Best place to buy a Steadicam Pilot

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Mike@AF

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I want to buy a Steadicam Pilot-VLB with a Low-Mode Kit. Not necessarily looking for the best deal as I know good service and support costs a little extra, but I have a lot of things to buy in the next couple weeks and need to save where I can. Any recommendations on where to get a good deal?
 
Well, so far my best deals have been from Custom Supply in Birmingham AL. They dont actually stock anything, its all drop shipped but they definitely beat B&H hands down on price. Saved $200+ on my Cartoni Focus and almost $200 on my Merlin Arm/Vest. They are also $100 cheaper on the Ktek zeppelin. Problem I have lately is, the guy I am dealing with at Custom told me 10-14 days to get my arm/vest, then 16 days after my check clears he is again telling me 10-14 days. (Translation: We have your money but I haven't gotten around to placing your order with Tiffen yet and I haven't got the anatomy to be honest with you). It doesn't exactly give me confidence in a business when someone jerks you around instead of being honest and up front about whatever the issue is. Frustrating as hell. Hopefully this problem is limited to this one "salesman". We'll see.
Your point about service costing a little extra is well taken. B&h seems to be pretty good in that dept.
 
Being jerked around like that is good reason not to buy from them. Thanks for the info, which I'll sort of take as a warning.
 
That would make sense --hopefully that is the case.
Again, my issue is communication with one salesman (or lack of it). Had good experiences with the business in the past.
 
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