Feisty, L O Ls ;) Jack, L O Mn
--- On Wed, 12/22/10, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Adorama > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 7:20 AM > Eric, > I live about a 25 minute walk from Adorama... I > usually shop at B&H but > Adorama had the V500 Nick was raving about at the > best price - I called and one of the sales guys got > one from the > warehouse for me in one day and put it aside in the store > for me.. > When I returned the RS1000 (however some of the other > Pentax point andd > shoots may or may not be, don't buy this one!) > the young lady who was taking it back claimed there was a > scratch on the > LCD screen - I had had the camera for all of 2 hours. > I couldnt see it and she though spec of dirt so was rubbing > it with a > cleaning cloth (which, infact, could have made the > scratch) > I pitched a bit of a bitch . I got my > money back fairly easily. > > Initially , when I was asked why I was returning it I > simply said > "because it's a piece of crap" > Bottom line, the experience, overall, in the store was > ultimately fine. > Maybe they are kinder to L O Ls > > ann > > Eric Weir wrote: > > >On Dec 22, 2010, at 3:56 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > > > > > > > >>What you are seeing is vestigial New York > Photo/Video mail-order attitudes. Thirty five years ago, you > had to be very careful ordering from NY Photo stores, even > B&H. Since then, following B&H's lead in a change in > practices, most have straightened out about 95%. I have > frightening memories of conversations with the phone > sales reps from Beach, Adorama, and Abes of Maine, who, if > you had a disagreement with the difference between what they > were offering and what was standard in the industry, would > reiterate their company line, then hang up on you. It > sometimes took a few days and several salesperson hours > before you would go through with the sale, after they > allowed as to how you really had seen through their bullshit > and let common sense complete the sale. > >> > >>One of their ploys was to pull items out of a > factory packed kit camera. When you complained that it was > missing, they told you it wasn't part of what they sold > you,. The price to buy it separately ended up costing you > more than the same complete kit at any of the other stores. > >> > >>Phone shopping was a joy in the 60s and 70s! > >> > >> > > > >Thanks, Joseph. My standard has been LL Bean. And since > joining PDML I must say I've had very good experiences with > sellers on eBay, for which I imagine eBay itself deserves > some credit. What seems to be Adorama's practice, and not an > error, as I assumed when I first wrote to customer service, > has come as a bit of a shock. Since I'm mainly a used > equipment buyer, sure glad KEH isn't that way. > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Eric Weir > >Decatur, GA USA > >[email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
