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Last month there was a rebate available for the D70 that gave $100 off
the camera body, or $200 off the body with the kit lens. The rebate
expired on March 31.

Now it looks like there's no rebate for the body, and there's a new
$100 rebate for the body with the kit lens from April 1 to June 30.

Adorama is now selling the body for $829.95 (no rebate) or the kit for
$1079.95 (before the $100 rebate). That means if you send in the
rebate, the kit is $979.95, which means you get the 18-70 zoom for
$150, which is a pretty good deal. I've been going back and forth
about whether I want the zoom, since I already have some other lenses
that I can use. I'm also not certain what the old price was, so I'm
not sure if the rebate change represents a price increase.

Does anyone know how the Nikon rebate actually works? Do you just
send in the UPC symbol or something? Or do you need to send in the
actual receipt/invoice from buying the camera?

I personally refuse to send in rebates and I try to avoid buying stuff
with rebates. But when you buy stuff with rebates from CompUSA, they
give you a separate receipt for the rebate, so you can give the rebate
receipt to another person, if the other person is willing to send it
in, while you still have the original receipt in case you need
warranty service or something. And the rebate company never gets
anything with your personally identifying info on it.

I wonder if it's possible to do something similar with the D70 kit.
Anyone know?

Normally I'd just buy the non-rebate package and be done with it, but
a $300-ish lens for $150 is pretty tempting.

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"Paul Rubin" <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote in message
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> Last month there was a rebate available for the D70 that gave $100 off
> the camera body, or $200 off the body with the kit lens. The rebate
> expired on March 31.
>
> Now it looks like there's no rebate for the body, and there's a new
> $100 rebate for the body with the kit lens from April 1 to June 30.
>
> Adorama is now selling the body for $829.95 (no rebate) or the kit for
> $1079.95 (before the $100 rebate). That means if you send in the
> rebate, the kit is $979.95, which means you get the 18-70 zoom for
> $150, which is a pretty good deal. I've been going back and forth
> about whether I want the zoom, since I already have some other lenses
> that I can use. I'm also not certain what the old price was, so I'm
> not sure if the rebate change represents a price increase.
>
> Does anyone know how the Nikon rebate actually works? Do you just
> send in the UPC symbol or something? Or do you need to send in the
> actual receipt/invoice from buying the camera?
>
> I personally refuse to send in rebates and I try to avoid buying stuff
> with rebates. But when you buy stuff with rebates from CompUSA, they
> give you a separate receipt for the rebate, so you can give the rebate
> receipt to another person, if the other person is willing to send it
> in, while you still have the original receipt in case you need
> warranty service or something. And the rebate company never gets
> anything with your personally identifying info on it.
>
> I wonder if it's possible to do something similar with the D70 kit.
> Anyone know?
>
> Normally I'd just buy the non-rebate package and be done with it, but
> a $300-ish lens for $150 is pretty tempting.

I bought my kit last Nov for about $1150 before rebate. You just send the
rebate form with UPC code from box. I think it took about a month to get a
check, but this was Christmas time so it may be faster now (or not). The kit
lens is OK, it's definitely worth at least what you're actually paying for
it. To get something significantly better in a wide angle, it's about $1500
for the 17-35 2.8 at 1/2 the range.

I don't find myself using the kit as much as other lenses I've purchased
since. It's just not very good in low light, and barrel at the wide limit is
significant, though this can be fixed in PS.

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"Steve Gavette" <sgavette@no.cox.spam.net.4me> writes:
> I bought my kit last Nov for about $1150 before rebate. You just send the
> rebate form with UPC code from box.

Thanks. According to the rebate form at

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/FrameW [...] ngLoad.pdf

you now have to send a copy of the bill of sale. Oh well.

> I think it took about a month to get a check, but this was Christmas
> time so it may be faster now (or not). The kit lens is OK, it's
> definitely worth at least what you're actually paying for it. To get
> something significantly better in a wide angle, it's about $1500 for
> the 17-35 2.8 at 1/2 the range.

I'm not too worried about the speed of getting the rebate but I was
hoping I could fob the whole thing off on someone else and not
disclose my personal info to Nikon (the bill of sale would have my
info on it). Unfortunately my widest lens right now is 24/2.8 which
isn't a great lens (it's a Sigma) and with a DX sensor it's only a
moderate wideangle. So the kit lens is attractive.

