Re: I hate online-photo stores

2008-09-03 Thread Maureen
The attempted upsell sucks however, Digital Vision makes great lenses. I have one I use with my Sony. Try KEH.COM for camera gear. Great folks, great prices. On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wanted to buy a wide angle adapter for my canon

Re: I hate online-photo stores

2008-09-02 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
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. I don't buy from anyplace online that I don't

Re: I hate online-photo stores

2008-09-02 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
unfortunately, they were a 4.5 star out of 5 on resellerratings.com On Sep 2, 2008, at 12:06 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey wrote: I don't buy from anyplace online that I don't know without checking resellerratings.com first. It's scary how low a rating some places have! I do try to drop by and

RE: I hate online-photo stores

2008-09-02 Thread Adam Churvis
You can rely on BH 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:

Re: I hate online-photo stores

2008-09-02 Thread J.J. Merrick
Wasn't PriceRite photo was it? http://thomashawk.com/2005/11/priceritephoto-abusive-bait-and-switch.html On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wanted to buy a wide angle adapter for my canon camcorder. Canon makes a nice adapter than runs about

Re: I hate online-photo stores

2008-09-02 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
nope, it was newworldvideodirect.com On Sep 2, 2008, at 1:50 PM, J.J. Merrick wrote: Wasn't PriceRite photo was it? http://thomashawk.com/2005/11/priceritephoto-abusive-bait-and-switch.html On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wanted to buy a

Re: I hate online-photo stores

2008-09-02 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I'm just figuring that out too. I ordered a new Sandisk Extreme III SDHC card from BH (one of my off-brand ones just lost 60% of a virtual tour I did a week ago). BH has already shipped it without someone trying to upsale on me. On Sep 2, 2008, at 1:33 PM, Adam Churvis wrote: You can

Re: I hate online-photo stores

2008-09-02 Thread Larry Lyons
a definite plus for B H. They're very good. Another very good one is J R, http://www.jr.com/?JRSource=GAW.JandR. They've got a good selection and prices. You can rely on BH Photo in New York. They close for the Sabbath, so make sure any Friday calls are in the morning or early afternoon.