Skeptical to Fan
I saw a Canon RF 70-200 f2.8 at DealsAllYear, a lens that was sold out in a few of my usual camera spots and for $200 less. I was skeptical. DealsAllYear.com?? Sounded like a scam site, but seemed to have a lot of positive reviews. I called them the next day after I ordered. They picked up quickly and asked where I purchased, either Amazon, Ebay, Google, etc. I said their site/google search. They asked me a lot of questions to find the order, again, I was like hmm. But maybe a smaller store was slightly less organized with less resources. They said they had the order and would ship when they shipped out the rest of the orders. I ordered on Thursday morning at 8am. They called me the next day to tell me they were preparing to ship and asked me if I wanted to buy a $150 5 year CPS warranty. Now, I was like, uh, no?? but it comes with FedEx rush shipping/ flown instead of driven by USPS. That appealed to me, but opted to go no warranty and longer shipping. Monday comes and they call again asking me if I had decided on the warranty. This time I was open to it at a lower price to get the rush shipping - despite thinking it should have already been shipped, so I tried to negotiate the price on it. They said no, but might be able to include a filter. So after a few calls and negotiations, they included a better filter with the lens + the warranty. I wouldn't normally have done it but it seemed like a no brainer, mainly to get rush shipping/insurance, and I was actually pretty excited about the filter as well. Overall, very happy. I love the lens & Kolari Filter. I got it 11 days after ordering- the shipping fiasco was probably the most annoying thing, but it's a smaller store with an already given discount, so what can you do?? I'd get it here and just pay for the rush shipping if I would suggest anything. I doubt I'll use the warranty, but considering I got a more expensive filter plus shipping, it all worked out. But to answer my initial worries, the store is absolutely legit. And Steve, my contact with the store, was super cool. I had the most fun conversations with him despite them being about the warranty. @eclipticphoto