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[george]

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"Nostrobino" <not@home.today> wrote in message
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>
> "Proteus" <nospam@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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>> Nostrobino wrote:
>> ...
>>> Did your *credit card company* tell you that, or did you hear it from
>>> someone in a bar? It seems extremely unlikely to me. Sounds like
>>> bullshit,
>>> in fact. Did you call you credit card company when you "saw [you were]
>>> being shafted" in that way?
>>>
>> ..
>>
>> Credit card company. I called and talked to credit card customer service
>> about that.
>
> Well, that's interesting. I just called my credit card company to ask for
> their policy in such a situation, but they are now apparently outsourcing
> their customer service to India (as so many other companies are), with the
> result that I spoke to a woman whose English I could barely understand.
> But what she *seemed* to be saying was that in such a situation (i.e.,
> seller tries to refuse cancellation of an order even though out of stock)
> I could call the c.c. company and they would straighten it out with the
> seller. She definitely did say I would *not* be "held hostage" on the
> order as you stated in your post.
>
> I suppose different c.c. companies have different policies.
>
> Now I'm sure that if a seller *clearly states* in his ad that the order
> cannot be cancelled (e.g., for a special-order item) that would be
> different, obviously. But if the item is represented as being in stock and
> really isn't, I cannot imagine any reputable credit card company letting
> the seller hold the customer hostage in that way.
>
> N.
>

Different companies have very different policies...found that out in two
instances involving
recurring charges to a charge card. The first involved canceling an ISP
(and calling them and
recanceling a number of times) who insisted on continuing to charge my
credit card (Citibank,
fortunately). I explained the situation to Citibank and that the ISP was
not authorized by me to
charge my account any longer and Citibank no longer accepted any charges
from them. I had an
identical situation occur a few years later with a different company and a
different credit card
issuer and was told by the credit card company that I'd have to get the
rogue company to quit
stealing from my account of their own volition. I no longer deal with that
credit card company
and NEVER will again. I also never allow any recurring charges under any
conditions as they
are MUCH more difficult to EVER get rid of and you never really know what
you cc company's
policy on such things will be at the time you have a problem.

 

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"george" <nowhere@newsonly.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Nostrobino" <not@home.today> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Proteus" <nospam@nowhere.net> wrote in message
>> news:rBaIe.3838$Tt6.925@fe04.lga...
>>> Nostrobino wrote:
>>> ...
>>>> Did your *credit card company* tell you that, or did you hear it from
>>>> someone in a bar? It seems extremely unlikely to me. Sounds like
>>>> bullshit,
>>>> in fact. Did you call you credit card company when you "saw [you were]
>>>> being shafted" in that way?
>>>>
>>> ..
>>>
>>> Credit card company. I called and talked to credit card customer service
>>> about that.
>>
>> Well, that's interesting. I just called my credit card company to ask for
>> their policy in such a situation, but they are now apparently outsourcing
>> their customer service to India (as so many other companies are), with
>> the result that I spoke to a woman whose English I could barely
>> understand. But what she *seemed* to be saying was that in such a
>> situation (i.e., seller tries to refuse cancellation of an order even
>> though out of stock) I could call the c.c. company and they would
>> straighten it out with the seller. She definitely did say I would *not*
>> be "held hostage" on the order as you stated in your post.
>>
>> I suppose different c.c. companies have different policies.
>>
>> Now I'm sure that if a seller *clearly states* in his ad that the order
>> cannot be cancelled (e.g., for a special-order item) that would be
>> different, obviously. But if the item is represented as being in stock
>> and really isn't, I cannot imagine any reputable credit card company
>> letting the seller hold the customer hostage in that way.
>>
>> N.
>>
>
> Different companies have very different policies...found that out in two
> instances involving
> recurring charges to a charge card. The first involved canceling an ISP
> (and calling them and
> recanceling a number of times) who insisted on continuing to charge my
> credit card (Citibank,
> fortunately). I explained the situation to Citibank and that the ISP was
> not authorized by me to
> charge my account any longer and Citibank no longer accepted any charges
> from them. I had an
> identical situation occur a few years later with a different company and a
> different credit card
> issuer and was told by the credit card company that I'd have to get the
> rogue company to quit
> stealing from my account of their own volition.

