On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Thomas Haller wrote: > Unfortunately I haven't bought anything from Adorama myself, and the group > here doesn't seem to respond to questions like this.
I've jsut been ignoring the list, lately. > a) no one on the list has bought used equipment from Adorama, so they cannot > say... I've bought much of my gear from Adorama, used and new. > b) the performance of used equipment dealers is so inconsistent that any > comment is useless... Adorama has been consistently good to me. > d) it's way more fun to argue endlessly about the *ist lens mount than help > another Pentax user acquire equipment... Explains why I haven't paid attention. > e) folks don't want the "responsibility" of saying a vendor is good or > bad... That, too. Everyone's expectations are going to be different. > Overall the "big three" in the used market seem to be KEH, Adorama and B&H > Photo. They seem to be ranked by most in that order. I think Adorama gets a > lot of credit for helping host photo.net, but I don't know if that makes > them better. Adorama tends to be the cheapest of the three, and have things that KEH and B&H don't have because I think less people patrol the Adorama stocks. I will not buy from KEH unless its a darn good offer, I was very unhappy with how they treated me a few years ago. B&H is where I often buy new stuff if I split orders with people, they're more familar with it. When I'm buying for me, and me alone, I always goto Adorama first. > I hope this helps, and I hope some others respond as well! Shoosh, you. -- http://www.infotainment.org <-> more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com <-> photography and portfolio.
