Availability of Nikon D800 in Singapore

[plasticeye]

Canon 5D mk3 are selling around 4.2 - 4.3k... D800 should be cheaper... *sigh*

price still high because of availability issues.

 

[yun10]

Harvey Norman quoted me a price lower than retail, but the receipt put official retail price, therefore, the outstanding after deposit is not the same as quoted.
And on my end, I do not have anything to prove the quoted price.

can I know if it's the way on how it works for those who bargained at harvey norman?

 

[spawnx]

Bro, how u gather the number. Not doubting u, just curious.

CRC has 10 5Dmk3 and 1 D800... Nikon, y u no make enough D800???

From CRC when they first got their D800 last week... of course in the few days past, Nikon might have brought in more.

Key point is, D800 is in way to short supply... so the D800 vs 5D3 battle might be lost over supply problems

 

[cks2k2]

Harvey Norman quoted me a price lower than retail, but the receipt put official retail price, therefore, the outstanding after deposit is not the same as quoted.
And on my end, I do not have anything to prove the quoted price.

can I know if it's the way on how it works for those who bargained at harvey norman?

Isn't that illegal?

 

[yun10]

Isn't that illegal?

Hmm.. Not sure. I did a search here and saw people saying HN can bargain so I tried.

Not sure how this works at HN so I asked.

 

[miyata]

So long as you pay what you were quoted , i don't see a problem.

How they cover the outstanding, Guess we don't need to know.

Might be for hitting sales target or something ?

 

[cks2k2]

Hmm.. Not sure. I did a search here and saw people saying HN can bargain so I tried.

Not sure how this works at HN so I asked.

Not the bargaining part, but the part where the official price on receipt is different from the actual price you pay.

 

[Zenten]

Isn't that illegal?

If both parties are willing .........

 

[cks2k2]

If both parties are willing .........

Even though the salesman isn't asking for any "benefits" in return, it is still a grey area for me personally.
Any lawyers here to confirm this?

 

[esoeij]

I don't think this kind of practice is legit. However, I think over declaring the price on the official receipt will not get the retailer in as much trouble as underclaring (since ah gong will collect less in GST and it could be construed as tax fraud). Mine is not a legal opinion, just my own personal and subjective one.

 

[cks2k2]

I don't think this kind of practice is legit. However, I think over declaring the price on the official receipt will not get the retailer in as much trouble as underclaring (since ah gong will collect less in GST and it could be construed as tax fraud). Mine is not a legal opinion, just my own personal and subjective one.

I'm thinking more in the line of "conspiring to defraud" HN.

 

[yun10]

I guess the guy just deduct from his own commission. Because if cashier, receipt and everything keyed in the amount, somehow somewhere got to fill up the difference.

So, its just a matter of earning less commission for the sales guy.

 

[D800X]

And we should never cut back the sales guy commission!
Never do that !

 

[Umeiko]

Harvey Norman quoted me a price lower than retail, but the receipt put official retail price, therefore, the outstanding after deposit is not the same as quoted.
And on my end, I do not have anything to prove the quoted price.

can I know if it's the way on how it works for those who bargained at harvey norman?

Harvey Norman sold you a D800 at a price lower than RRP?

 

[yun10]

And we should never cut back the sales guy commission!
Never do that !

Lol.. Willing seller willing buyer.

 

[yun10]

Harvey Norman sold you a D800 at a price lower than RRP?

Transaction not complete. So I can't say they sold me at a lower price. Anything can change at this moment.

But i read from mk iii thread that they have different price from HN. Did a search and realized can bargain at Harvey.

 

[adamdewilde]

What was the quoted price for D800 from HN?

N what is the MSRP from Nikon SG?

 

[ericcf]

SLRR got 1 from what I was told. The strange thing is that some of the older Nikon sellers like Max Photo, Parisilk and Gopes did not get any. Either that or they are not telling the truth.

Coz they are smart. For 1 d800 and I have to get so many compacts. If u are the owner of the shop, will u do that? I surely wun. In either way, is a lose lose situation.

 

[N-user]

Not the bargaining part, but the part where the official price on receipt is different from the actual price you pay.

There are many things behind which we wont know and no need to know.... they "might be ask" by N to not sell below RRP... else machaim Apple and Microsoft, which control the RRP, will lost some "benefits" etc..... end of the day, maybe hit target, they will get back sales commission from N.... who knows.... this is very common practice for travel agency selling air tickets...... thousand and one reason.... so long they offer buyer a price, buyer accept, both happy can already.... whether the sales fella out to cheap the company (highly unlikely)... is between him and the company, not you... so just enjoy the new toy..... :devil:

 

[reject]

how many d800 do we have now? any feedbacks? anything you dont like or like compared to d700 or d7000?