Nikon Coolpix 5200 - £89.95 with free delivery from Apple

thor

MSE_Martin wrote:

Rather annoyingly considering I put it in the e-mail tip, it seems many people are finding that once they order this item from Apple, after ordering and money being debited they are then being told the order has been cancelled. As such I wanted to put this warning in. This happens occassionally with high demand. It is a very poor show by the Apple store. I know BBC Watchdog are looking at this and I'm chatting to them about it - please be very careful.

Martin

PS. Tesco has a £50 5Mb digital camera on sale, though it doesn't have the optical zoom this one had..... see this

Would Watchdog really look into this kind of thing? I don't think that they are all that bothered as I remember about a year ago, a lot of us wrote into Watchdog about ebuyer doing something very similar with a large screen tv. They too took money off our credit cards before declaring that the item could not be supplied and refunded us. I would be very surprised if this ever makes it onto tv. However for you guys, I hope it does.

sainthalo

thor wrote:

Would Watchdog really look into this kind of thing? I don't think that they are all that bothered as I remember about a year ago, a lot of us wrote into Watchdog about ebuyer doing something very similar with a large screen tv. They too took money off our credit cards before declaring that the item could not be supplied and refunded us. I would be very surprised if this ever makes it onto tv. However for you guys, I hope it does.

I wouldnt be surprised if it makes it. Similar things have made it many times before. Also they have contacted ML.

Cactus_Jack

My camera was due to be delivered yesterday (4th Jan) and they took funds from my account on 3rd Jan. As my order had been confirmed and people online had received theirs, I bought the camera case on eBay for £4.99.

Case arrived today before my order cancellation email arrived. Not happy with Apple Stores. I'd have expected more from Apple. I have emailed watchdog with the details as well.

RedOnRed

Isn't the most annoying thing that it's taken them a week to work out they've got no stock on an item that said would be "shipped in 24 hours", which they never had stock of anyway.

L_Tee_2

I got the cancellation email too, at 15:30 yesterday. This is nearly 7 hours after they cancelled it online without informing me. Now I have a spare battery and case for a camera I don't own!

Interesting post by Jimmy_The_D on thedvdforums;

Just spoken to a very pleasant lady called Tanya at Apple, who informed me that the situation has been (in her words) a complete mess but that I will be receiving an email by 6pm, detailing an alternative camera around the same price. When I stressed how astonished I was that a company like Apple were so unprofessional as a retailer, she also recommended that I complete the feedback form offered in the email since she had known of consumers, who had complained in the past, being compensated by Apple. Apologies if this has been mentioned earlier in the thread but am at work and so do not have time to look through it.

eggey

L_Tee wrote:

I got the cancellation email too, at 15:30 yesterday. This is nearly 7 hours after they cancelled it online without informing me. Now I have a spare battery and case for a camera I don't own!

Interesting post by Jimmy_The_D on thedvdforums;

If anybody does receive this alternative camera offer, please can it be posted so we can all see how wonderful the offer will be.

wussel

Could this alternative be the Nikon Coolpix 5600. It's on their site at £149 with a free Kingstone card. After alot of complaining Apple offered to give me a good will gesture of £50, so if they decide to give this offer to everyone with a cancelled order it would make the Nikon 5600 about the same price. I've read the spec but I'm a total layman and a bit baffled if someone could explain the differences in lay terms it would be much apprecaicated. I'd really like to be able to take short movie clips with sound and I can't work out if the do this and for how long.
Thank you

RedOnRed

wussel wrote:

Could this alternative be the Nikon Coolpix 5600.

It's an alternative if you can get it at a good price, but it's not supposed to be as good as the 5200, especially at indoors pics and doesn't come with a mains rechargeable battery.

keithwjones

Looking at Nikon site:

COOLPIX 5600

5.1 Megapixels; 3x Optical Zoom Whether you are an experienced user or it’s your first-time with a digital camera, the operational ease and versatile features of the COOLPIX 5600 make it an enjoyable camera with which to take great pictures anytime, anywhere.


Guide price £199.99

Included Accessories

Hand strap, USB cable, Video Cable, 2x AA alkaline batteries, Nikon PictureProject software, Quick Start Guide and Instruction Manual.




COOLPIX 5200

5.0 Megapixels, 3x Zoom The compact COOLPIX 5200 joins the COOLPIX line-up as a new-look slim model.


Guide price £249.99

Included Accessories

Rechargeable battery EN-EL5, Battery charger MH-61, Audio/Video cable, USB cable, handstrap, Quick Start Guide and Nikon PictureProject software CD rom.



So 5600 is £50 cheaper than 5200

misspriscilla

'See this' link brings up a MIcrosoft page. Do i have a problem or is it the wrong link?