Wow. That is surprising, to say the least. Not to mention discouraging.


> I no longer deal with that credit card company
> and NEVER will again. I also never allow any recurring charges under any
> conditions as they
> are MUCH more difficult to EVER get rid of and you never really know what
> you cc company's
> policy on such things will be at the time you have a problem.

Evidently true. I checked my c.c. company's web site and could find no
information at all about their policy in the situation described, no terms
of service or anything like that, nor could I find anything pertinent in the
fine print on the back of the statement. The rep that I spoke to on the
phone answered my questions (I guess), but along with being almost
impossible to understand because of her mostly unintelligible English, did
not really seem very confidence-inspiring.

N.

 

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"Isaiah Beard" <sacredpoet@sacredpoet.com> wrote in message
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> Don Wiss wrote:
>
>>
>> BeachCamera is not in NY. Never was. They have been on Route 22 in NJ for
>> years. Plenty of walk in sales.
>
> Yes, unfortunately they seem to treat their walk-in business VERY
> separately from online. Last time I attempted to buy something from them,
> I offered to order online and then head to their route 22 storefront,
> seeing as I live only 20 minutes away. No dice. They REALLY wanted that
> $35 for ground shipping.

What were you buying, a refrigerator? I have checked out Beach Camera's
prices (including shipping) for digital cameras a number of times, and have
never seen anything remotely like a $35 shipping charge.

N.

 

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Bill Funk wrote:

> On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 21:14:11 -0500, Proteus <nospam@nowhere.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Nostrobino wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Proteus" <nospam@nowhere.net> wrote in message
>>> news:rBaIe.3838$Tt6.925@fe04.lga...
>>>> Nostrobino wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>>> Did your *credit card company* tell you that, or did you hear it from
>>>>> someone in a bar? It seems extremely unlikely to me. Sounds like
>>>>> bullshit,
>>>>> in fact. Did you call you credit card company when you "saw [you were]
>>>>> being shafted" in that way?
>>>>>
>>>> ..
>>>>
>>>> Credit card company. I called and talked to credit card customer
>>>> service about that.
>>>
>>> Well, that's interesting. I just called my credit card company to ask
>>> for their policy in such a situation, but they are now apparently
>>> outsourcing their customer service to India (as so many other companies
>>> are), with the result that I spoke to a woman whose English I could
>>> barely understand. But what she *seemed* to be saying was that in such a
>>> situation (i.e., seller tries to refuse cancellation of an order even
>>> though out of stock) I could call the c.c. company and they would
>>> straighten it out with the seller. She definitely did say I would *not*
>>> be "held hostage" on the order as you stated in your post.
>>>
>>> I suppose different c.c. companies have different policies.
>>>
>>> Now I'm sure that if a seller *clearly states* in his ad that the order
>>> cannot be cancelled (e.g., for a special-order item) that would be
>>> different, obviously. But if the item is represented as being in stock
>>> and really isn't, I cannot imagine any reputable credit card company
>>> letting the seller hold the customer hostage in that way.
>>>
>>> N.
>>
>>
>>You are preaching to the choir. I have no reason to lie, and I really do
>>not care if you believe me; I am just relaying an actual incident. Use it
>>or lose it. Maybe policies have gotten better, that was 3 years ago.
>
> I know that for mail or telephone orders, if the item can't be shipped
> within 30 days of receipt of the order, the retailer must notify the
> customer, and offer a refund or cancelation.
> I don't know if that pertains to online orders, too, but I would think
> it does.
> Anyone know?


Well see that is what I had thought, but then was told by the vendor AND my
credit card company that it is 30 days from the order being charged to the
credit card (which the vendor could wait and do for months after receipt of
the order); and the only way to cancel it would be to cancel the credit
card, unless the vendor felt like canceling the order,

 

[Rob]

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On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 20:58:16 -0400, Don Wiss <donwiss@no_spam.com>
wrote:

>On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 21:01:43 -0400, Don <rath2@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Beachcamera .........thumbs up or thumbs down?
>
>I have bought from both BeachCamera and BuyDig within the past year. Prompt
>shipment. No phone call to sell me anything extra. The only problem is they
>forgot to include the rebate form. I called and it was promptly sent.
>
>A friend, at my recommendation, just bought from Beach. No problem at all.
>
>If anyone has anything negative to say, it should be a first hand
>experience with details of why negative.
>
>Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).


