Hi everybody! I know that some people have been inquiring about BuyDig in the last 1-2 years, including Shel and myself. I purchased my *istDS from them and got it replaced by them right away when it turned out to have problems with any TTL flash. (I paid for the return shipping). Shel also had a good experience with them.
For those who are still curious, here is what I've just discovered: It turns out that BuyDig is the same operation as Beach Camera, and also known as Beach Trading: http://www.beachtr.com However, it looks like Beach Camera's rating (on photo.net) got improved over the recent years: http://photo.net/neighbor/view-one-about?id=2&about=Beach+Camera For the overall picture, - judge for yourself, I providing links to other reviews on these two shops: http://photo.net/neighbor/view-one-about?id=2&about=BUYDIG%2eCOM ResellerRatings: http://www.resellerratings.com/store/BuyDig_Beachtr http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Beach_Camera_Beachtr My personal, rather speculative summary of these reviews is that this company tried to improve their image in the past two-three years or so (hence a new store name). They've seemingly indeed improved. However, in the past half a year to an year, they've had quite a few problems again, mostly related to the in-stock--not-in-stock issues/games and shipping problems, and did not deal with these problems adequately. So, if the item is in stock and everything goes well, - no problem. If a problem occurs, - you may have a long saga before it is taken care of. Also, as it is very often seen with a low-margin reseller, their return policy is rather poor. From what I've seen over the last couple years, their prices for most Pentax gear have been at the lowest end of the range (see pricegrabber.com) I hope my summary would be helpful to those on the list who are not attached solely to B&H or Adorama. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
