Igor, When I read your post, I simply went straight to Google to see what I could find about BuyDig's reputation. The first few headings I cam upon were very negative and were offered to you as an alert. I've never personally dealt with them. I agree, through personal experience, that Adorama can be be slick and deceptive.
Jack --- On Mon, 11/3/08, Igor Roshchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Igor Roshchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: K30D > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 11:55 AM > Jack, > > As several people on the list wrote, Buydig appears to have > a good > record. You can check photo.net community as well. > > I personally purchased my DS, and a lens. My DS had to be > sent back due > to the problem with the buil-in flash, and I had no problem > or hassle > with the return and replacement. > Although I had made quite several purchases from Adorama, > my more recent > experience with them was less than satisfying (they were > misleading > about product availability - both on their website and via > the phone). > That actually stopped me from purchasing my DS from them > 3.5 years ago, > and then subsequently some lenses. > > Note that BeachCamera is under the same management as > BuyDig and also > appears to have very reasonable record. > > Of course, you have to be alert with all low-margin > mail-order > companies, especially NY/NJ-based, including B&H. And > the typical somewhat > "rough" manner of the customer service-client > relation typical to NYC > appears rude to people living, say, in MidWest. > > BTW, while Amazon's rules (e.g. those related to > product return) appear > to be more liberal than those of the NYC photo retailers, > if something > goes off the track, their customer service is hard to deal > with - > it's a huge corporate machine. > > > Igor > > > Mon Nov 3 11:30:08 EST 2008 > Jack Davis wrote: > > > Igor, > > Buydig's reputation is pretty unsavory. Check with > Google for more info. > > Could very well be "hidden" costs and an > unpleasant encounter. > > > > Jack > > > -- > 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.