> I don't find myself using the kit as much as other lenses I've
> purchased since. It's just not very good in low light, and barrel at
> the wide limit is significant, though this can be fixed in PS.

Unfrotunately my fastest lenses are all MF. If I buy a D70, I
probably won't be willing to spend more cash on fast lenses anytime
soon. Can I ask what lenses you're using? I do have a 50/1.8 AF but
fast AF wideangles are big bucks. My 35/1.4 MF was about $200 used,
but a 28/1.4 AF (they don't make a 35) is something like $1600.

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"Paul Rubin" <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Steve Gavette" <sgavette@no.cox.spam.net.4me> writes:
> > I bought my kit last Nov for about $1150 before rebate. You just send
the
> > rebate form with UPC code from box.
>
> Thanks. According to the rebate form at
>
>
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/FrameW [...] ngLoad.pdf
>
> you now have to send a copy of the bill of sale. Oh well.
>
> > I think it took about a month to get a check, but this was Christmas
> > time so it may be faster now (or not). The kit lens is OK, it's
> > definitely worth at least what you're actually paying for it. To get
> > something significantly better in a wide angle, it's about $1500 for
> > the 17-35 2.8 at 1/2 the range.
>
> I'm not too worried about the speed of getting the rebate but I was
> hoping I could fob the whole thing off on someone else and not
> disclose my personal info to Nikon (the bill of sale would have my
> info on it). Unfortunately my widest lens right now is 24/2.8 which
> isn't a great lens (it's a Sigma) and with a DX sensor it's only a
> moderate wideangle. So the kit lens is attractive.
>
> > I don't find myself using the kit as much as other lenses I've
> > purchased since. It's just not very good in low light, and barrel at
> > the wide limit is significant, though this can be fixed in PS.
>
> Unfrotunately my fastest lenses are all MF. If I buy a D70, I
> probably won't be willing to spend more cash on fast lenses anytime
> soon. Can I ask what lenses you're using? I do have a 50/1.8 AF but
> fast AF wideangles are big bucks. My 35/1.4 MF was about $200 used,
> but a 28/1.4 AF (they don't make a 35) is something like $1600.

I don't have a wide angle other than the kit. A friend has the 17-35, and I
borrow it on occasion. I too have the 50 1.8, and find I use it more than
any other lens. I alo have the AF-S 80-200 f2.8 and the old 300 f4.

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Paul Rubin wrote:

> "Steve Gavette" <sgavette@no.cox.spam.net.4me> writes:
>
>>I bought my kit last Nov for about $1150 before rebate. You just send the
>>rebate form with UPC code from box.
>
>
> Thanks. According to the rebate form at
>
> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/FrameW [...] ngLoad.pdf
>
> you now have to send a copy of the bill of sale. Oh well.
>
>
>>I think it took about a month to get a check, but this was Christmas
>>time so it may be faster now (or not). The kit lens is OK, it's
>>definitely worth at least what you're actually paying for it. To get
>>something significantly better in a wide angle, it's about $1500 for
>>the 17-35 2.8 at 1/2 the range.
>
>
> I'm not too worried about the speed of getting the rebate but I was
> hoping I could fob the whole thing off on someone else and not
> disclose my personal info to Nikon (the bill of sale would have my
> info on it).


They want the reciept also.


> Unfortunately my widest lens right now is 24/2.8 which
> isn't a great lens (it's a Sigma) and with a DX sensor it's only a
> moderate wideangle. So the kit lens is attractive.
>
>
>>I don't find myself using the kit as much as other lenses I've
>>purchased since. It's just not very good in low light, and barrel at
>>the wide limit is significant, though this can be fixed in PS.
>
>
> Unfrotunately my fastest lenses are all MF. If I buy a D70, I
> probably won't be willing to spend more cash on fast lenses anytime
> soon. Can I ask what lenses you're using? I do have a 50/1.8 AF but
> fast AF wideangles are big bucks. My 35/1.4 MF was about $200 used,
> but a 28/1.4 AF (they don't make a 35) is something like $1600.