A response from B&H re. non-shipment of some brands of Binoculars

[Carl Clifford <>]

Dear B-A,

Below is a response from B&H regarding non-shipment of some brands of  
binoculars to outside of the USA. Unfortunately, it seems that most of  
the brands preferred by birders are affected.
Cheers,

Carl Clifford


Begin forwarded message:

From: Henry Posner <>
Date: 21 December 2011 6:28:52 AM
To: "" <>
Subject: Re B&H Photo Video no longer shipping Biins

The binoculars section of our site at http://bhpho.to/sDiMCo has 950  
products from 30+ brands. Most can be shipped anywhere. In some cases  
the manufacturer or their licensed US distributor limits where we may  
ship their product and as an authorized retailer we’re honor-bound to  
honor that agreement. That said, there are hundreds of binocs in all  
price ranges which we can ship anywhere.
It is not our job to police the behavior of other retailers, but in my  
opinion honoring our contracts with our vendors is as important as  
honoring our agreements with our customers.
 -- -
 regards,
 Henry Posner
 Director of Corporate Communications
 B&H Photo-Video, and Pro-Audio
 http://www.bandh.com/

I have just had a look binocular prices at B&H's web site. Every pair
of bins I checked (even low end Barska and Kenko models) had a note
saying that they can not be shipped outside the USA. Strangely enough,
spotting scopes are can still be shipped. Anyone who is thinking of
buying bins from B&H should factor in the cost of using USA address
providers such as Shipito.

I have checked Adorama's site and there seems to be no problems with
them.

Cheers,

Carl Clifford



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