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08-03-2006, 10:19 AM
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Stargatephoto - You won't believe this!
I just had the most disturbing experience with www.Stargatephoto.com. I totally ignored my husband's advice to purchase from a reputable merchant and went to this cheap site I found. I ordered my camera and everything seemed fine until I got a call about an hour ago from Stargatephoto wanting to confirm my order. Well, turns out they did not only want to confirm my order but pressure me into purchasing expensive, overpriced accessory and such. I told them I am not interested and that I'd just want the camera. The guy tells me, well if you buy "item X" I will upgrade to a new camera. :o Come again? New camera? Isn't this what I ordered all alone? He tells me no, it’s refurbished and if I buy the expensive accessory I'll get a new one. So I tell that guy forget about it and cancel my order. Of course I call Visa right away making sure they did not charge anything. Then I go to tell my husband what happened and he calls that guy back. The dude hangs up on my husband. Then my husband calls back again and asks why they were just trying to sell me a used camera and the dude answers "It does not say anywhere it's new, or does it?" :confused: So my husband tells him that one would expect that merchandise not labeled as "used" or "refurbished" would be considered new, especially when bought from a retail business. So that guy pretty much tells my husband to f**k off and hangs up on him again. (Really, I'm not making this up!).
__________________I now have my camera on order with Adorama for only $20 more and I feel a whole lot better about it.
Jana
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08-03-2006, 10:28 AM
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Oh my gosh...what rotten service! It doesn't say that it is new??????? I've never heard anything so ridiculous in my life!
__________________Now what have you learned here...we should always listen to our husbands...they are always right...darn it!!!!!
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08-03-2006, 10:31 AM
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Jana
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08-03-2006, 10:50 AM
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Funny, their "About Us" page says everything is new. I guess that's not somewhere that counts in their "anywhere". :roll: Unfortunately I've heard quite a few stories like this of the cheap Brooklyn photo places - I'm sure I read that most of them are owned by the same company so I'd just avoid the lot myself!
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08-03-2006, 11:14 AM
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%$rassle*frassle/& scammers. UGH. I am so sorry but I am glad you figured it out before you lost that money on a USED FRIGGIN CAMERA! Oh that makes me so mad.
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08-03-2006, 11:14 AM
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Little update:
__________________I wish I had done all this research before, but I just looked them up and they have a bad rep all over the web. They also sell as Wawa Digital, Accessories Land, I.N.S. Digital World, Stargate Photo, and The Camera Whiz out of Brooklyn, New York. Not nice guys!
Jana
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08-03-2006, 11:21 AM
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OMG yeah always go to the bbb.org site to check out a business you are not familiar with
__________________I listened to dh and bought mine from B&H and even then I was antsy until I had the camera in hand. Thanks for heads up and a good PSA!
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08-03-2006, 01:27 PM
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B&H is a good site with a great reputation. I know a lot of pros order from there. Adorama is another good site, too.
__________________Tip for next time: If you ever find a too-good-to-be-true deal on a website, always always check them out here first: http://www.resellerratings.com/
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