Even 25 years ago Cambridge on the decline. By then 47th Street Photo had proved that you could make money selling at near wholesale prices if you did it efficiently. Cambridge was already well on its way to becoming a scam shop when I landed in New York in 1980. Olden was still hanging on to some pro and used equipment business but was losing the price and mass market war badly. On Sep 16, 2006, at 12:47 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> > On Sep 15, 2006, at 2:44 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > >>> It took me awhile to screw up my nerve to order from them, though, >>> since my first mail order experience with a NYC camera store was with >>> Cambridge.. >> >> You poor bastard... > > Sigh. I remember a time when Cambridge Camera was one of the better > NYC outfits. That was, oh, about 25 years ago. > > Godfrey > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
