Comments on: Nikon instant rebates now available online

By: Allen

Allen — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:09:04 +0000

Under the Hands-On tab for the 70-200 lens it states that it is VRII — “This item is an AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm, f/2.8G ED VR II, telephoto lens”

By: more f/4 coming?

more f/4 coming? — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:06:41 +0000

24-70 on DX makes it a good wedding/party/portrait lens. I shot a lot a few weddings with the 24-70 on the D80. And frankly the 36-105 equiv range is better than it’s native 24-70 on the D700.

By: johnsan

johnsan — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:14:25 +0000

As far as I can tell B&H is the only store with a savings over Amazon for the d700 combos. for example- (D700 with 70-300mm $2,769 at B&H) this is the best price by far I have seen this combination. ( Adorama has it listed at $3,286) (Crutchfield has it for $3,089 including instant rebate of $200) B&H ” base” prices are LOWER than all the others before rebate is subtracted. like stated above the D90 was lowered to $739 today at B&H . That is a terrific price for the D90 body , then add a lens to that with a rebate and you have a great bargain.

By: Reggie

Reggie — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:33:15 +0000

Now B&H has updated their website to include the “bundle”. Normally their prices are close to Adorama’s, but this time there’s a major difference.

D3s with 24-70
Adorama = 6939.90 and free shipping
B&H = 7089.90 and no free shipping

D3s with 70-200
Adorama = 7498.95 and free shipping
B&H = 7599.90 and no free shipping

Do dealers negotiate with buyers on major purchases, to match their competitors?

By: tim

tim — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:02:52 +0000

hehe that is a funny combo. I have tried that once with the d5000. You actually hold the lens for stability not the grip of the body. Its way to small.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:55:04 +0000

Admin,

Is the 70-200mm lens in the rebate the VRI or VRII? Based on your original post, and the comments at Crutchfield, it looks like the older lens. I’m hoping it will include the newer VRII. I already have the older lens, but for a $400 savings, would upgrade that lens at the same time I upgrade my body.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:46:33 +0000

what is a pdk1?

By: George

George — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:53:22 +0000

The nikon rebates site is still down. Boo.

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:35:14 +0000

Thanks tolive!

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:27:31 +0000

They could make the rebates to be valid only for full MSRP, they they won’t make any sense. I hope that’s not the case.

By: johnsan

johnsan — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:20:31 +0000

The d700 price at crutchfield is $200.00 more than Amazon, and the 70-300mm is $100.00 more, totally negating andy savings from the rebate.

By: Skin Like Winter

Skin Like Winter — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:01:00 +0000

I should note the $40 price drop was on the D90 body only…I didn’t look at the kit.

By: Skin LIke Winter

Skin LIke Winter — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:55:33 +0000

Hopefully some other stores will have the rebates up soon. Crutchfield’s prices are too high. I bought the D90 and 18-200mm lens from Amazon on Thursday and Crutchfield’s price with the $250 rebate is only $90 less than Amazon’s price. If I’m going to have to send back the original order and order again I’d like to get closer to the $250 instant rebate than $90.

I did notice B&H Photo lowered the price of the D90 by $40 this morning (prevously, they were the same price as Amazon). If they add the $250 rebate that will save me $290 from what I paid last Thursday.

By: tolive

tolive — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:07:50 +0000

It’s officially up at Crutchfield.com:

Purchase any Nikon DSLR plus any of these lenses and get the corresponding savings:

* AF-S DX 18-200mm Zoom lens— Save $250
* AF-S 24-70mm Zoom lens— Save $300
* AF-S 70-200mm Telephoto zoom lens— Save $400

You may also mix-and-match: purchase all three lenses with a qualifying camera and save $950.

Just add the qualifying items to your cart and we’ll automatically add the instant savings to your order.

Offer ends 3/27/2010. We retain the right to cancel and/or modify this offer at any time without prior notice. Return of qualifying purchase will void the offer and will require either the return of all discounted items or an adjustment of the refund amount to reflect the discount given.

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:38:37 +0000

I was at my local camera store today and they had the info for the rebates to start tomorrow. But the D700 was the best DSLR you could get, the store didn’t have rebates for the D3S or D3X.
From what I’ve seen so far, the bundles on Adorama are not discounted…at least not yet. Maybe things will change tomorrow or Monday.

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:06:14 +0000

The interesting part of the rebate program is that expires at the end of March. There are already speculation that the next announcement may be in April (last year Nikon announced the D500 on April 15th). I hate to give my opinion here but I think the only guarantee we have is that by Photokina (September this year) we will have both D90 and D700 replacements/upgrades announced.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:05:47 +0000

Does anyone have an answer?

By: Panya C.

Panya C. — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:43:09 +0000

Aw~ there should be something like this in Japan T-T

By: Johnsan

Johnsan — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:51:35 +0000

The combo price adorama shows for the d700 with a 70-300mm is about $400 more than if you buy individually at amazon.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:46:11 +0000

The rebates are not live yet. These kits were put up early in anticipation of them.