Forum: Photography


Subject: Extremely low price...

Radlafx opened this issue on Jul 06, 2006 ยท 9 posts


TwoDigital posted Thu, 13 July 2006 at 11:55 AM

The problem with this site (and there are dozens of other camera sites in NYC that do the same...) is that they lure you in with a low body price. If they really do ship you the body at that price, it's a gray-market camera with no manufacturer's warranty and probably has no battery, charger, video cable, or even the manual that would normally come with the camera if you bought it legitimately.

Fact of the matter is, high-pressure rude salespeople will try to get you to buy an extra $1500 worth of stuff when you call and some go as far as charging you for one brand and then send you something much cheaper.

Sure, you can sue them or bring a complaint before the NY better business bureau or something. Good luck with that. Meanwhile you're out your money.

One trick I saw a lot was to offer package deals with "Professional" lenses. Heh, guess what you get? Lenses that make Sigma look like gold. You also see a lot of adds for free 4gb or 6gb "high-speed" CF memory with the package. Guess what, they're CF II harddrives! Have fun trying to use THOSE with your digital camera. :)