Doug from Camera Land is off to SHOT Show

[gr8fuldoug]

Doug from Camera Land is off to SHOT Show

I am off to Vegas and SHOT Show. I'll be looking to see what's new, what's exciting and of course for all worthwhile deals I can grab and offer to you.

As of this writing I have appointments with (yes, in order):

Kowa, Athlon, Konus, Vector Optics, GPO, Leica, Swarovski, Zeiss, Meopta, Sig Sauer, Hawke, Steiner, Revic, Bushnell, March, Leupold, Pulsar, Field Optics, Tangent Theta, Nightforce, Vanguard and Burris as well as a couple of distributors that we work with so when the manufacturers back order product we can still get our hands on it for you.

As in years past I am looking to add some new lines this year to try to expand our offerings. Of course only with quality products we feel would be beneficial to you.

This year there's a few things I'm looking forward to:
I have a meeting with Vector optics as they claim that they source from the same factories as some of the major Pacific Rim companies and offer high quality control and lower prices (we shall see).
March optics wants us to be a USA distributor.
A close friend is now the head of USA sales for Vanguard so I am meeting with them to see if they have something worthwhile to offer.

I'm going to stop here and let you wait till Tuesday night to read my first report. Needless to say, it will be an exciting year for Sports Optics.

As always I'll be putting together an extensive SHOT Show report while I am there in order to share the week's experiences with you. Stay tuned & I'll do my best to keep you informed.

OH, Very Exciting:
We have put a SHOT Show page on our site to make it easier for you to see what's new as well as my daily reports. Look for the SHOT Show banner on our home page.

As always I do ask that while I am away, Jan 18th - 25th, please make sure Joel, [email protected] and Neil, [email protected] don't get lonely. Feel free to e-mail them or give a call, 516-217-1000 and check up on them. lol.

If there are any products (in Sports Optics or our Photo divisions) you'll be looking for while I am away at SHOT just mention to them that Doug said there a special SHOT Show Sale going on and they will give you special discounted pricing.

Have a great day,
Doug
[email protected]
Camera Land
516-217-1000
www.cameralandny.com

 

[FTRshooter]

I look forward to meeting you at the March booth.

 

[Boiroix]

How was your meeting with VECTOR OPTICS? I have followed this Chinese company a lot and it seems that they will be able to give Zeiss and Night Force "type" quality a fight to the limit with a 80% discount. What is your opinion about VECTOR scopes?

 

[gr8fuldoug]

With all the available "brands" we did not find it adventurous to pick up another "me too" brand with no USA infrastructure. Optics brands are plentiful but the ones that are able to actually survive and deliver quality service are few and far between and we did not feel, at this time, that Vector Optics is in a position to be a worthy addition to our offerings

 

[Deleted member 103481]

Sent a friend to camera land for an lrts today and they hooked him up good people good prices

 

[Boiroix]

Sent a friend to camera land for an lrts today and they hooked him up good people good prices

Sent a friend to camera land for an lrts today and they hooked him up good people good prices

With all the available "brands" we did not find it adventurous to pick up another "me too" brand with no USA infrastructure. Optics brands are plentiful but the ones that are able to actually survive and deliver quality service are few and far between and we did not feel, at this time, that Vector Optics is in a position to be a worthy addition to our offerings

 

[Boiroix]

It seems that you put a lot of focus on the American market and which companies are able to support you "over there". However the situation is very different here in Scandinavia where we live in a different world with a lot of own produced quality brands and also some growing Chinese brands that are up front. I hope that "long range hunting" do not take any national or political viewpoints, but only join us "long range shooters" in a commen world of interest in this matter!

 

[gr8fuldoug]

It seems that you put a lot of focus on the American market and which companies are able to support you "over there". However the situation is very different here in Scandinavia where we live in a different world with a lot of own produced quality brands and also some growing Chinese brands that are up front. I hope that "long range hunting" do not take any national or political viewpoints, but only join us "long range shooters" in a commen world of interest in this matter!

Yes, we do "put a lot of focus on the American market and which companies are able to support you "over there"" because this is the market we are in and we will not just sell product to make a sale. We represent brands that we can build a relationship with, support high quality customer service and feel offer a worthwhile product.
Nothing to do political viewpoints, everything to do with caring about our customers and our reputation.

 

[Boiroix]

I understand you perfectly, but the world are changing, even outside USA.

 

[Boiroix]

But here in Scandinavia there is a very majority of hunters who only are looking on quality and not the price of the gear they are using.