Is it safe to buy from The Camera Box?

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Rose Hips - 15 Oct 2006 20:06 GMT

They list really great prices and seem to have a decent rating on
resellerrating.com. Has anybody in the group dealt with them? What was
the experience like?

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Mark² - 15 Oct 2006 23:18 GMT

> They list really great prices and seem to have a decent rating on
> resellerrating.com. Has anybody in the group dealt with them? What
> was the experience like?

Never heard of them...which is usually a red flag right there.
Many scam shops go through a cycle of continuous name-changes...to side-step
the ever-present bad reputations attached to former names.

Stick with the sure things (www.bhphotovideo.com, www.adorama.com,
www.calumetphoto.com ) and you'll be happy.

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Bob H - 16 Oct 2006 02:33 GMT

> They list really great prices and seem to have a decent rating on
> resellerrating.com. Has anybody in the group dealt with them? What was
> the experience like?

I had great service and pricing from h1photo.com on a camera body and
lens.

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J. Clarke - 16 Oct 2006 12:57 GMT

> They list really great prices and seem to have a decent rating on
> resellerrating.com. Has anybody in the group dealt with them? What was
> the experience like?

Check their prices carefully. They're slightly lower than B&H on some
items, but far higher on others.

The major complaint about them on resellerratings is that they ship gray
market without telling you in advance that it's gray market. Check the B&H
site and you'll see that they sell both US market and gray market and tell
you which is which so you get to decide whether to go with the gray market
model and save a few bucks or with the US market model and have a warranty.
Camera Box doesn't do that.

This particular practice would put them off my list but YMMV.

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