- The site is technically "legit" (it even looks legit)
- everything they list is lower than anywhere else (even Walmart)
- you place your order online giving them your Credit Card #
- The order is placed and you get a confirmation email
- so far so good
- a day or two later someone calls you up and says they need your 3-digit number on the back of the card "as a security measure"
- you give it to them, and they thank you
- then they mention that you might want to "add to your order" things like memory card, flash, tripod, whatever
- if you say "yes" to any of the above, be sure to ask what price they are charging -- it will be exhorbiant (e.g. $200 for 32Gb memory card "especially designed just for your camera")
- if you say "no" then the next thing out of their mouth will be "ah, I see your camara is on backorder. Might be 4-6 weeks. Do you want to cancel your order? Or do you want to continue with it?
- Needless to say, they have no intention on selling you the camera that you "bought" for the ridiculous price posted
- the only way you will get your camera for $xxxx is to buy $yyyy of over-priced junk
- summary: not a "scam" per se, but rather more of a bait-and-switch
Michael
-----Original Message-----
From: mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 10:29 PM
To: 'List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students'
Subject: RE: question re: pricing disparity
Checked the site out and you know what I found missing??? A phone number. IF they won't take my phone call, do I really want to give them a credit card number???
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: question re: pricing disparity
From: ADavidhazy <andpph@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, February 17, 2009 9:17 pm
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students
<photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
This is a rather long URL but here goes:
http://www.shopcartusa.com/P_Canon_EOS_5D_Mark_II_2764B003/?utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&utm_term=10020124&utm_campaign=32_adwords
what am I missing/
andy
Lea Murphy wrote:
> If you can find a real live 5DM2 for $1750 I'd like to get another one,
> too. Share your source!
