Royal Camera & Video doesn't honor posted prices

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Royal Camera & Video of Brooklyn, NY, will not honor its WEB posted
prices. This company uses discounted prices advertised for the Canon
EOS 1D Mark II DSLR, $2999.00, to lure customers into ordering. When
the invoice arrives, they charge the full undiscounted US price,
$4199.99.
I got stung by this racket, and am pursuing getting my credit card
company to fight for me, hopefully to force these crooks to honor
their advertised price to me.
Beware!

 

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"Carol Ane A. Bloomquist" <carolbloomquist@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Royal Camera & Video of Brooklyn, NY, will not honor its WEB posted
> prices. This company uses discounted prices advertised for the Canon
> EOS 1D Mark II DSLR, $2999.00, to lure customers into ordering. When
> the invoice arrives, they charge the full undiscounted US price,
> $4199.99.
> I got stung by this racket, and am pursuing getting my credit card
> company to fight for me, hopefully to force these crooks to honor
> their advertised price to me.
> Beware!

Before you throw your money at another KNOWN scam shop, check here.
You'd have been steered clear of these scammers.

 

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Chances are you'll get *some* of your money back, but it will take weeks (or
months) and you'll never get the camera from them at their advertised price.

Check out their customer reviews at http/www.resellerratings.com and
http/www.photo.net.

"Carol Ane A. Bloomquist" <carolbloomquist@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I got stung by this racket, and am pursuing getting my credit card
> company to fight for me, hopefully to force these crooks to honor
> their advertised price to me.
> Beware!

 

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"Carol Ane A. Bloomquist" <carolbloomquist@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Royal Camera & Video of Brooklyn, NY, will not honor its WEB posted
> prices. This company uses discounted prices advertised for the Canon
> EOS 1D Mark II DSLR, $2999.00, to lure customers into ordering. When
> the invoice arrives, they charge the full undiscounted US price,
> $4199.99.
> I got stung by this racket, and am pursuing getting my credit card
> company to fight for me, hopefully to force these crooks to honor
> their advertised price to me.
> Beware!

Pursue it with the New York attorney general too.

And above all, preserve evidence. If the ad exists only as a web page, then
guess what? They can change it at a moment's notice, and you can't prove
that any copy you made of it is genuine.

You could however still convince a jury that you wouldn't have ordered from
them if the price had not been lower than other major retailers. So that's
a fact worth establishing.

 

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"Carol Ane A. Bloomquist" <carolbloomquist@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Royal Camera & Video of Brooklyn, NY, will not honor its WEB posted
> prices. This company uses discounted prices advertised for the Canon
> EOS 1D Mark II DSLR, $2999.00, to lure customers into ordering. When
> the invoice arrives, they charge the full undiscounted US price,
> $4199.99.
> I got stung by this racket, and am pursuing getting my credit card
> company to fight for me, hopefully to force these crooks to honor
> their advertised price to me.
> Beware!

Adopt the philosophy, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably
isn't!!!!"

Don Dunlap

 

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Send the camera back. You will NEVER get them to honour the advertised price
and there are always fairly hidden gotchas to keep them from having to do
so. The credit card company will only refund your money to you and only then
if you return the item. There is usually a fairly short amount of time in
which you can do this so call them tomorrow (your credit card company) and
get the process started. You will have to return the item insured and
tracked or they will simply deny that it ever came back. You'll end up out
the shipping, but that is a pretty small loss considering what those sharks
might have done to you.

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"Carol Ane A. Bloomquist" <carolbloomquist@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Royal Camera & Video of Brooklyn, NY, will not honor its WEB posted
> prices. This company uses discounted prices advertised for the Canon
> EOS 1D Mark II DSLR, $2999.00, to lure customers into ordering. When
> the invoice arrives, they charge the full undiscounted US price,
> $4199.99.
> I got stung by this racket, and am pursuing getting my credit card
> company to fight for me, hopefully to force these crooks to honor
> their advertised price to me.
> Beware!

 

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> Adopt the philosophy, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably
> isn't!!!!"
>
> Don Dunlap
---------------------------------------------------------------

Another good philosophy for many here to consider adopting:

If I'm too stupid to realize that Don's suggested philosophy makes REAL
sense, I ought not be allowed to play with REAL money.

ds

 

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"DFS" <ok@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>> Adopt the philosophy, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably
>> isn't!!!!"
>>
>> Don Dunlap

I think what's going on is that fraudsters are being assisted by Internet
search engines that find the lowest advertised price - regardless of who's
advertising it.

