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  • Cameragiant

4/5/09

Low Price Scam Artists... WONT HONOR PRICE EVER. - OK. They actually WILL honor the price online, IF you purchase about the camera price in extra crap they will force you to buy, or you will never see you order.

I have tried twice to purchase a Canon SX 10 IS, and both times, order went through, both times, got that same " confirmation" letter from them. Amazing you can buy a $2000 tv online without a " confirmation letter", but try to buy a $300 camera...

Anyway. They hit me both times with " I see you didnt get the 2hr or 4 hr battery package" THere is NO SUCH THING as a " 2hr or 4hr" battery when it comes to ANY DIGITAL CAMERA, just FYI. ALL batteries are based on NUMBER OF SHOTS, only CAMCORDERS are based on time.
So the lies start early and often.
I refused, then, was pushed to buy a $200 " Pro SDHC 4GB" memory card, the same thing you can get at Walmart for about $20. Again, refused.
After the first order, I was told it would be shipped in 7-10 days, then in 3 days, got a letter saying' We are sorry, but at the time of your oder we showed a negative in item quantity in our warehouse, it will be 3-4 weeks..."
Been that long, no camera, asked again, NO estimate, just " still backordered". You can get this camera ANYWHERE online, there is NO shortage, never was.

If you don't buy a huge amount of OVERPRICED CRAP from these guys, don't bother even responding to their email, you will NEVER get the camera.
I have 2 order #'s with Zero results. I won't bother with them again.
Only problem is, they are NOT the only ones

I will file other complaints, but incase nobody reads those, or isnt aware of these sites as well,,,,, they are ALL just as bad, and wouldnt be surprised if all are owned by the same company, as they are ALL in NY, ALL will send you a letter requiring you to call, and ALL will hard sell you a ton of worthless crap and ALL will refuse to honor the camera price if you don't buy all the junk at 2-4x the original price of the item you wanted in the first place.

Sonic Camera
Broadway Photo
Fotoconnection
Centruy21Electronics

I Filed a complaint against Century21Electronics with the NY State Attr'y Gen'l, they didnt do a thing, didnt even respond. I did file a complaint with my own states A. G. and they did respond, I did follow up, but only got so far, but at least made my self heard

NY state has always been a haven for camera/electronic scan artists, and the Attorney General has NEVER done a thing to correct this, not in 35 years that I have bought items from NY sellers ( as they were for whatever reason, always the hub for camera equipment)> There are GOOD sellers, B&H photo is one of the best, but you don't get bargain basement prices,, sometimes a sale, but at least you get top quality service from them, and a couple others.

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