I also just bought a digital camera about 1 month ago from Beach and
it was a non event transaction. No phone calls after and shipping was
faster than expected. Essentially it was order on line and a couple
days later, it's arrived. The worst thing I can say about them was I
had to pay for the camera (I hate to part with my money :-( ).

I never bought from them before this purchase and I would recommend
them based on my ONE transaction. And no, I'm not connected to them
in any way, just a one time customer thusfar. I stress ONE time
because I don't want to exaggerate how good or bad because my
experience was brief. I did use reselleratings.com for guidance and
Beach seem to have a lot of reviews and quite good overall so I
decided to try them. Their price was not the lowest but was
competitive.

 

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On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 21:09:19 -0500, Proteus <nospam@nowhere.net>
wrote:

>Bill Funk wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 21:14:11 -0500, Proteus <nospam@nowhere.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Nostrobino wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Proteus" <nospam@nowhere.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:rBaIe.3838$Tt6.925@fe04.lga...
>>>>> Nostrobino wrote:
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> Did your *credit card company* tell you that, or did you hear it from
>>>>>> someone in a bar? It seems extremely unlikely to me. Sounds like
>>>>>> bullshit,
>>>>>> in fact. Did you call you credit card company when you "saw [you were]
>>>>>> being shafted" in that way?
>>>>>>
>>>>> ..
>>>>>
>>>>> Credit card company. I called and talked to credit card customer
>>>>> service about that.
>>>>
>>>> Well, that's interesting. I just called my credit card company to ask
>>>> for their policy in such a situation, but they are now apparently
>>>> outsourcing their customer service to India (as so many other companies
>>>> are), with the result that I spoke to a woman whose English I could
>>>> barely understand. But what she *seemed* to be saying was that in such a
>>>> situation (i.e., seller tries to refuse cancellation of an order even
>>>> though out of stock) I could call the c.c. company and they would
>>>> straighten it out with the seller. She definitely did say I would *not*
>>>> be "held hostage" on the order as you stated in your post.
>>>>
>>>> I suppose different c.c. companies have different policies.
>>>>
>>>> Now I'm sure that if a seller *clearly states* in his ad that the order
>>>> cannot be cancelled (e.g., for a special-order item) that would be
>>>> different, obviously. But if the item is represented as being in stock
>>>> and really isn't, I cannot imagine any reputable credit card company
>>>> letting the seller hold the customer hostage in that way.
>>>>
>>>> N.
>>>
>>>
>>>You are preaching to the choir. I have no reason to lie, and I really do
>>>not care if you believe me; I am just relaying an actual incident. Use it
>>>or lose it. Maybe policies have gotten better, that was 3 years ago.
>>
>> I know that for mail or telephone orders, if the item can't be shipped
>> within 30 days of receipt of the order, the retailer must notify the
>> customer, and offer a refund or cancelation.
>> I don't know if that pertains to online orders, too, but I would think
>> it does.
>> Anyone know?
>
>
>Well see that is what I had thought, but then was told by the vendor AND my
>credit card company that it is 30 days from the order being charged to the
>credit card (which the vendor could wait and do for months after receipt of
>the order); and the only way to cancel it would be to cancel the credit
>card, unless the vendor felt like canceling the order,

I've been under the impression the vendor isn't allowed to actually
charge the card until the product is shipped; in fact, that's the way
it's always been done for me.
If I were you, I'd seriously consider changing CC banks.

--
Bill Funk
replace "g" with "a"
funktionality.blogspot.com

 

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"Bill Funk" <BigBill@there.com> wrote in message
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[ . . . ]
>
> I've been under the impression the vendor isn't allowed to actually
> charge the card until the product is shipped; in fact, that's the way
> it's always been done for me.

Many (probably most) reputable sellers I think do that as a courtesy, and
usually make a point of telling buyers that that's their practice. But AFAIK
it's not a requirement as far as the c.c. companies are concerned.