Expanding on what Don said, if it were possible to sell the product reliably
for a price 15% lower than B&H, Adorama, and Samy's, then how would B&H,
Adorama, and Samy's stay in business? The answer: The people with lower
prices aren't really selling the product.

 

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On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 07:44:01 GMT, Tony <tspadaro@nc.rr.com> wrote:

>Send the camera back.

> You'll end up out
>the shipping, but that is a pretty small loss considering what those sharks
>might have done to you.

On their web site I find: "All returns are subject to a 5% restocking
charge and shipping charges are not refundable." So if she sends it back
she will have to pay $210 and she will have no recourse for a refund of it.
Plus the shipping.

See: http/www.royalcamera.com/info.html

Don <donwiss at panix.com>.

 

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Carol Ane A. Bloomquist <carolbloomquist@comcast.net> wrote:

>Royal Camera & Video of Brooklyn, NY, will not honor its WEB posted
>prices. This company uses discounted prices advertised for the Canon
>EOS 1D Mark II DSLR, $2999.00, to lure customers into ordering. When
>the invoice arrives, they charge the full undiscounted US price,
>$4199.99.
>I got stung by this racket, and am pursuing getting my credit card
>company to fight for me, hopefully to force these crooks to honor
>their advertised price to me.
>Beware!

You are absolutely dreaming if you think you can get it for that price.
They aren't going to do it. The best you can do is to get them to match the
$3,855 price at buydig.com. Checking B&H I find $4,099.95. So probably the
best you can do is to get $100 off, or return it and take the 5% hit.

Don <donwiss at panix.com>.

 

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"Don Wiss" <donwiss@no_spam.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 07:44:01 GMT, Tony <tspadaro@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
>>Send the camera back.
>
>> You'll end up out
>>the shipping, but that is a pretty small loss considering what those
>>sharks
>>might have done to you.
>
> On their web site I find: "All returns are subject to a 5% restocking
> charge and shipping charges are not refundable." So if she sends it back
> she will have to pay $210 and she will have no recourse for a refund of
> it.
> Plus the shipping.

That policy only applies to returns where the customer got the right goods
at the right price and then changed his mind. (That's what restocking fees
are for.) When they're at fault, they can't supersede the law of the land
and the regulations of the credit card issuer by just putting fine print on
a web page.

 

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"Don Wiss" <donwiss@no_spam.com> wrote in message
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> Carol Ane A. Bloomquist <carolbloomquist@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>Royal Camera & Video of Brooklyn, NY, will not honor its WEB posted
>>prices. This company uses discounted prices advertised for the Canon
>>EOS 1D Mark II DSLR, $2999.00, to lure customers into ordering. When
>>the invoice arrives, they charge the full undiscounted US price,
>>$4199.99.
>>I got stung by this racket, and am pursuing getting my credit card
>>company to fight for me, hopefully to force these crooks to honor
>>their advertised price to me.
>>Beware!
>
> You are absolutely dreaming if you think you can get it for that price.
> They aren't going to do it. The best you can do is to get them to match
> the
> $3,855 price at buydig.com. Checking B&H I find $4,099.95. So probably the
> best you can do is to get $100 off, or return it and take the 5% hit.

No -- False advertising is a crime. He must return it, protest the ENTIRE
credit card charge (no nonsense about restocking fees), preserve evidence,
and turn them in to the authorities both state and federal. If he consents
to their high price, he's supporting a scam and making the world worse for
the rest of us.

 

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Carol Ane A. Bloomquist wrote:

> Royal Camera & Video of Brooklyn, NY, will not honor its WEB posted
> prices. This company uses discounted prices advertised for the Canon
> EOS 1D Mark II DSLR, $2999.00, to lure customers into ordering. When
> the invoice arrives, they charge the full undiscounted US price,
> $4199.99.
> I got stung by this racket, and am pursuing getting my credit card
> company to fight for me, hopefully to force these crooks to honor
> their advertised price to me.
> Beware!

I would also contact Popular Photography and tell them exactly what
happened. Ask them to find out why one of their advertisers is scamming
you, and whether they will continue to be allowed to advertise.

