From: "William Robb"
From: "Boris Liberman"
> On 5/21/2010 12:32 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
>> Not at Best Buy...
>
> That's kind of a horror story to me. To buy something in order to return
> it and get some money in the process out of thin air, effectively...
> OMG... *sigH*
To bring this back somewhat to on topic (relevent to photography, if not
Pentax), many years ago I was told of a local photographer who specialized
on food and lifestyle photography.
She shopped at the local higher end stores, buying place settings, cutlery,
glasswear, linens, whatever was needed for the project she was working on at
the time.
When she was done, it all went back for a refund.
Or so I was told, anyway.
William Robb
Yeah, I've known people who did that sort of thing.
It's one of those gray area things. I guess they're within the "letter
of the law" if the stores allow it, and I won't say they're dishonest
doing it, but I couldn't do that myself.
No one's 100% honest all the time. Certainly I can't pretend to be, but
that's just not the way I'm bent.
I've developed a fine eye for second-hand goodies to use when I need
props. I spend some idle time wandering the thrift shops, Goodwill and
the like. If I find something and it's not too expensive, I'll buy
something to use it.
And afterwards, if it's just going to clutter up the place and I'll
never have further use for it, I might sell it again ... or even donate
it back.
Plus, I have, on occasion, rented stuff from thrift shops for a shoot.
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