I just stole a Fuji GS645S from KEH...

[RobC]

I'm confused. Are we saying this item was a lens shade and the OP isn't owning up to making a mistake or are we saying it was a KEH ruse to get people looking at their site.

 

[aoresteen]

I'm not sure it could be cancelled here, not sure about mail order, but it's my understanding that in a physical store, if there is a price marked on the item (that isn't adulterated), and the customer is prepared to buy it, it must be sold at that price.

There are occasional deals to be had after markdown sales, for example, on stuff that missed getting repriced.

Not true. The courts have held that if a store makes an error they can cancel the sale. The baseball card case is a classic example of this.

http://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1825&context=law_lawreview

It's not likely that KEH will sue but the ethical thing to do is to contact KEH and let them know that they may have made an error. If they say yes it was an error then negotiate a new price or send the camera back for a refund of what you paid.

A few years back a well known Leica dealer sold me a Leica If for around $450 or so. I thought it would be a red dial but it turned out that they had sold me a black dial If worth $800+. I contacted the dealer and told him I thought he made an error. Indeed he had. We worked out a mutually satisfactory deal. He sent me a much better condition If red dial and I sent the black dial If back to him.

 

[AgX]

I'm confused. Are we saying this item was a lens shade and the OP isn't owning up to making a mistake or are we saying it was a KEH ruse to get people looking at their site.

I am saying that the item he got billed was a lens hood.

How it came to it we don't know. He might have ordered the item I linked to in the belief it being the actual camera.
At least I was fooled by that page today.

As Brian indicated the case might be more complicated. But that would likely involve several errors to have been made.

 

[Ken Nadvornick]

He might have ordered the item I linked to in the belief it being the actual camera.

"Every time something good happened to me, something bad was always waiting around the corner: Karma."

His name is Earl...

 

[mweintraub]

I am saying that the item he got billed was a lens hood.

How it came to it we don't know. He might have ordered the item I linked to in the belief it being the actual camera.
At least I was fooled by that page today.

As Brian indicated the case might be more complicated. But that would likely involve several errors to have been made.

If it's a hood that fits on the GA645, I'll buy it from him.

 

[Old-N-Feeble]

Not true. The courts have held that if a store makes an error they can cancel the sale. The baseball card case is a classic example of this.

http://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1825&context=law_lawreview

It's not likely that KEH will sue but the ethical thing to do is to contact KEH and let them know that they may have made an error. If they say yes it was an error then negotiate a new price or send the camera back for a refund of what you paid.

A few years back a well known Leica dealer sold me a Leica If for around $450 or so. I thought it would be a red dial but it turned out that they had sold me a black dial If worth $800+. I contacted the dealer and told him I thought he made an error. Indeed he had. We worked out a mutually satisfactory deal. He sent me a much better condition If red dial and I sent the black dial If back to him.

Rare honesty/integrity... I respect that.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Call KEH. I can be returned. Ask for a free shipping label. Return it in 14 days and there will be no restocking fee.

 

[TooManyShots]

I am saying that the item he got billed was a lens hood.

How it came to it we don't know. He might have ordered the item I linked to in the belief it being the actual camera.
At least I was fooled by that page today.

As Brian indicated the case might be more complicated. But that would likely involve several errors to have been made.

So, did the OP get his camera or not??? If not, is he suing Keh for deceptive merchandising??? So, there was never a camera to begin with...well...

 

[Sewin]

:munch::munch:

 

[Harry Stevens]

We will have to wait and see what develops.

 

[frank]

This reminds me of a joke: How do you drive a moron crazy?

 

[BrianShaw]

Frank, you slay me. I'll be chuckling for days!

 

[BrianShaw]

But I know somebody who can probably answer that question. Just wait, he'll post soon.

 

[Old-N-Feeble]

No I won't.

 

[AgX]

As member zane refuses to reply on his own thread I assume I was right in post #123 and that he kept his lens hood without further struggle with KEH.

 

[njrfoto]

HAHA

 

[RobC]

I didn't even have time to think, because I bought it so quick. Never again will I be able to buy this camera for $22 haha

I've bought enough stuff from KEH to keep my camera karma at rest haha

egg on face

 

[Kyon Thinh]

He did online, so he might decided to keep the lens hood.

 

[filmFreak35]

awesome find!

 

[Huss]

I just read all 6 pages of this thread, for the entertainment factor.
Thank you everyone!

So, to sum up, the OP mistakenly bought a lens hood instead of a camera?

 

[Wayne]

I just read all 6 pages of this thread, for the entertainment factor.
Thank you everyone!

So, to sum up, the OP mistakenly bought a lens hood instead of a camera?

And he liked it so much he's been out shooting flareless images for 3.5 straight weeks since he last logged in to APUG.

Its not nice to make fun of people's mistakes. But this is pretty funny.

 

[RobC]

I don't think he's got a sense of humour since he hasn't been back to tell us how nice his lens hood is.

 

[Eric Rose]

Personally I would have contacted them if it really was a camera and asked if that was the correct price or not. I don't like it when someone takes advantage of one of my mistakes and I wouldn't do the same to someone else. It's just not right imho.

 

[Roger Cole]

And he liked it so much he's been out shooting flareless images for 3.5 straight weeks since he last logged in to APUG.

Its not nice to make fun of people's mistakes. But this is pretty funny.

It's not nice to poke fun at honest mistakes.

But crowing over how you are taking advantage of someone else's mistake and then realizing it's YOU that made the mistake is just brilliant, shining karma in action. Things don't always go so well but this time it seems they did. And I don't mind folks gloating about the universe dealing some comeuppance through a delightfully ironic turnabout.

Personally I would have contacted them if it really was a camera and asked if that was the correct price or not. I don't like it when someone takes advantage of one of my mistakes and I wouldn't do the same to someone else. It's just not right imho.

Of course. I posted my thoughts about that before. What I find amazing is all the people who agree to take such a mistake and run with it.

 

[AgX]

As I already said above, we too were fooled by KEH and it took us a long time to realize that.
We should keep that in mind before laughing about the OP.

But I admit the OP "leaned far out the window" as we would say in Germany.