Dan Kirsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I understand what you're saying, but there's a difference between those who >simply place ads (and you're right, getting accepted to place an ad means >nothing) and of those who are checkrated. The checkrated ones are listed as >such, and it means that they have promised to meet certain standards related >to meeting advertised prices, specifying the warrant received, returns, etc.
Before I learned to limit myself to B&H and Cameraworld (haven't tried Adorama yet) I got burned three times by three different Pop Photo advertisers and ALL THREE were "check rated". Coincidentally enough, one swore I was getting a U.S. warranted PZ-1p and sold me a grey market Z1p (being a recently reborn photographer I didn't know any better at the time and didn't figure it out until too late). Fortunately it's been trouble-free for many years so I've never needed warranty service. The "check rated" system is, IMHO, a total farce. Any advertiser who pays for enough advertising gets rated and how they do business seems to be irrelevant. BTW: I *did* exact revenge one one of these "check rated" con artists, although I'll decline to mention how in public. But I'll say it was Cambridge Camera, widely recognized as being the worst of the worst as far as business practices are concerned. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
