Amazon/Adorama

[Dionysus]

Ok so i placed an order through amazon first thing this morning for a new Canon 50D. I put in for overnight shipping so it would get to me tomorrow. The fulfillment company is Adorama. It is now 7pm here on the east coast, and Adorama is closed. I never got a shipping notification all day today, and I'm getting irate. It'd be no big issue, but I've been without a camera for two weeks, and I finally scraped the camera money together and was able to order today for tomorrow (with deadlines for photography classes this friday.

My only hope is that Adorama is one of those companies that sends their notifications late at night, and not at the moment of shipping...

anyone know?

I'm really getting quite angry.

 

[kundalini]

There is a member here, Helen Oster, that is a staff member of Adorama. You could contact her directly. She has been most helpful to other members on TPF to sort out Adorama issues. Her email address is in this link...... http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...ing-last-cough-adorama-cough.html#post1936447

 

[KmH]

Ok so i placed an order through amazon first thing this morning for a new Canon 50D. I put in for overnight shipping so it would get to me tomorrow. The fulfillment company is Adorama. It is now 7pm here on the east coast, and Adorama is closed. I never got a shipping notification all day today, and I'm getting irate. It'd be no big issue, but I've been without a camera for two weeks, and I finally scraped the camera money together and was able to order today for tomorrow (with deadlines for photography classes this friday.

My only hope is that Adorama is one of those companies that sends their notifications late at night, and not at the moment of shipping...

anyone know?

I'm really getting quite angry.

Why didn't you order directly from Adorama and eliminate one link in the communication chain, if you needed the camera tomorrow? :scratch:

Plus there is the payment link in that chain. Did you use Paypal?

 

[pbelarge]

I am not sure why you are so worried and ready to condemn.
Adorama and Amazon are good companies. If it does not come tomorrow, then vent.
The 50D is a pretty common and usually stocked camera.
Did you read your receipt from Amazon to make sure it is being shipped?

I ordered 6 Photography books from Amazon at 1:45am last night. I had an email at 2:47am that the books had been shipped.

 

[HelenOster]

Ok so i placed an order through amazon first thing this morning for a new Canon 50D. I put in for overnight shipping so it would get to me tomorrow. The fulfillment company is Adorama. It is now 7pm here on the east coast, and Adorama is closed. I never got a shipping notification all day today, and I'm getting irate.

If we received your order before 6:00 pm, the item is in stock and there were no ID verfication issues, then it should have gone out when UPS picked up from us around 7 / 7:30 pm ET.

If you have still not heard anything, please email me directly: [email protected] and I'll see what I can find out for.

 

[Dionysus]

amazon, because my prime membership makes overnight shipping only 5.00.

i'm stressed because i'm moving out of state in two days, on top of being out of a camera, and unable to afford one til just yesterday, and I have photography classes with assignments due this friday.

I have valid reason to be irate. When I order next day shipping i expect it next day...if i wasn't in a hurry i would have ordered it ground.

you may have gotten a notification at 1am, but that just means they got it ready to ship..it doesn't mean it actually shipped...UPS and USPS have cut off times. That's not going out until that following day.

 

[jdag]

Well...did you get it today?

 

[mwcfarms]

I am not sure why you are so worried and ready to condemn.
Adorama and Amazon are good companies. If it does not come tomorrow, then vent.
The 50D is a pretty common and usually stocked camera.
Did you read your receipt from Amazon to make sure it is being shipped?

I ordered 6 Photography books from Amazon at 1:45am last night. I had an email at 2:47am that the books had been shipped.

Ok so Im nosey what did you order. Lol.

 

[Dionysus]

There was a mixup...the page said Adorama fulfills the orders, but in actuality it was coming out of amazon's warehouse in IN. They shipped it out at the last possible minute, and it got to me this morning.

PHEW. I HATE not knowing where my 1100.00 investment is at any given time. And it's the old skool upbringing in me that just gets furious when it doesn't seem like people are doing what they are supposed to be doing.

Everything worked out though, and I'm happy I have my new camera...and wow what an upgrade. I can actually take on more clients now, because I have a better camera. This 50D is AWESOME.

the remote trigger i got for it is kinda iffy though.

 

[HelenOster]

There was a mixup...the page said Adorama fulfills the orders, but in actuality it was coming out of amazon's warehouse in IN. They shipped it out at the last possible minute, and it got to me this morning.

I wish you'd contacted me as I suggested above; could have saved you all that worrying!

 

[KmH]

There was a mixup...the page said Adorama fulfills the orders, but in actuality it was coming out of amazon's warehouse in IN. They shipped it out at the last possible minute, and it got to me this morning.

PHEW. I HATE not knowing where my 1100.00 investment is at any given time. And it's the old skool upbringing in me that just gets furious when it doesn't seem like people are doing what they are supposed to be doing.

Everything worked out though, and I'm happy I have my new camera...and wow what an upgrade. I can actually take on more clients now, because I have a better camera. This 50D is AWESOME.

the remote trigger i got for it is kinda iffy though.

Oh, there was a mixup.

 

[ifi]

There was a mixup...the page said Adorama fulfills the orders, but in actuality it was coming out of amazon's warehouse in IN. They shipped it out at the last possible minute, and it got to me this morning.

PHEW. I HATE not knowing where my 1100.00 investment is at any given time. And it's the old skool upbringing in me that just gets furious when it doesn't seem like people are doing what they are supposed to be doing.

Everything worked out though, and I'm happy I have my new camera...and wow what an upgrade. I can actually take on more clients now, because I have a better camera. This 50D is AWESOME.

the remote trigger i got for it is kinda iffy though.

Amazon.com is The Best online store :thumbup:

 

[ifi]

Ok so i placed an order through amazon first thing this morning for a new Canon 50D. I put in for overnight shipping so it would get to me tomorrow. The fulfillment company is Adorama. It is now 7pm here on the east coast, and Adorama is closed. I never got a shipping notification all day today, and I'm getting irate.

If we received your order before 6:00 pm, the item is in stock and there were no ID verfication issues, then it should have gone out when UPS picked up from us around 7 / 7:30 pm ET.

If you have still not heard anything, please email me directly: [email protected] and I'll see what I can find out for.

Adorama on the other hand is very interesting. I got an email from them yesterday that my 77mm filter was shipped yesterday (June 29th) along with the tracking number. Here is the tracking information "The U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified by the shipper on July 1, 2010 to expect your package for mailing. This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the actual mailing date."

 

[Scatterbrained]

Ok so i placed an order through amazon first thing this morning for a new Canon 50D. I put in for overnight shipping so it would get to me tomorrow. The fulfillment company is Adorama. It is now 7pm here on the east coast, and Adorama is closed. I never got a shipping notification all day today, and I'm getting irate.

If we received your order before 6:00 pm, the item is in stock and there were no ID verfication issues, then it should have gone out when UPS picked up from us around 7 / 7:30 pm ET.

If you have still not heard anything, please email me directly: [email protected] and I'll see what I can find out for.

Adorama on the other hand is very interesting. I got an email from them yesterday that my 77mm filter was shipped yesterday (June 29th) along with the tracking number. Here is the tracking information "The U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified by the shipper on July 1, 2010 to expect your package for mailing. This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the actual mailing date."

USPS tends to be a little late updating shipping info, assuming they deign to update it at all. I've had that notice on the website even as a package was being delivered to my house.

 

[Scatterbrained]

Another thing people need to remember is that pick-up times for large companies like Amazon may be different than what is available to a small business or individual. If Amazon says your package was shipped at 2am it is likely that it was loaded onto a UPS truck at 2am.