Quote Originally Posted by jlau
Are you guys driven by price or do you have a 'camera guy' you always go to to purchase things from regardless?

If you can find a local place with an honest, friendly, trustworthy camera guy that provides good service, that's a good reason to buy there, even if it's 20% more. (IMHO.)


Quote Originally Posted by crosbyharbison


I will buy all my lenses and
bodies from out of state stores with no sales tax (in california its
close to 10% right now)


Did you know that you are evading taxes illegally?


The state of California (as well as my state and almost every other state, in fact) requires you to track all your out of state purchases, calculate how much sales tax you *would* have paid, then write them a check:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_tax


Most people are not even aware that they are illegally evading taxes when they buy online or by telephone without sending the tax into their State Dept. of Revenue.