what I want.
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Should have a "in bed" option.....
05-18-2016, 05:33 PM   #13
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So far I haven't bought anything camera related using online. I live in a good sized city. However if things continue to go as they have the past couple of years...some camera stores here, shutting down, existing camera stores not carrying Pentax gear, I will have to go online.

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100% theres no Pentax dealers on my city

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My K-1 is the only major photographic purchase from a B&M in maybe four years.
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