Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lanl.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!jlg From: jlg@lanl.ARPA Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Subject: Re: Camera Discount Places (47th St. Photo) Message-ID: <19169@lanl.ARPA> Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 17:24:55 EST Article-I.D.: lanl.19169 Posted: Wed Jan 9 17:24:55 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jan-85 07:07:51 EST References: <274@decwrl.UUCP> <1031@teddy.UUCP> <3864@ucbvax.ARPA> <589@aluxe.UUCP> <19673@arizona.UUCP> Sender: newsreader@lanl.ARPA Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 18 > My moral: $30 or $40 savings are not worth the headaches now or in the > future. If that's how they treat you at the time of the sale, what can you > expect in the event you need to use warranties and service ? Not to mention > the record you set with MasterCard or your favorite Credit Card ! > > Support your local Photography Shop, they need your business. If it were only $30 or $40 then I would agree with you. But the camera body I want retails for $685 and the discount places have it for about $325! For a fifty percent saving on a multi-hundred dollar item, I am willing to put up with quite a lot of inconvenience. After all, I'm not really risking any money since I can cancel payment through my bank. Note: the same savings are available for many other items I currently need - tripod: retail ~$130; wholesale ~$50 - wide angle zoom: retail ~$250; wholesale ~$150 - the list goes on. If the local photography store needs my business it can start by living with less mark-up.