Bought: Hasselblad XCD 55V lens

[insideline]

Bought:Hasselblad XCD 55V lens.

[Frankvth]

if you need-need it, go to the hasselblad online store, they will ship in 3 days if you pay via paypal (i did this, it works.)

[glaiben]

Agreed - I ordered mine last week, it is arriving tomorrow via UPS.  Note: Hasselblad does not use expedited UPS shipping - the trip from California to Missouri is taking 6 days.

...gregg

[insideline]

Thank you. Yes I contacted Hasselblad and they do in fact have one ready to ship but from there to my State they ad on sales tax of over $300 whereas my dealer does not, so its a matter of paying the tax or waiting at least a month for one.

[satijntje]

New XCD lenses are available from Hasselblad's online store but not from dealers.
Hasselblad is cashing the dealer provision on top of the normal earnings.
Very sad to see this happening.
Is this the end for national/regional dealers?