Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!tekmdp!toddv From: toddv@tekmdp.UUCP (Todd Vierheller) Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Subject: Mail Order Message-ID: <2085@tekmdp.UUCP> Date: Fri, 15-Jul-83 17:33:05 EDT Article-I.D.: tekmdp.2085 Posted: Fri Jul 15 17:33:05 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 16-Jul-83 13:34:55 EDT Lines: 35 I've had very good experience with Cameras West in Seattle Washington. They don't pull any of the BS that most do. For instance, if you see a price for a camera body, it includes the pentaprism, the viewfinder screen, and the back. They price of a lens includes the "mount". Other mail order camera stores (particularly in New York) can't make this claim. I've ordered accesories for my flash (Vivitar 285), and most recently a Nikon FE2. No hidden charges ever arose. The sales men were courteous and very helpful. They also told me up front if they were out of anything. They merchandise is shipped the same day the order is received, and they accept personal checks (with the proper info printed on the check). Camera World of Oregon is another place that I would recoomend avoiding. If you call them (on their out of state phone number) they can never quite give you the price that's in the catalogue. They do, however, give you all kinds of excuses why this is so. I've heard everything from "that was a misprint in our ad" (the same price that ran for many months consecutively), to "we had a price increase." I happen to live in Portland OR, so I paid them a personal visit. (Of course the in-store prices were higher, that's normal.) In the store, the same old crap applied. The salesmen were trying to jack the prices up at every turn. "Oh, I forgot. . . that's five dollars more because of last weeks price increase." (The other salesman had'nt heard about the price increase though, I asked.) Conclusions: CAMERAS WEST IN SEATTLE HAS INTEGRITY. CAMERA WORLD IN OREGON HAS NONE. Todd Vierheller UUCP: ...!{ucbvax or decvax}!teklabs!tekmdp!toddv (ignore return address) CSNET: tekmdp!toddv @ tektronix ARPA: tekmdp!toddv.tektronix @ rand-relay