Who has best price on hmc150?

johndimsum said:
Of those you listed, have you bought from videogear.co.uk, dsvideo.tv or planetdv.net.

I'm interested in those because they offer the cheapest prices while shipping internationally.
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Dude.

Buy through and authorized dealer only.

First check that out.

Then check price, shipping, etc...
 
If the price is under $3100, it's probably not legit. Only buy from authorized dealers, you will save yourself a major headache and potentially your money.
 
Yes.. scammers for sure. I love resellerratings.. Have saved me on a few instances. I know that Barb is the same price as B and H, and or will compete. She's a really cool person, very honest and good to deal with. I didn't buy from here at the time, as she was out of stock so I bought it through B and H. I highly recommend Barb and will buy from her again. She follows up with you and makes you feel special about buying. The local guys here in Orlando were such jerks.. that I decided to never buy anything through them again and certainly never send them any bussines..
 
Well,call me old fashioned and in some cases you would be correct. In others you would be wrong, after all I shoot with an HMC150 and a DVX 100b before that. When I can I always buy locally and I try to support my neighbours. When they annoy me I say so, as the head honcho of Panasonic Broadcast Canada will attest.
Anyway...I suggest you find an authorized dealer close to your home/community if possible and if not then find one and support that business. ANd for sure support the business who support DVXXUser they continue to support this community that we all enjoy and learn from. They will know you are aware of the prices out there and in most cases they will work with you and keep you as a client/customer. Kinda like you do with your clients or should be doing.
I think it is important to remember that relationship building in the community is crucial,especially now in what many are referring to as "difficult economic times" or recession. The few bucks you save going here or there may not be much help when your camera is down and all you have is the music on the phone while you are on hold.
So sure shop around, be smart and try to deal local. The big boxes do the volume thing, but it is unlikely that they will know your name....depending on the P.O.S. software of course.
Just my two cents....
Brian
 
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BrianMurphy said:
Well,call me old fashioned and in some cases you would be correct. In others you would be wrong, after all I shoot with an HMC150 and a DVX 100b before that. When I can I always buy locally and I try to support my neighbours.
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I agree with you Brian. Buy locally whenever reasonably possible. You want to support the folks that can give you local service and supplies.

The point at which I depart from the "buy locally" is if there is compelling reason to do so. In most cases, buying locally gives you the peace of mind that the guy you bought your camera from is a few minutes away and can handle any problems (assuming he's reputable). In my case, the closest dealer for the HMC150 is 50 miles away. In addition, the return policy is 10 days/store credit only. I talked to him about it but they could not budge on their policy. I don't really blame them, there are dishonest folks out there who would merely buy the camera, use it for their event and return it rather than renting one. But in my case I needed the peace of mind knowing that I'm covered if the camera just isn't cutting it. B & H offered 15 days satisfaction guaranteed. I'm not in a financial position where I can make such large purchases very often. If I'm making a $3600 purchase ($3200 on one item) on a piece of equipment that I've never used before, I want that peace of mind knowing that if it came down to being completely dissatisfied with the product, I could return it if I had to.

Or if the guys act like jerks toward me...........
 
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I always want to buy locally and I Do. I hire locally too and want to support all Florida filmmakers. My dealing though with the local Orlando companies has been so tenuous and full of frustration. Because I'm not dealing in 10's of thousands of dollars, my calls didn't get returned and I was actually hung up on by one local guy. Couple with this, when I first bought my HVX.. they were 1500 dollar more than what I got it for at AVS. They weren't even willing to come anywhere closer to it.. and then when I didn't order through him, he called me a scumbag and that. I think there's an inherant, screw the local filmmaker mentality here in Orlando. For so long, they have been able to screw corporate clients, screw Hollywood companies, and then just transfer it over to the locals. Orlando is not a very "indi-friendly" town.
 
Orlando is not a very "indi-friendly" town.
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Ouch!
Perhaps, you should edit your post Justyn and put the name of the retailer in Orlando out there for all to know, especially those folks at Panasonic U.S.A. who say yes or no to who can be an authorized dealer.
Where I come from we say: "What comes around goes around." and "together we can make a difference."
I also think that the "big guys" are feeling the heat. The industry as they know it, is changing at warp speed and the private domain of the $ix figure biz is evaporating. Your generation is conquering and consuming and creating mediia at a rate nobody could have ever anticipated. Some get nervous ..some nasty and protective and some of us old surfers just enjoy the new wave.
Fight back....build community don't take any sh_t.
Brian
 
Indeed Brian. I hear all of that. I don't think anyone would bother to deal with these guys, but if anyone is in Orlando then I'd be happy to respond via PM.

It is a changing world and will continue to change. You can see it already with the DSLR world. Everyone can afford a nice camera these days, and to what end? Poor photographers and a flooded marketplace..

Here we have a down economy and a flood of film students who'll work for whatever, and get out of school with 75k in debt. It's just stupid to pay that for a film education...


Either way it's cool. How's montreal? I used to live in St. Laurent and went to school in Montreal. A great town but horrible winters... brrr
 
I buy form the person who gives me the best price.

Do I include service in the price... most certainly... but price is king to me when all things are equal.

I would not pay 10% more just because someone is local.

Not in 2009.

It's not as important as quality of gear and price.
 
I think I may have picked the right place to buy from, regardless of price, as I think I found a problem in my HMC that I can't seem to solve. I posted about it in the Technical forum and it may just be something dumb that I missed in the settings (I've only had the camera for 3 days). But if I can't get it solved in a few days, I am going to be awfully glad that I bought it from B & H, regardless of the price.
 
just ordered mine from b&h. they had two deals, i took the package:
camera alone = $3199
camera package = $3499 w/bag, big batt, 16gb card, uv filter, lcd hood & mic (azden not the panasonic)

b&h also has the free shipping on the camera.
 
I bought mine from Spec-comm last week. Their price is $3285, but if you pay with a wire transfer, you get 2% off. So that makes it like 3219+shipping.
 
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