I ordered this battery charger from Amazon a couple of weeks ago. It was recommended on the DigitalRelish photography blog & as I’d got some rechargable batteries at Christmas but my daughter had kept the charger, I was in the market for one myself.

On the same day I also ordered some extension tubes which I thought might be a useful addition to my macro photography setup. I already have the Tamron 90mm f2.8 Di macro lens & am looking forward to trying out the addition of the extension tubes. I went for the automatic ones which are a bit more expensive but maintain electronic contact with the attached lens.

I ordered both items on 30th May and neither has been delivered, which is bloody annoying. I’ve checked with Amazon & they tell me to contact the seller as it’s not actually Amazon who sold it to me, it’s one of their ‘partners’. So I’m waiting to hear back from them as to why my charger hasn’t arrived.

The extension tubes came via an eBay seller in Hong Kong. I’ve not had any previous problems with Hong Kong sellers & have purchased three lenses via eBay over there. So far the service has been great. I got my Sigma 50-500mm telephoto from there within 2 days of ordering. They replied to me within a couple of hours saying it went out on the 3rd of June, which means that it’s either lost, somewhere in the Post Office system or the Post Office have held onto it for import charges and haven’t yet gotten round to telling me about it.

I guess sometimes it just pays to go into a shop & pay the extra to avoid the frustrations of companies with poor service.