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Look like a wimp to me, he may not be able to handle this 180-600
Good plan, but Nikon comes with sales tax which for some is 8-10% premium.Look like a wimp to me, he may not be able to handle this 180-600
I ordered directly with NIKON (USA) after waiting 3 months from B-H. Nikon billed my credit card the nest day, shipped the following day. If you don't live here in the states, place order at your (friends) Nikon location, skip the dealers.
so do most things. Sometimes you have to roll with a less than ideal situation.
Not me, USA did not include tax in my payment.
Global demand is high, including Japan as judged by MAP Camera: " ....Nikon Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR lens rounding out the top three... "
petapixel.com
- I got a first UK batch 180-600 on the 31st August last year.
Well, order through Hunts. No sales tax, free shipping, and 3% back on my card….
Thats how I landed my 600f4E when they were backordered for like 6 months. No one ever thinks to check bestbuy for the big ticket items!
When I first heard of this lens, I got on the list at a Tempe, AZ camera store. I don't remember when that was, but it was right after the lens was officially announced. I waited months with no word about when it would be available. When I asked, they said they had only received a couple for NPS members, and then someone on a Facebook group (I think it was) said that he had ordered a lens from a store in California which notified him that it had two, but he had already found one elsewhere. I went online to the store and ordered one which I received three days later. On the same afternoon of the day I made the purchase, Tempe Camera sent me an email saying they had the lens and I was next on the list. I told them to move to the next one. I guess you just have to persevere....
My answer to your question is: with patience.
I pre-ordered and finally received it in December.
neither have my purchases from Nikon USA included sales tax .. maybe it is state specific
In many cases, stores will be required to charge tax to customers who are ordering from the state the online business is based out of, but are not required to collect out-of-state taxes... There's always been a "how much $ did you spend on online orders from out of state sellers" on annual tax filings, but I don't know how many people are truthful on that line item.
One part of that is that in some cases they are if they have a physical "presence" in the state they are shipping to or have an agreement between states. Amazon the fastest one that comes to mind. Nikon has no physical presence in Idaho and no agreement with Idaho so no sales tax.
