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brecklundin · 12-11-2009, 02:29 PM

Originally posted by jacksonpritt

The problem with the 5% cashback thing is that Amazon just jacked their price up about 5%, so you end up being dead even.

Actually the kit is back to the $1135 range so...nope ya be wrong this time...hehehehe...

I only know because I added a few things to my cart and got splatted with all those "items in your cart have...." messages.

jacksonpritt · 12-11-2009, 04:00 PM

Good point.

Maximum $50 Amazon cash back per transaction though, so...
$1135 - $50 Amazon cashback - $100 Pentax Rebate = $985 for the camera and kit lens.

Not bad!
I'm too lazy to sell the kit lens though.

jacksonpritt · 12-12-2009, 01:38 AM

Amazon has the kit back down to $1,119.

$1,119 - 5% Amazon Cashback ($50) - $100 rebate = $969

echebota · 12-14-2009, 10:23 PM

Originally posted by jacksonpritt

Am I missing something?
J&R shows the full list price of $1,399.99 for me...

Pentax K7 14.6 MP SLR Digital Camera Kit/1 - Black in Digital SLR Cameras at JR.com

You have to add the kit to the cart and the price would change. J&R price has changed from $1114 to $1119 now. So the total final price for the kit is $963 shipped.

jacksonpritt · 12-15-2009, 12:59 PM

Amazon dropped the body only price to $1,050.95 this morning.

But they also ended their 5% cashback program.
BOOOOO, Amazon!

cbaytan · 01-19-2010, 08:57 AM

Bump for the thread.

US1photo price is USD 949 now. (Not BBB accredited)

us1photo.com

BBB Review of US 1 Photo in Linden, NJ

At amazon USD 1029

brecklundin · 01-20-2010, 07:52 AM

Originally posted by cbaytan

Bump for the thread.

US1photo price is USD 949 now. (Not BBB accredited)

us1photo.com

BBB Review of US 1 Photo in Linden, NJ

At amazon USD 1029

oh, yeah I wanna order from them...

US1Camera / US1Photo (us1camera.com, us1digital.com. Photomania) - us1photo.com - Reviews, Ratings and Prices at ResellerRatings

Samsungian · 01-20-2010, 08:04 AM

At Amazon where Pentax K-7 and kit lens sits at #56 they list its value at $2,084 !!!

Convincing potential buyers the Pentax K-7 is NOW a $2,000 MSRP camera is designed to make those fence sitters buy K-7 ???

Heck Pentax K-7 is almost half price

Amazon.com: Pentax K-7 14.6 MP Digital SLR with Shake Reduction and 720p HD Video with DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL Weather Resistant Lens: Electronics

Taken from

Most popular Camera Sales at Amazon:

Amazon.com Electronics Bestsellers: The most popular items in Digital SLRs. Updated hourly.

Originally posted by echebota

You have to add the kit to the cart and the price would change. J&R price has changed from $1114 to $1119 now. So the total final price for the kit is $963 shipped.

cbaytan · 01-20-2010, 08:16 AM

Originally posted by brecklundin

oh, yeah I wanna order from them...

US1Camera / US1Photo (us1camera.com, us1digital.com. Photomania) - us1photo.com - Reviews, Ratings and Prices at ResellerRatings

Yes, thanks for bringing up, I've just wanted to Bump the thread, but un-intentionally I've made their advertisement. So I read whole lot of horror stories about this store, I would never ever buy from them. If you do please proceed after reading the comments about the store, in the brecklundin's link.

cbaytan · 01-20-2010, 08:25 AM

Originally posted by Samsungian

Most popular Camera Sales at Amazon:

Amazon.com Electronics Bestsellers: The most popular items in Digital SLRs. Updated hourly.

Amazon's best sellers dSLR pages are totaly confusing hence misleading, for instance they have several best seller K-x's such as K-x white, K-x black, K-x with 18-55 WR, K-x with 18-55 + 50-200 and so on so on, I guess they are making these charts for themselves by confusing apples and oranges (bodies and the lenses) instead of buyers gain.

They should show one selling rank for each separate digital camera, whatever the color or the included lens is.

Samsungian · 01-20-2010, 08:33 AM

Easy to understand what Amazon does:

They sell cameras and their advertisers also sell cameras thru Amazon's site.
All together all the sellers on Amazon site contributes to Amazon overall totals.
Each different packaging competes with each other's different packaging.
Pentax adds more options with painted colored cameras.
Some cameras include lenses and others do not.

