Good News: Crooked bait and switch camera web sites busted

Refresh Image wrote in post #12102486
Can someone explain me why New Yourk ? I do not think it is possible to operate such companies somewhere on the West Coast, at least I do not know any. NY and PA seems to be a breeding ground for such activity. It is so simple to fish out and take care of these companies but for some reason the responsible authorities never do. The authorities that are willing to tackle the problem like is this case Texas often have little jurisdiction over out of state business.

That would be interesting to research. It probably has to do with NY and PA laws. I remember some years back most of the get rich quick scheme crooks were based in Florida because of some lax laws they had there. It's probably similar there. Texas does have jurisdiction over any sale to a person living in Texas. I'm so glad they went after the crooks and hope all other states do the same. I'd be fine with the Federal Government going after them too. If they FBI learned of criminals deliberately defrauding people, I'm fine with agents breaking down doors and arresting people.

Refresh Image wrote in post #12102486
Can someone explain me why New Yourk ?

Because much of the East Cost is filled with corruption from the top of the government down to the bottom.

It all started with the Mobsters years ago and now you have Russian Mafia, Jewish Mafia, Italian Mafia, Mexican Cartel, Colombian Cartel, Jamaican Posse and many more which all of these groups are based in the upper east coast. Each organization controls different areas within each state and they try to keep what appear to be legitimate operations within the biggest cities where there is plenty of ways to launder dirty money with ease.

dkim82 wrote in post #12103016
i remember calling broadway a few yrs ago to buy a 40d that was ridiculously priced - naive as I was, I fell for it and called with credit card in hand. before i bit the bullet though, the guy on the phone - who by the way sounded like someone they pulled off from the street - asked me if i wanted to upgrade to the magnesium body. after i asked a few questions, the guy hung up..

stinkin shady. I'm so pleased to see them go. you can't conduct business that way!

Hahahahahahahaha! thats funny!

I once bought from one of these 'companies' before I ever realized what it was. They ended up charging my cc for stupid stuff, like 80$ for a sd card and 'extras' like that. I called em back and told them to cancel but they said they couldn't because it had shipped. I knew it hadn't shipped because I had only talked to them a few hours before and they said it would be at least 2 days before it could ship. I promptly called my CC company, got a rep on speaker phone to listen to everything this guy said. The CC company actually said they would look out for any other transactions from this company. These guys are complete douches. Sad thing was I wasn't trying to save money I was just trying to buy my wife the camera she wanted for Christmas and they were the only ones with any in stock. The order ended up getting canceled and the cc charges never went through.
They bounce around so much from place to place and person to person it's just too hard to stop them unless they're physically stopped. There's an article somewhere on the net that explains it all, how they work, move, and pretty much screw you over. Crying shame this is public knowledge but the government that's supposed to protect us and their tax money have nothing to do with the situation.

here's the link for those that haven't read about it (not the new lawsuit)

Unlike the rest of the country where the corruption goes from the bottom of the government to the top...

bettyn wrote in post #12093287
Broadway Photo continues to advertise in all the photo magazines as a legitimate business just like Newegg, Adorama, and B & H. Would like to see these magazines bite the bullet and not accept their deceptive ads.

Same here, but most likely the only way for that to happen is for all their subscribers to band together and cancel their subscriptions as a protest.

Tom

good for this scammers... they should be penalyze more than that

Refresh Image wrote in post #12102486
Can someone explain me why New Yourk ? I do not think it is possible to operate such companies somewhere on the West Coast, at least I do not know any. NY and PA seems to be a breeding ground for such activity. It is so simple to fish out and take care of these companies but for some reason the responsible authorities never do. The authorities that are willing to tackle the problem like is this case Texas often have little jurisdiction over out of state business.

One word.

Cesspool.

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #12099777
As long as there are greedy people who have to "beat the system" and feel as if they're trodding a path that others don't know about, there will be fly-by-night dealers and scam artists just waiting to take advantage of them.

Oh darn. All of this time and I never realized it was OUR FAULT!

Optiq wrote in post #12121394
Oh darn. All of this time and I never realized it was OUR FAULT!

Feeling guilty?

Optiq wrote in post #12121394
Oh darn. All of this time and I never realized it was OUR FAULT!

There's definitely no excuse for these fraudsters. Some people are used to wheeling and dealing down to a low price on things like musical instruments, audio equipment, etc. They don't realize that kind of leeway rarely exists with new Canon and Nikon photo gear. Let's never blame the victim. I would love to see the scammers behind bars.