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sales

Morning Deals

  • Amazon: Lego sale. 50% off 8 Different Items
  • Walgreens: 6 Sharpies for $2 (in-store only)
  • eforcity: iPod/iPhone charging cable for $7.99 (down from $43.99)
  • DealExtreme: iPod/iPhone charging cable for $3.46
  • Woot: It's a woot-off!
Highlights From Dealhack
  • Best Buy: Dynex DX-LCD32 32-inch LCD HDTV $490
  • Tiger Direct: Unlocked Motorola RAZR V3 GSM Cell Phone $100
  • Buy.com: Kodak Z1285 12 Megapixel Digital Camera $90 Shipped

8:25 AM on Tue Jul 29 2008
By Ben Popken
992 views, 14 comments

Latest by Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity: Has anyone priced Monoprice.com for that ipod cable? They're pretty inexpensive, and I've yet to get a really crappy more »

Consumer Reports has a quick "how to" for recovering "lost" photos from your digital camera's memory card. It was surprisingly easy to do with some freeware from download.com... which reminds us: If you're going to give an "empty" memory card to someone...don't just assume your photos have been totally deleted... you know? [Consumer Reports]

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websites

Man Tries To Buy From "The Camera Professionals," Fails

"The Camera Professionals" are not actually that professional, nor do they have cameras to sell you. That's what ZDNet reporter Josh Taylor discovered when he decided to take their Google AdWord bait and buy a camcorder they were offering for nearly $300 less than other stores. He didn't expect much success, and he was richly rewarded:

While stories like mine are sadly not that uncommon, I’m still absolutely stumped at what kind of scheme The Camera Professionals is trying to pull off. They never tried to upsell me, they never charged my credit card, they simply appeared to have taken an order for an item they seemingly have no intention of trying to fill.

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1:38 PM on Tue May 20 2008
By Chris Walters
11,671 views, 48 comments

Latest by WolfDemon: Beachcamera is great more »

shipping problems

Amazon Screws Up Mother's Day Order

When Amazon works, it's a great example of what man and machine can do together to make shopping easier. When it doesn't work, you're stuck with a higher-priced camera from Wal-Mart and a second camera you thought was canceled shipped from Amazon, with a refund taking 3-5 days to go through. More »

12:00 PM on Sun May 11 2008
By Chris Walters
3,028 views, 18 comments

Latest by Geekybiker: +1 on just returning one of the cameras to walmart. Occasionally walmart does have a different sku, but its also more »

overreactions

Chicago Hospital Freaks, Nearly Bans Visitor For Taking Photo From Window

Kurt was at Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago yesterday, where his father is in rehab after a recent stroke, and he was nearly kicked out because he took a photo of the setting sun out the window from a hallway.
Before even reviewing the picture, I heard a woman yell, "What do you think you're doing?!" I looked up, seeing an angry looking woman briskly coming down the hall at me.
 
"Taking a photo of the sun," I replied.
 
"You're in a hospital!" she shrilly declared.
 
"Yes, obviously."
 
"I've called security, you stay here!"
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7:50 PM on Wed Mar 5 2008
By Chris Walters
20,452 views, 129 comments

Latest by BeFrugalNotCheap: Christ, are you people talking about that mcdonalds hot coffee case again? more »

bad service

TigerDirect Screws Up Order, Then Screws Up Customer Service Response

Matt bought a camera from TigerDirect. He monitored the status of the order online, and saw that it was marked "shipped" a few days after he placed the order, so he returned the other, more expensive, camera he'd bought at Best Buy. Unfortunately, the TigerDirect camera never arrived. Matt logged in again to see what the problem was and saw that it was now marked both "shipped" and "canceled." That's when the problems with TigerDirect's customer service started.
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12:44 PM on Mon Feb 18 2008
By Chris Walters
7,391 views, 51 comments

Latest by n/a: This is Matt - I've contacted the company and I'll see if I end up receiving the camera I wanted more »

sad

Polaroid Instant Film Is Dead

Polaroid has announced that they will no longer manufacture instant film or instant cameras and will instead concentrate on TVs, digital cameras, and printers, says the Chicago Sun-Times:
''We're trying to reinvent Polaroid so it lives on for the next 30 to 40 years,'' Tom Beaudoin, Polaroid's president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer, said in a phone interview Friday.
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8:31 AM on Wed Feb 13 2008
By Meg Marco
6,052 views, 76 comments

Latest by nlatimer: @ohgoodness: Unfortunately art that requires a high level of capital for manufacturing can't be profitable and sustainable unless useful. more »

bad ideas

Coffee Shop Installs Fake Security Camera In Bathroom

A coffee shop in Montreal has removed a "dud" security camera from its bathroom after news of it hit the local papers. Corporate headquarters asked the franchise owner to take it down, and apologized/avoided blame in a press release that said they were "not consulted in advance." The franchise owner had installed it as a sort of junkie scarecrow, to frighten away heroin users who were leaving dirty needles in the bathroom stall. More »

