And almost all of these new shops are fly by night operations out of Brooklyn, usually just rebadging some other scam site that had seen its sales drop as word gets out.
-Adam Paul Stenquist wrote: > 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
