5/5

posted Feb-23-2005
Price for the Lumix DMC-FZ15K was great, ordering was easy.
When I got the confirming phone call I was ready for an upsell, and thought I was hearing it when the man offered to upgrade me to a faster speed SD card.
He explained how the quicker write times would allow faster picture taking, and gave me an upgrade cost of $70- outta my price range, I really was near the limit with the original package selected.
Then he offered to give me the higher speed 256MB card instead of the 512 I'd chosen, as it was the exact same cost.
As I was saying "Ok" to that idea, he interrupted and said he'd give me the 512MB card at $40 instead- "Could I do that?".
Yeah, that was feasible, if only barely, and much appreciated.
And he wasn't pushy about it, also appreciated. If that was an upsell, it was very clever, and did not come across as one.
Delivery was faster then expected: I had selected 7-10 day ground, but some kind soul bumped me up to 2 day express, so I received the camera on Friday after ordering on Wednesday- wow.
Package was in good shape, no damages, all equipment is working properly- the next time I need a camera or supplies, I'll be coming back to Butterfly.
Update: the Merkury battery that was bought as part of an extras package was bad.
I contacted Butterfly about the problem, and they had me send them the defective battery, then sent out a replacement, took less than ten days all together- good, quick service.

This review was modified by
Taurus212 on April 11 2005 11:35:06 PM