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From: jlg@lanl.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Camera Discount Places (47th St. Photo)
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Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 17:24:55 EST
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>  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.