Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!CSvax:Pucc-H:Physics:rb From: CSvax:Pucc-H:Physics:rb@pur-ee.UUCP Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Subject: Re: mail order rip-offs - (nf) Message-ID: <805@pur-phy.UUCP> Date: Thu, 14-Jul-83 13:03:56 EDT Article-I.D.: pur-phy.805 Posted: Thu Jul 14 13:03:56 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 15-Jul-83 17:58:44 EDT Lines: 15 #R:ihuxk:-38600:pur-phy:10500001:000:474 pur-phy!rb Jul 14 09:15:00 1983 Some time ago, I decided to buy a zoom lens using mail-order. Several places advertised the lens I wanted (a Vivitar Series I 70-210) for around $135. B&H was asking $150, and a few (i.e., Cambridge) were asking even more. After calling around a bit, I discovered that all the cheap prices advertised did not include the camera mount (as though anybody would buy a lens without the mount). The mount cost $25-$30. I finally bought from B&H. Ross Bogue pur-ee!pur-phy!rb