Gary Eickmeier

 

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"Gary Eickmeier" <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> Carol Ane A. Bloomquist wrote:
>
> > Royal Camera & Video of Brooklyn, NY, will not honor its WEB posted
> > prices. This company uses discounted prices advertised for the Canon
> > EOS 1D Mark II DSLR, $2999.00, to lure customers into ordering. When
> > the invoice arrives, they charge the full undiscounted US price,
> > $4199.99.
> > I got stung by this racket, and am pursuing getting my credit card
> > company to fight for me, hopefully to force these crooks to honor
> > their advertised price to me.
> > Beware!
>
> I would also contact Popular Photography and tell them exactly what
> happened. Ask them to find out why one of their advertisers is scamming
> you, and whether they will continue to be allowed to advertise.
>
> Gary Eickmeier

Ah... If only Pop Photo really gave a rat's petudy...

They D-O-N-'T. -Which is just one more reason why I have ZERO respect for
that "catalogue-posing-as-a-magazine."

 

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"Gary Eickmeier" <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> Carol Ane A. Bloomquist wrote:
>
>> Royal Camera & Video of Brooklyn, NY, will not honor its WEB posted
>> prices. This company uses discounted prices advertised for the Canon
>> EOS 1D Mark II DSLR, $2999.00, to lure customers into ordering. When
>> the invoice arrives, they charge the full undiscounted US price,
>> $4199.99.
>> I got stung by this racket, and am pursuing getting my credit card
>> company to fight for me, hopefully to force these crooks to honor
>> their advertised price to me. Beware!
>
> I would also contact Popular Photography and tell them exactly what
> happened. Ask them to find out why one of their advertisers is scamming
> you, and whether they will continue to be allowed to advertise.
>
> Gary Eickmeier

PopPhoto couldn't care less. These guys, and others like them, have been
advertising for years under a variety of names, PopPhoto has never done
anything to enforce their supposed policy of ethics, despite numerous and
constant complaints.

--
Skip Middleton
http/www.shadowcatcherimagery.com

 

[Tony]

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They can't enforce the restocking charge. The credit card company will not
withhold it.

--
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home of The Camera-ist's Manifesto
The Improved Links Pages are at
http/www.chapelhillnoir.com/links/mlinks00.html
A sample chapter from "Haight-Ashbury" is at
http/www.chapelhillnoir.com/writ/hait/hatitl.html

"Don Wiss" <donwiss@no_spam.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 07:44:01 GMT, Tony <tspadaro@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> >Send the camera back.
>
> > You'll end up out
> >the shipping, but that is a pretty small loss considering what those
sharks
> >might have done to you.
>
> On their web site I find: "All returns are subject to a 5% restocking
> charge and shipping charges are not refundable." So if she sends it back
> she will have to pay $210 and she will have no recourse for a refund of
it.
> Plus the shipping.
>
> See: http/www.royalcamera.com/info.html
>
> Don <donwiss at panix.com>.

 

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And then listen to Keppler and the rest of those stinking slimeballs
laughing at you.

--
http/www.chapelhillnoir.com
home of The Camera-ist's Manifesto
The Improved Links Pages are at
http/www.chapelhillnoir.com/links/mlinks00.html
A sample chapter from "Haight-Ashbury" is at
http/www.chapelhillnoir.com/writ/hait/hatitl.html

"Gary Eickmeier" <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> Carol Ane A. Bloomquist wrote:
>
> > Royal Camera & Video of Brooklyn, NY, will not honor its WEB posted
> > prices. This company uses discounted prices advertised for the Canon
> > EOS 1D Mark II DSLR, $2999.00, to lure customers into ordering. When
> > the invoice arrives, they charge the full undiscounted US price,
> > $4199.99.
> > I got stung by this racket, and am pursuing getting my credit card
> > company to fight for me, hopefully to force these crooks to honor
> > their advertised price to me.
> > Beware!
>
> I would also contact Popular Photography and tell them exactly what
> happened. Ask them to find out why one of their advertisers is scamming
> you, and whether they will continue to be allowed to advertise.
>
> Gary Eickmeier

 

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>> Carol Ane A. Bloomquist wrote:
>>
>>> Royal Camera & Video of Brooklyn, NY, will not honor its WEB posted
>>> prices. This company uses discounted prices advertised for the Canon
>>> EOS 1D Mark II DSLR, $2999.00, to lure customers into ordering. When
>>> the invoice arrives, they charge the full undiscounted US price,
>>> $4199.99.

