I've been waiting for that lens to come into stock for ages now.
Maybe they are right ....
Cant see anything on here about this ..
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/forum.asp?forum=1030
If it was recalled that forum would know about it!
Sounds like he was trying to sell you the Tamron!
Just seen this that 'suggests' a recall ..??
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=18126003