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Mar 02, 2007 19:29 |  #1

Is www.bestpricecameras.c​om (external link) for real? Has anybody purchased from them?
On there web page they show the Canon 5D for $959.00
How can it be?


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Mar 02, 2007 19:32 |  #2

Check them out on resellerratings.com


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Mar 02, 2007 19:35 |  #3

Also j&k cameras and infiniti cameras, they are a scam. They were caught writing their own reviews to boost their ratings, thus the ratings are n/a Stay away


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Mar 02, 2007 19:43 |  #4

You know the saying- "if it's sounds too good to be true..."

I'm guessing they really push you to buy the extended waranty (5 years-$730!!!) and overpriced memory cards (2GIG no name cf for $200!!!). I bet if you don't buy the extras, you won't get the camera either.

Perhaps one day the people who run this scams will be put out of business.


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Mar 02, 2007 19:47 |  #5

Is that perhaps a grey market price?
Buyer beware!


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Mar 02, 2007 19:47 as a reply to  @ ajbalazic's post |  #6

0.19 lifetime rating...very impressive to be that low :D


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Mar 02, 2007 21:07 |  #7

sometimes i see their ADS here in POTN somewhere on the header of the page where it says "sponsored links". surprised??


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Mar 02, 2007 21:12 as a reply to  @ sgamuk's post |  #8

There is one pitch right at the top of this page when I looked at this post.

Yea if is smells like #$%@, and looks like @%#^, then it must be $h!#!

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Mar 02, 2007 21:36 |  #9

Specs wrote in post #2804804 (external link)
Is that perhaps a grey market price?
Buyer beware!

Like a ton of on-line resellers (most in Brooklyn it seems) it's simply a scam.


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Mar 02, 2007 21:40 |  #10

sgamuk wrote in post #2805133 (external link)
sometimes i see their ADS here in POTN somewhere on the header of the page where it says "sponsored links". surprised??

Not surprised at all since the POTN "ads" are not selected by POTN. This forum makes a small bit of profit by displaying Google adwords. Don't blame POTN for displaying ads from scam operators, blame Google.


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Mar 02, 2007 21:59 as a reply to  @ Bob_A's post |  #11

... [edit out - this wouldn't go over well here]




  
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Mar 03, 2007 09:07 |  #12

Thanks for the replys, I figured it was a scam but thought I ask if any one has actually bought from them.


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