Are other stores authorized dealers for items they sell through Amazon?

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Purchased it through Amazon who is an authorized dealer. ... return policy that the service they are Ordering from Amazon? Mary F , Feb 14, 2007; 05:46 p.m.Is Amazon a certified Canon dealer?

I've ordered from B&H and Andorama in the past, but wondering if I should go ahead and use Amazon this time? Thanks! ResponsesBruce C Subscriber , Feb 14, 2007; 06:00 p.m.

I don't think they're a dealer. If nose around a bit, you might see that Adorama fulfills a lot of Amazon's photographic orders, so they are affiliated. Unless the price is considerably on Amazon, I'd probably order directly from Adorama or BH -- assuming you were satisfied with them previously.

But I don't see any drawback to ordering from Amazon either. Adorama supports this forum. Joshua Szulecki Subscriber , Feb 14, 2007; 06:04 p.m.

Most of the time when I try to buy camera gear on Amazon it gets routed to Adorama, so I just order directly from B&H or Adorama (depending on who irritated me more recently;) ) when I need something. It really weirded out a few weeks ago when Adorama e-mailed me about an order having shipped, because I didn't notice Adorama was the Amazon marketplace seller, and the e-mail didn't describe the item. Bob Atkins Admin Subscriber Frequent poster , Feb 14, 2007; 07:00 p.m.

As far as I know Amazon are an authorized dealer. They sell Canon items directly (as well as via 3rd party sellers) and the stuff comes with a normal Canon USA warranty. I know because I've bought both cameras and lenses directly from Amazon.

It's obvious if you're ordering from Amazon or someone else. Just read the order page. Amazon usually give you a free shipping option and a 30 day return.

Most 3rd party sellers don't give free shipping and have a shorter return period. If you order from Amazon itself, the order is filled by Amazon. They don't hand the order off to someone else.

If you order from Adorama via the Amazon website, the order gets filled by Adorama. Mike Simons Subscriber , Feb 14, 2007; 07:27 p.m. When you buy, it *always* tells you "shipped from: ACME Camera Company" or somesuch, unless it says "In Stock," in which case it's coming from the Amazon warehouse itself.

That information is immediately under the product title/name. Incidentally, I had my eye on a 16-35mm L from Amazon (didn't want to buy @ Adorama - NY taxes) - and it's now out of stock for the next two months (!). -mcsJohnson D.

, Feb 14, 2007; 07:44 p.m. Yes they are an authorized dealer and the claim they only sell low end gear themselves is nonsense. Their selection doesn't include everything but a good deal of "popular" high end stuff is available.

My experience using Amazon for camera equipment is that pricing is generally not bad but sometimes can be great. The few times I've had problems with orders they've treated me spectacularly well. Sources: http://photo.net/canon-eos-digital-camera-forum/00JwwW .

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Skilful programming can move a business's website toward the top of a product search list, but a growing number of retailers are entering the pools where virtually every online shopper shops: eBay and Amazon. "If consumers Google 'electric guitar,' they're going to see all the big-name sites first," said Playground Music General Manager Dick Reinlie. "Playground will come up around page 13.

Amazon and eBay are like big flea markets, where customers are more likely to find us. The playing field is more level there. "Florida-based Playground Music, which operates one full-line store and one band & orchestra store, began selling online about two years ago.In addition to selling from its own e-commerce website, www.playground-music.biz, Playground downloads images and product information from its suppliers and uploads them to its eBay and Amazon stores.

Price tags on the items sold through these channels range from a few dollars to thousands of dollars. According to company President Tony Leonard, Playground partners with vendors that "one, allow us to sell this way--not all of them do--and two, hopefully drop-ship to the customer, which significantly reduces the shipping time." E-commerce approached 9% of Playground Music's total sales in its first full year of selling online, and since then it's been rising.

With the exception of used products and manufacturer-discontinued items, Playground doesn't sell via auction; everything is sold through the "Buy It Now" option at MAP or higher. "That's the only way we can pay the eBay service charges and still have the sale be profitable," said Reinlie. All related expenses, including Paypal and other services, total "about 10% of the sale on eBay and a little less on Amazon.

"Firehouse Guitars, in business since 1997 with three brick-and-mortar stores in Michigan, launched GearTree.com in 2005. Around the same time it began selling on Amazon and eBay. Firehouse/GearTree President Tim Adrianson noted that, beyond breadth of exposure, mega-sites provide some shoppers a greater sense of security over e-tailers they haven't dealt with or, perhaps, even heard of.

Theoretically, affiliation with a respected brick-and-mortar store could make consumers trust its online counterpart more than a general online shopping site, especially for items such as high-ticket acoustic guitars. But exploiting customer familiarity wasn't part of the Firehouse/GearTree strategy."Very few of our GearTree customers are aware of any connection with Firehouse," Adrianson explained. "We branded it that way intentionally.

We didn't want Michigan customers shopping on GearTree; we wanted them shopping at our Firehouse stores. We started GearTree to diversify our customer base. " Sources: http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/199865024.html .

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