I've shopped at B&H since they were in a loft on 17th Street in the 1970s. Never had any problems. To the best of my knowledge, they've always had a very good reputation. Ditto 47th Street Photo in the '80s. The only really bad camera stores were the mail order joints with Brooklyn addresses that didn't even have a real store, and the tourist-trap camera stores in midtown. Paul On Dec 22, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Jack Davis wrote:
> 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. -- 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.
