I'm just figuring that out too.  I ordered a new Sandisk Extreme III  
SDHC card from B&H (one of my off-brand ones just lost 60% of a  
virtual tour I did a week ago).  B&H has already shipped it without  
someone trying to upsale on me.


On Sep 2, 2008, at 1:33 PM, Adam Churvis wrote:

> You can rely on B&H Photo in New York.  They close for the Sabbath,  
> so make
> sure any Friday calls are in the morning or early afternoon.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Adam Phillip Churvis
> President
> Productivity Enhancement
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 12:13 PM
>> To: CF-Community
>> Subject: I hate online-photo stores
>>
>> I wanted to buy a wide angle adapter for my canon camcorder.  Canon
>> makes a nice adapter than runs about $140.  Did the google product
>> search and found a place that had it on sale for $120 and it was in
>> stock.  Ordered it, payed with paypal.  This morning, I get an email
>> stating that there's an issue with my order and they haven't been  
>> able
>> to contact me at my phone number....interesting since I've had my
>> phone with me all weekend.
>>
>> So I call the place up.  The tell me that the canon lens is on
>> backorder for a very long long time.  Internal flag goes up.  I play
>> along.
>>
>>  "So what's a similar product?" I ask.
>>
>> "Oh, well, for your camcorder we have a great lens by Digital Vision,
>> and it's even .45x instead of .7x"
>>
>> "How much is this lens"
>>
>> "It's only $149.99 so just a little bit more than the canon"
>>
>> "Who is Digital Vision?"
>>
>> "You've never heard of Digital Vision?"
>>
>> "Nope, and tell you what, let's just cancel this order"
>>
>> "Are you trying to tell me that you want the canon lens that has the
>> bad CA and blurry edges"
>>
>> "yep"
>>
>> "So are you trying to say you want the paypal transaction refunded"
>>
>> "yep"
>>
>> "ok, goodbye"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Hindsight is always 20-20,
>> But looking back it's still a bit fuzzy
>> Speak of mutually assured destruction?
>> Nice story... Tell it to Reader's Digest!
>>
>>
>>
>
> 

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