New York camera stores are SUCH a riot!

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I would like to know how they stay in business, if I did something similar
the law would come after me. The local courts must be brought off. Some
places has shown the pictures of some of their store fronts, what a joke you
might be mugged if your were going there.





"Richard" <rander3127@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> You can always TELL these places in the online shopping community.
> Go to their websites, check their hours of operation. They all close
> just before sundown Friday and reopen a day later.
> Reading the comments on pricegrabber and other sites that review sellers
> is hilarious. Some of them have more bad comments than good.
>
> Cameras sold as "new" but stripped of accessories that came
> in the factory box, and the prices they try to charge for those needed
> accessories are a joke!
>
> Check out the price for this 512m memory card!
> http://tinyurl.com/3ucoq
>
> Thats the kind of prices I used to see for things in Africa!
>
> By the time you "re-buy" the accessories that are supposed to come
> with the camera, you've spent as much or more than if you'd gone to
> more reputable sites.
>
> If New York and it's denizens were nuked off the face of the Earth
> tomorrow,
> would anyone really care?

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Jeremy Nixon wrote:
> Richard <rander3127@rogers.com> wrote:
>
>
>>If New York and it's denizens were nuked off the face of the Earth tomorrow,
>>would anyone really care?
>
>
> Yes, because not only are the biggest rip-off photo retailers located there,
> but the best one, B&H, is there as well.
>


Let the record show that I believe Jeremy's opinion of B&H here is the
exact opposite of what this thread is about.

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On 8 Apr 2005 23:21:17 -0700, Richard <rander3127@rogers.com> wrote:
> You can always TELL these places in the online shopping community.
> Go to their websites, check their hours of operation. They all close
> just before sundown Friday and reopen a day later. [...]
>
> If New York and it's denizens were nuked off the face of the Earth tomorrow,
> would anyone really care?

The last time someone tried something like that, the world
sure seemed to care. "Nous sommes tous Americains", souviens?

Now, if every anti-semitic troll were nuked off the face of the
Earth tomorrow, we might be better for it.

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questions that are equal parts trivial and intriguing.
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They do nothing that's actually illegal.
They aren't guilty of false advertising as they don't advertise that those
items are included.
They ARE maybe unethical in that they give false impressions about what
they're selling but that's not illegal.


"John" <JF@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I would like to know how they stay in business, if I did something similar
> the law would come after me. The local courts must be brought off. Some
> places has shown the pictures of some of their store fronts, what a joke
you
> might be mugged if your were going there.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Richard" <rander3127@rogers.com> wrote in message
> news:ec75e55a.0504082221.22cbe6ce@posting.google.com...
> > You can always TELL these places in the online shopping community.
> > Go to their websites, check their hours of operation. They all close
> > just before sundown Friday and reopen a day later.
> > Reading the comments on pricegrabber and other sites that review sellers
> > is hilarious. Some of them have more bad comments than good.
> >
> > Cameras sold as "new" but stripped of accessories that came
> > in the factory box, and the prices they try to charge for those needed
> > accessories are a joke!
> >
> > Check out the price for this 512m memory card!
> > http://tinyurl.com/3ucoq
> >
> > Thats the kind of prices I used to see for things in Africa!
> >
> > By the time you "re-buy" the accessories that are supposed to come
> > with the camera, you've spent as much or more than if you'd gone to
> > more reputable sites.
> >
> > If New York and it's denizens were nuked off the face of the Earth
> > tomorrow,
> > would anyone really care?
>
>

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But they do promise delivery and then, when you refuse all their add-ons,
they never deliver. And they never will. Some people have waited months
thinking their product was in stock. When questioned A&M would tell them it
was backordered. It would eventually become evident that they had no
intention of delivering, but were getting back at the purchaser for not
falling for their scam.

mike

"Jeroen Wenting" <beefjerky@hornet.beefjerky.demon.nl> wrote in message
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> They do nothing that's actually illegal.
> They aren't guilty of false advertising as they don't advertise that those
> items are included.
> They ARE maybe unethical in that they give false impressions about what
> they're selling but that's not illegal.

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Richard <rander3127@rogers.com> wrote:
<snip>

An extremely broad generalization, don't you think?

Consider B&H for instance. A fine example of a New York store. They
are selling a 1GB Sandisk Ultra II for $89.95. Hardly a rip off. They
are based in New York and are a HUGE deal!

Posts like yours are inflamatory and serve no constructive purpose
what-so-ever.

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Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>
> Posting to a thread 10 days after its death ain't exactly constructive
> either. Various poster defended B&H and Adorama (appropriately).

Tis the life of news on USENET. I didn't see the thread until
yesterday. This is a high volume group and such things shouldn't
surprise you.

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