12:47 PM on Tue Feb 5 2008
By Chris Walters
3,216 views, 41 comments

Latest by Blueskylaw: I think the UV light thing is more interesting than the story. more »

winnowing your rights

Fuji EULA Dictates What Pictures You Can Take

When you crack open the seal on a high-end Fuji camera, Fuji gets to tell you what kind of pictures you get to take. We're all for ethical behavior and not invading people's privacy, but come on. Increasingly these End User License Agreements go too far in telling people what they can do with the stuff they buy with the money they earned. Hey there's an idea, write an EULA on your dollars when you give it to the store stipulating how they can spend the money you give them. "By accepting these dollars you agree to..."

Fujifilm Professional Photography [FUJI] (Thanks to Jim!)

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12:13 PM on Fri Jan 25 2008
By Ben Popken
4,461 views, 58 comments

Latest by n/a: A recent conversation with a friend: HER: [consumerist.com] ME: Cool thread! ME: The US government requires those to be packed with the more »

gadgets

The Best And Worst Tech Gadgets Of The Year

It begins—the year end "best of" lists! If you're gearing up for the gift buying frenzy that will begin on Friday, here's a quick slideshow of some of the most inspiring and least impressive electronics in the marketplace right now. More »

6:15 PM on Wed Nov 21 2007
By Chris Walters
12,916 views, 18 comments

Latest by SpdRacer: Actually, the 25$ Wal-Mart Special DVD players are the ones I prefer because they will play anything, unlike my 300$ more »

Ritz Camera Or Scamera? An Interview With A Former Employee Before you shop at Ritz Camera, you'll want to read inside about what a disgruntled ex employee terms: • The Classes Scam
• The Return Scam and
• The Price-Match Scam.

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how to

Make A Camera Tripod From A Tennis Ball

This nifty Instructable shows you how to make a tripod for light-weight cameras by cutting up a tennis ball. More »

11:51 PM on Wed May 30 2007
By Ben Popken
1,058 views, 8 comments

top

8 Confessions Of A Ritz Camera Sales Employee

Apparently there are still some people who buy electronic and camera items in real-world-stores and sometimes they go to Ritz Camera. More »

12:08 AM on Wed May 16 2007
By Ben Popken
13,489 views, 39 comments

complaints

Canon Treats Digital Rebel XT Owner Like Pawnshop Scavenger

Consumerist alum Joel Johnson has a beef with Canon and their decision to treat him, the proud purchaser of Canon Digital Rebel XT, like he found the camera in a dumpster. More »

9:07 PM on Thu May 10 2007
By Ben Popken
10,157 views, 53 comments

kodak

Kodak Moments: Kodak Quits Council of Better Business Bureaus Rather Than Face Expulsion

Kodak resigned from the Council of Better Business Bureaus (BBB,) rather than face expulsion for their refusal to respond to complaints lodged by spurned customers.
Kodak was advised it could contest the termination but chose instead to resign its national membership in early March. The photography company allowed its membership in the Buffalo-based branch to lapse about five years ago.
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1:20 PM on Sat Apr 7 2007
By Carey
1,232 views, 19 comments

Latest by n/a: I need to send an EECB to Kodak management and I need the email addresses of their executives (I can more »

how to

How To Take Pictures Inside Stores Without Getting Caught

How can you take hundreds of pictures inside a store without getting caught? It can be really hard. If you ask for permission, it will be likely be denied. If you're too conspicuous, someone will say, "No pictures!" and you could get thrown out. More »

Feature

11:36 AM on Thu Mar 15 2007
By Ben Popken
22,764 views, 50 comments

Latest by SaraCantor: I am a Retail Planner and often take pictures in stores as part of my job. I also write a more »

flickr

Decide Your Next Camera Purchase With Flickr's Camera Finder

Flickr's "Camera Finder" feature is a good tool to help you decide on your next camera purchase. More »

9:31 AM on Thu Mar 1 2007
By Ben Popken
2,339 views, 6 comments

broadway photo

Broadway Photo's Sheisty-Looking Business Addresses

Broadway Photo is a New York area camera cabal infamous for ripping customers off. First they lure in people with camera kits below market value. Then they try to upsell customers on all sorts of accessories and try to make them believe their gear won't work without it. People have experienced unauthorized charges and report being verbally abused when they try to dispute the charges. More »

4:25 PM on Thu Jan 25 2007
By Ben Popken
10,077 views, 35 comments

Latest by n/a: I've had a similar problem with a different New York camera vendor. (not Broadway Photo though unless it's just another more »

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