But there's something to be said for buying from people who you have learned to trust. I've been buying from B&H for close to ten years and have never had a problem Prior to that I bought for 47th Street Photo, and apparently many of their people migrated to B&H. Working with people who have supported you in the past is good business. Paul On Feb 18, 2007, at 7:17 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
> Sat Feb 17 19:06:55 EST 2007 > Adam Maas wrote: > >>> Igor Roshchin wrote: >>> Hello! >>> >>> I was wondering if anybody here had any first-hand experience >>> with ShopDigitalCorp.com, or has any opinion about this store. >>> >>> I haven't heard about it until now. >>> photo.net does not seem to list it. >>> resellerratings.com - also doesn't list it. >>> Sites like pricesgrabber, shopping.yahho, and shopping.cnet.com - >>> seem to praise it, and most of the reviews are posted in late >>> 2006 - 2007. >>> BBB of South Florida shows 13 of 15 complaints unanswered since >>> December >>> 2005. >>> >>> A strange thing is that their listed address is in Florida, >>> but they charge taxes on shipments to NY. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Igor >>> >> >> If you have to ask, they're shady. >> >> Stick to B&H and Adorama for new, KEH for used. >> >> -Adam >> > > Adam, I appreciate your response. > However, sorry, but I cannot agree with your logic completely, even > though > I see the basis for it. > > New businesses appear on the horizon, some old businesses can > change owners. > There could be various reasons why there is no unambiguously 100% > positive image for a company. It takes time to earn a good reputation > and even more to overcome the old one. > > In my mind, Buydig.com is such an example. It surfaced only 2-3 years > ago, and was a "grey horse" in the beginning. I know several PDML > subscribers, including myself, used it recently and were satisfied. > On the other hand, Adorama's image somewhat suffered recently, due > to their > shady business of listing out-of-stock items as being in stock and > such. > > As for ShopDigitalCorp.com, - I haven't seen it before at all. > > Igor > > > > -- > 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