Not all that say they do it that way actually do, either. I bought a
computer by phone order once and the salesman assured me my card wouldn't be
charged until it shipped--which wouldn't be for a couple of weeks, as the
computer wasn't built yet and they had that much of a backlog. But when I
got my statement I saw they charged my card the day I ordered it, probably
as soon as he got off the phone. I called back to complain about this, and
they told me they were very sorry, charging it immediately was a mistake
somebody in the office made. I suspect that company made that "mistake"
pretty routinely, but what do I know.

N.

 

[Tony]

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How come you didn't say the same to the guy who got a grey market camera
that had been advertised as US Waranty? Were you indeed out of town that
week?
Don't like being called a beach buddy? Why is that? Perhaps because you
seem to have no life beyond recommending a store that demonstrates bad
service time and time again.
I would go a little further than beach buddy or shill. You are
completely anonymous, so your "word" is worth exactly nothing. I have no
idea if you are an employee of Beach, or simply a troll. It is even
impossible to tell if you post from multiple addresses. With nothing but a
meaningless screen name you have all the trustworthyness of a Nigerian
Finance Minister.

--
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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
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"Nostrobino" <not@home.today> wrote in message
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>
> "Don" <rath2@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> > Beachcamera .........thumbs up or thumbs down?
>
> Beach Camera used to have a very bad reputation, like most of the NY/NJ
> mail-order stores.
>
> Now it has excellent user reviews (see www.bizrate.com, etc.). What
changed
> I have no idea. Maybe it's under new management. Maybe it never was as bad
> as people thought. I've never dealt with Beach myself.
>
> I have, however, bought several digital cameras from BuyDig.com, which is
a
> "sister company" or division of Beach Camera. In every case I have been
100%
> satisfied. Great price, item in stock when ordered, brand new and with USA
> warranty as advertised, shipped extremely fast. Based on my experience
with
> BuyDig.com, and Beach's excellent customer reviews, I would not hesitate
to
> buy from Beach if there were a reason to do so, like a lower price than
> BuyDig.com. But so far I've had no good reason to buy from other than the
> latter company. (I did try elsewhere once because of a substantially lower
> advertised price, but for various reasons ended up canceling the order and
> ordering from BuyDig.com instead.)
>
> Pay no attention to the paranoid know-it-alls who imagine everyone who
> praises a good, reliable low-priced seller must be a "Beach buddy" or a
> "shill."
>
> N.
>
>

 

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"Tony" <tspadaro@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> How come you didn't say the same to the guy who got a grey market camera
> that had been advertised as US Waranty?

From what seller?


> Were you indeed out of town that
> week?

Having no idea who or what you're referring to, or when, I cannot say where
I was. But I only read a small portion of the posts here anyway. I scan the
titles and if something looks interesting I read it.


> Don't like being called a beach buddy? Why is that?

Well, it doesn't bother me but it's somewhat inaccurate. As I said, I have
never dealt with Beach Camera per se. I have bought several digital cameras
from BuyDig.com, self-identified as a division of Beach, and got the best,
fastest service it is possible to get. I've been buying cameras online for
about ten years, and by phone order for at least thirty years before that.
In my experience they just don't come any better than BuyDig.

Every camera I've bought from BuyDig.com came with a USA warranty. For that
matter, every camera I've bought from *any* online seller came with a USA
warranty. Others may have had some different experience; I can only speak
for my own. I have bought some grey-market items like flash units, for which
I didn't feel a USA warranty was important. These were always properly
identified by the seller.


> Perhaps because you
> seem to have no life beyond recommending a store that demonstrates bad
> service time and time again.

To whom? Have you ever bought a camera from Beach? Their customer reviews at
www.bizrate.com and elsewhere are excellent. Where's the "bad service time
and time again"? That's rubbish.


> I would go a little further than beach buddy or shill. You are
> completely anonymous, so your "word" is worth exactly nothing. I have no
> idea if you are an employee of Beach, or simply a troll.

In fact, you seem to "have no idea" even what the term "troll" means. But as
for being "an employee of Beach," I can assure you I'm not an employee of
anyone. I've been semi-retired since 1979 and fully retired since 1988.


> It is even
> impossible to tell if you post from multiple addresses.

I don't, though. That it's "even impossible to tell" is your problem, not
mine.

There have been a number of us here who've praised Beach and/or BuyDig.com
for their excellent and reliable service. Do you suppose we are really all
the same person? Why not carefully examine the headers of our posts, if
you're that paranoid about it?