You See ???

K-7 best place last hour is #56.

Amazon stats change hourly

Originally posted by cbaytan

Amazon's best sellers dSLR pages are totaly confusing hence misleading, for instance they have several best seller K-x's such as K-x white, K-x black, K-x with 18-55 WR, K-x with 18-55 + 50-200 and so on so on, I guess they are making these charts for themselves by confusing apples and oranges (bodies and the lenses) instead of buyers gain.

They should show one selling rank for each separate digital camera, whatever the color or the included lens is.

cbaytan · 01-20-2010, 08:51 AM

Originally posted by Samsungian

Easy to understand what Amazon does:

They sell cameras and their advertisers also sell cameras thru Amazon's site.
All together all the sellers on Amazon site contributes to Amazon overall totals.
Each different packaging competes with each other's different packaging.
Pentax adds more options with painted colored cameras.
Some cameras include lenses and others do not.

You See ???

Well, obviously, instead of the packages ranks my wish was knowing a total of K-7 and K-x total body sales rank , how are we supposed to know that, yeah I know we can't. Thats what I meant. Giving packaging ranks helps only sellers, maybe very little to buyers.

cyy47 · 01-22-2010, 04:22 PM

Just checked out abe's of maine (add to cart to show $999 and comes with extended warranty). K7 is finally below the 1k mark from a credible dealer.

K7 from abe's of maine

Reseller rating

Wonder if it will still go even lower soon.

cyy47 · 01-22-2010, 04:28 PM

Just found out, better yet, choose the two lens kit (18-55 & 50-200 WR). It's $1114 after $200 rebate for the lenses. Those two lenses should be worth $200-300.

aleonx3 · 01-25-2010, 09:15 AM

Anyone from Canada noticed the price drop of K7 from Prodigital2000 lately? now it is US999 from 1129... it is very tempting..

12-15-2009, 12:59 PM	#185
jacksonpritt Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Berkeley, CA Posts: 124	Amazon dropped the body only price to $1,050.95 this morning. But they also ended their 5% cashback program. BOOOOO, Amazon! Last edited by jacksonpritt; 12-15-2009 at 01:12 PM.

01-19-2010, 08:57 AM	#186
cbaytan Inactive Account Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Trabzon/Turkey Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,010	BUMP Bump for the thread. US1photo price is USD 949 now. (Not BBB accredited) us1photo.com BBB Review of US 1 Photo in Linden, NJ At amazon USD 1029 Last edited by cbaytan; 01-19-2010 at 09:06 AM.

01-20-2010, 08:04 AM	#188
Samsungian Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Colorado USA Posts: 1,337	At Amazon where Pentax K-7 sits at #56 they list its value at $2,084 !!! At Amazon where Pentax K-7 and kit lens sits at #56 they list its value at $2,084 !!! Convincing potential buyers the Pentax K-7 is NOW a $2,000 MSRP camera is designed to make those fence sitters buy K-7 ??? Heck Pentax K-7 is almost half price Amazon.com: Pentax K-7 14.6 MP Digital SLR with Shake Reduction and 720p HD Video with DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL Weather Resistant Lens: Electronics Taken from Most popular Camera Sales at Amazon: Amazon.com Electronics Bestsellers: The most popular items in Digital SLRs. Updated hourly. Originally posted by echebota You have to add the kit to the cart and the price would change. J&R price has changed from $1114 to $1119 now. So the total final price for the kit is $963 shipped.

01-20-2010, 08:33 AM	#191
Samsungian Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Colorado USA Posts: 1,337	Easy to understand what Amazon does Easy to understand what Amazon does: They sell cameras and their advertisers also sell cameras thru Amazon's site. All together all the sellers on Amazon site contributes to Amazon overall totals. Each different packaging competes with each other's different packaging. Pentax adds more options with painted colored cameras. Some cameras include lenses and others do not. You See ??? K-7 best place last hour is #56. Amazon stats change hourly Originally posted by cbaytan Amazon's best sellers dSLR pages are totaly confusing hence misleading, for instance they have several best seller K-x's such as K-x white, K-x black, K-x with 18-55 WR, K-x with 18-55 + 50-200 and so on so on, I guess they are making these charts for themselves by confusing apples and oranges (bodies and the lenses) instead of buyers gain. They should show one selling rank for each separate digital camera, whatever the color or the included lens is.

