camera buffs.Which one?

[Paulo]

@joelster

Trust me on the pricing games they play, they got me too.

I bought a D40x with a 55-200mm AF-S VR lens for around 600 bucks. I was excited to say the least.

A few hours later I get an email saying to call a 1-800 number to confirm the order, so I figured, no biggie. I call the number and they ask me for the 3 digits on the back of the credit card to confirm the order. I tell them and then the salesman is like “So…what kind of battery did you want to go with? We have the 2-hour battery for $149.99, but right now for a limited time we have the 5-hour with a charger for $179.99”, I was like oh fuck, so I got the 5-hour…then he told me “So…what memory card did you want to go with, ya know you need the high-speed card right? We have a 1-GB card for $79.99 but right now for a limited time we have the 2 GB card for $99.99, yada yada yada”, I was not so happy, lol, then he tried to sell me an extended warranty, some filters, you name it, lol.

All in all, my killer 600 dollar deal turned into an $850 dollar deal.

so basically you got fucked and even overpaid for the battery and card. You didn’t HAVE to buy the other things from them.

oh well. lesson learned I suppose. I love dealing directly with Nikon.