N.

 

[Tony]

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Beach, buddy - Beach. Of course you simply didn't notice. What a worthless
pack of fiction you are.

--
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"Nostrobino" <not@home.today> wrote in message
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>
> "Tony" <tspadaro@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:yJSIe.79350$oj4.1864723@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> > How come you didn't say the same to the guy who got a grey market
camera
> > that had been advertised as US Waranty?
>
> From what seller?
>
>
> > Were you indeed out of town that
> > week?
>
> Having no idea who or what you're referring to, or when, I cannot say
where
> I was. But I only read a small portion of the posts here anyway. I scan
the
> titles and if something looks interesting I read it.
>
>
> > Don't like being called a beach buddy? Why is that?
>
> Well, it doesn't bother me but it's somewhat inaccurate. As I said, I have
> never dealt with Beach Camera per se. I have bought several digital
cameras
> from BuyDig.com, self-identified as a division of Beach, and got the best,
> fastest service it is possible to get. I've been buying cameras online for
> about ten years, and by phone order for at least thirty years before that.
> In my experience they just don't come any better than BuyDig.
>
> Every camera I've bought from BuyDig.com came with a USA warranty. For
that
> matter, every camera I've bought from *any* online seller came with a USA
> warranty. Others may have had some different experience; I can only speak
> for my own. I have bought some grey-market items like flash units, for
which
> I didn't feel a USA warranty was important. These were always properly
> identified by the seller.
>
>
> > Perhaps because you
> > seem to have no life beyond recommending a store that demonstrates bad
> > service time and time again.
>
> To whom? Have you ever bought a camera from Beach? Their customer reviews
at
> www.bizrate.com and elsewhere are excellent. Where's the "bad service time
> and time again"? That's rubbish.
>
>
> > I would go a little further than beach buddy or shill. You are
> > completely anonymous, so your "word" is worth exactly nothing. I have no
> > idea if you are an employee of Beach, or simply a troll.
>
> In fact, you seem to "have no idea" even what the term "troll" means. But
as
> for being "an employee of Beach," I can assure you I'm not an employee of
> anyone. I've been semi-retired since 1979 and fully retired since 1988.
>
>
> > It is even
> > impossible to tell if you post from multiple addresses.
>
> I don't, though. That it's "even impossible to tell" is your problem, not
> mine.
>
> There have been a number of us here who've praised Beach and/or BuyDig.com
> for their excellent and reliable service. Do you suppose we are really all
> the same person? Why not carefully examine the headers of our posts, if
> you're that paranoid about it?
>
> N.
>
>

 

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On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 18:01:43 -0700, Don wrote
(in article <l6udnXVfHKRsWHPfRVn-pA@comcast.com>):

> Beachcamera .........thumbs up or thumbs down?
>
>

Check for yourself. Customer ratings.

http/www.resellerratings.com/seller1936.html

 

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"Tony" <tspadaro@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Beach, buddy - Beach. Of course you simply didn't notice. What a worthless
> pack of fiction you are.

The other questions were, Have you ever bought a camera from Beach?

And, Where's the "bad service time and time again"?

You don't understand the questions? Or you just won't answer?

N.


