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From Guy at CACCA

Joyce received this from CACCA and forwarded this to me.  It demonstrates why sometimes it is better to shop locally.

I ordered a camera from ShopDigital Direct at the same time I ordered a lens from Sonic Cameras. Both sent me an email to confirm the order and asking for the credit card's security number. I called ShopDigitalDirect right away and got the hard sale for buying overpriced accessories that would normally be with the body, all of which I declined. I found out the camera would be a few weeks before it was delivered. Near the end of that time, I called and found the expected delivery time was even longer than it was at first. And, later, it wasn't getting any better. About 1/9, I called and canceled the order.

With Sonic Cameras I had immediate misgivings about the order and thought I might want another lens so I did not call to confirm the order. Later, I found my first choice was the better so I did call to confirm. (Despite emailing a request to cancel, requests to confirm continued.) When I did call, they tried to sell me a filter I didn't want, tell me the lens only had a plastic mount (totally untrue, the lens isn't available with a plastic mount and offered me a different lens for $50 more although the street price is about $200 less.) So, I told them to cancel the order. I wrote them an email and told them what I thought of them. I got two emails from them. One, to call them back and they would make it good. The second saying the order was canceled due to nonavailability.

Now, somewhere in all this during mid-December, I got charges to a drilling company in California for over $13,000. Wonder which one did it.

So, if it sounds too good to be true, it very well is. And, you can use this website to check out a potential vendor.

http://www.reseller ratings.com/

Something to be said about supporting your local stores, huh?

Guy
 

From Bill -

Whenever you are doing a transaction online look to see if the web address is "https://"  - specifically look for the "s" following the http.  This means it is a secure transaction and your information is encrypted, making it impossible for a outside party to intercept you data.

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