Back to Step 1 -- I presume you called Royal and told them you wanted the
web advertised price? It's possible they didn't know what was on their web
site.

Of course, the problem is that a web site is not permanent. You could save
a copy of it, but you couldn't prove it wasn't altered by you.

>>> I got stung by this racket, and am pursuing getting my credit card
>>> company to fight for me, hopefully to force these crooks to honor
>>> their advertised price to me. Beware!
>>
>> I would also contact Popular Photography and tell them exactly what
>> happened. Ask them to find out why one of their advertisers is scamming
>> you, and whether they will continue to be allowed to advertise.

Despite the cynicism others have expressed, I think that is a good idea.
Popular Photography *does* care -- but the sleazy vendors do a great deal to
keep Pop. Photo. staff from ever hearing about how bad they are.

 

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Skip M wrote:
> "Gary Eickmeier" <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:IPSrd.112145$6w6.74445@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
>
>>
>>Carol Ane A. Bloomquist wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Royal Camera & Video of Brooklyn, NY, will not honor its WEB posted
>>>prices. This company uses discounted prices advertised for the Canon
>>>EOS 1D Mark II DSLR, $2999.00, to lure customers into ordering. When
>>>the invoice arrives, they charge the full undiscounted US price,
>>>$4199.99.
>>>I got stung by this racket, and am pursuing getting my credit card
>>>company to fight for me, hopefully to force these crooks to honor
>>>their advertised price to me. Beware!
>>
>>I would also contact Popular Photography and tell them exactly what
>>happened. Ask them to find out why one of their advertisers is scamming
>>you, and whether they will continue to be allowed to advertise.
>>
>>Gary Eickmeier
>
>
> PopPhoto couldn't care less. These guys, and others like them, have been
> advertising for years under a variety of names, PopPhoto has never done
> anything to enforce their supposed policy of ethics, despite numerous and
> constant complaints.

So - make them show their attitude. Do it. Contact them. Then get back
to us. They also have a web site, and a discussion group associated with
it. I have not checked this out myself, but that may be interesting as
well - to press to test and see if you are censored by them.

Gary Eickmeier

 

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"Gary Eickmeier" <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> Skip M wrote:
>> "Gary Eickmeier" <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:IPSrd.112145$6w6.74445@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
>>
>>>
>>>Carol Ane A. Bloomquist wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Royal Camera & Video of Brooklyn, NY, will not honor its WEB posted
>>>>prices. This company uses discounted prices advertised for the Canon
>>>>EOS 1D Mark II DSLR, $2999.00, to lure customers into ordering. When
>>>>the invoice arrives, they charge the full undiscounted US price,
>>>>$4199.99.
>>>>I got stung by this racket, and am pursuing getting my credit card
>>>>company to fight for me, hopefully to force these crooks to honor
>>>>their advertised price to me. Beware!
>>>
>>>I would also contact Popular Photography and tell them exactly what
>>>happened. Ask them to find out why one of their advertisers is scamming
>>>you, and whether they will continue to be allowed to advertise.
>>>
>>>Gary Eickmeier
>>
>>
>> PopPhoto couldn't care less. These guys, and others like them, have been
>> advertising for years under a variety of names, PopPhoto has never done
>> anything to enforce their supposed policy of ethics, despite numerous and
>> constant complaints.
>
> So - make them show their attitude. Do it. Contact them. Then get back to
> us. They also have a web site, and a discussion group associated with it.
> I have not checked this out myself, but that may be interesting as well -
> to press to test and see if you are censored by them.
>
> Gary Eickmeier

What do I have to complain about? I don't do business with any of the bait
'n' switch places who advertise there, only with B&H. Now, if I were B&H, I
might pressure PopPhoto into cleaning up the mess, since the slimeballs who
advertise there make B&H 1) look like they're of the same ilk, or 2) make
B&H's prices look high and uncompetitive by comparison, since, of course,
the bait 'n' switch guys have no intention of actually selling a camera at
those prices.

--
Skip Middleton
http/www.shadowcatcherimagery.com