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12-11-2009, 02:29 PM	#181
brecklundin Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Photos: Albums Posts: 1,674 Original Poster	Originally posted by jacksonpritt The problem with the 5% cashback thing is that Amazon just jacked their price up about 5%, so you end up being dead even. Actually the kit is back to the $1135 range so...nope ya be wrong this time...hehehehe... I only know because I added a few things to my cart and got splatted with all those "items in your cart have...." messages.

12-11-2009, 04:00 PM	#182
jacksonpritt Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Berkeley, CA Posts: 124	Good point. Maximum $50 Amazon cash back per transaction though, so... $1135 - $50 Amazon cashback - $100 Pentax Rebate = $985 for the camera and kit lens. Not bad! I'm too lazy to sell the kit lens though.

12-12-2009, 01:38 AM	#183
jacksonpritt Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Berkeley, CA Posts: 124	Amazon has the kit back down to $1,119. $1,119 - 5% Amazon Cashback ($50) - $100 rebate = $969

12-14-2009, 10:23 PM	#184
echebota New Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 9	Originally posted by jacksonpritt Am I missing something? J&R shows the full list price of $1,399.99 for me... Pentax K7 14.6 MP SLR Digital Camera Kit/1 - Black in Digital SLR Cameras at JR.com You have to add the kit to the cart and the price would change. J&R price has changed from $1114 to $1119 now. So the total final price for the kit is $963 shipped.

01-20-2010, 07:52 AM	#187
brecklundin Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Photos: Albums Posts: 1,674 Original Poster	Originally posted by cbaytan Bump for the thread. US1photo price is USD 949 now. (Not BBB accredited) us1photo.com BBB Review of US 1 Photo in Linden, NJ At amazon USD 1029 oh, yeah I wanna order from them... US1Camera / US1Photo (us1camera.com, us1digital.com. Photomania) - us1photo.com - Reviews, Ratings and Prices at ResellerRatings

01-20-2010, 08:16 AM	#189
cbaytan Inactive Account Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Trabzon/Turkey Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,010	Originally posted by brecklundin oh, yeah I wanna order from them... US1Camera / US1Photo (us1camera.com, us1digital.com. Photomania) - us1photo.com - Reviews, Ratings and Prices at ResellerRatings Yes, thanks for bringing up, I've just wanted to Bump the thread, but un-intentionally I've made their advertisement. So I read whole lot of horror stories about this store, I would never ever buy from them. If you do please proceed after reading the comments about the store, in the brecklundin's link.

01-20-2010, 08:25 AM	#190
cbaytan Inactive Account Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Trabzon/Turkey Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,010	Originally posted by Samsungian Most popular Camera Sales at Amazon: Amazon.com Electronics Bestsellers: The most popular items in Digital SLRs. Updated hourly. Amazon's best sellers dSLR pages are totaly confusing hence misleading, for instance they have several best seller K-x's such as K-x white, K-x black, K-x with 18-55 WR, K-x with 18-55 + 50-200 and so on so on, I guess they are making these charts for themselves by confusing apples and oranges (bodies and the lenses) instead of buyers gain. They should show one selling rank for each separate digital camera, whatever the color or the included lens is.

01-20-2010, 08:51 AM	#192
cbaytan Inactive Account Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Trabzon/Turkey Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,010	Originally posted by Samsungian Easy to understand what Amazon does: They sell cameras and their advertisers also sell cameras thru Amazon's site. All together all the sellers on Amazon site contributes to Amazon overall totals. Each different packaging competes with each other's different packaging. Pentax adds more options with painted colored cameras. Some cameras include lenses and others do not. You See ??? Well, obviously, instead of the packages ranks my wish was knowing a total of K-7 and K-x total body sales rank , how are we supposed to know that, yeah I know we can't. Thats what I meant. Giving packaging ranks helps only sellers, maybe very little to buyers.

01-22-2010, 04:22 PM	#193
cyy47 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boston, MA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 157	Just checked out abe's of maine (add to cart to show $999 and comes with extended warranty). K7 is finally below the 1k mark from a credible dealer. K7 from abe's of maine Reseller rating Wonder if it will still go even lower soon.

01-22-2010, 04:28 PM	#194
cyy47 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boston, MA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 157	Just found out, better yet, choose the two lens kit (18-55 & 50-200 WR). It's $1114 after $200 rebate for the lenses. Those two lenses should be worth $200-300.

01-25-2010, 09:15 AM	#195
aleonx3 Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Brampton, Ontario Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,996	Anyone from Canada noticed the price drop of K7 from Prodigital2000 lately? now it is US999 from 1129... it is very tempting..

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