>
> --
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> home of The Camera-ist's Manifesto
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> http/www.chapelhillnoir.com/links/mlinks00.html
> A sample chapter from "Haight-Ashbury" is at
> http/www.chapelhillnoir.com/writ/hait/hatitl.html
>
> "Nostrobino" <not@home.today> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Tony" <tspadaro@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:yJSIe.79350$oj4.1864723@twister.southeast.rr.com...
>> > How come you didn't say the same to the guy who got a grey market
> camera
>> > that had been advertised as US Waranty?
>>
>> From what seller?
>>
>>
>> > Were you indeed out of town that
>> > week?
>>
>> Having no idea who or what you're referring to, or when, I cannot say
> where
>> I was. But I only read a small portion of the posts here anyway. I scan
> the
>> titles and if something looks interesting I read it.
>>
>>
>> > Don't like being called a beach buddy? Why is that?
>>
>> Well, it doesn't bother me but it's somewhat inaccurate. As I said, I
>> have
>> never dealt with Beach Camera per se. I have bought several digital
> cameras
>> from BuyDig.com, self-identified as a division of Beach, and got the
>> best,
>> fastest service it is possible to get. I've been buying cameras online
>> for
>> about ten years, and by phone order for at least thirty years before
>> that.
>> In my experience they just don't come any better than BuyDig.
>>
>> Every camera I've bought from BuyDig.com came with a USA warranty. For
> that
>> matter, every camera I've bought from *any* online seller came with a USA
>> warranty. Others may have had some different experience; I can only speak
>> for my own. I have bought some grey-market items like flash units, for
> which
>> I didn't feel a USA warranty was important. These were always properly
>> identified by the seller.
>>
>>
>> > Perhaps because you
>> > seem to have no life beyond recommending a store that demonstrates bad
>> > service time and time again.
>>
>> To whom? Have you ever bought a camera from Beach? Their customer reviews
> at
>> www.bizrate.com and elsewhere are excellent. Where's the "bad service
>> time
>> and time again"? That's rubbish.
>>
>>
>> > I would go a little further than beach buddy or shill. You are
>> > completely anonymous, so your "word" is worth exactly nothing. I have
>> > no
>> > idea if you are an employee of Beach, or simply a troll.
>>
>> In fact, you seem to "have no idea" even what the term "troll" means. But
> as
>> for being "an employee of Beach," I can assure you I'm not an employee of
>> anyone. I've been semi-retired since 1979 and fully retired since 1988.
>>
>>
>> > It is even
>> > impossible to tell if you post from multiple addresses.
>>
>> I don't, though. That it's "even impossible to tell" is your problem, not
>> mine.
>>
>> There have been a number of us here who've praised Beach and/or
>> BuyDig.com
>> for their excellent and reliable service. Do you suppose we are really
>> all
>> the same person? Why not carefully examine the headers of our posts, if
>> you're that paranoid about it?
>>
>> N.
>>
>>
>
>

 

[Tony]

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I've never been stupid enough to give my credit card numbers to Beach.
I've met too many people who have been ripped off by them.
You don't consider advertising an item as US Waranty and sending a grey
market substitute poor service? Actually I don't consider it poor service
either - it is straight fraud - just like you, Ace.


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"Nostrobino" <not@home.today> wrote in message
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>
> "Tony" <tspadaro@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:QT7Je.107894$Kp2.7352909@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> > Beach, buddy - Beach. Of course you simply didn't notice. What a
worthless
> > pack of fiction you are.
>
> The other questions were, Have you ever bought a camera from Beach?
>
> And, Where's the "bad service time and time again"?
>
> You don't understand the questions? Or you just won't answer?
>
> N.
>
>
> >
> > --
> > http/www.chapelhillnoir.com
> > home of The Camera-ist's Manifesto
> > The Improved Links Pages are at
> > http/www.chapelhillnoir.com/links/mlinks00.html
> > A sample chapter from "Haight-Ashbury" is at
> > http/www.chapelhillnoir.com/writ/hait/hatitl.html
> >
> > "Nostrobino" <not@home.today> wrote in message
> > news:xLCdnb1iq-HzUGnfRVn-sA@comcast.com...
> >>
> >> "Tony" <tspadaro@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> >> news:yJSIe.79350$oj4.1864723@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> >> > How come you didn't say the same to the guy who got a grey market
> > camera
> >> > that had been advertised as US Waranty?
> >>
> >> From what seller?
> >>
> >>
> >> > Were you indeed out of town that
> >> > week?
> >>
> >> Having no idea who or what you're referring to, or when, I cannot say
> > where
> >> I was. But I only read a small portion of the posts here anyway. I scan
> > the
> >> titles and if something looks interesting I read it.
> >>
> >>
> >> > Don't like being called a beach buddy? Why is that?
> >>
> >> Well, it doesn't bother me but it's somewhat inaccurate. As I said, I
> >> have
> >> never dealt with Beach Camera per se. I have bought several digital
> > cameras
> >> from BuyDig.com, self-identified as a division of Beach, and got the
> >> best,
> >> fastest service it is possible to get. I've been buying cameras online
> >> for
> >> about ten years, and by phone order for at least thirty years before
> >> that.
> >> In my experience they just don't come any better than BuyDig.
> >>
> >> Every camera I've bought from BuyDig.com came with a USA warranty. For
> > that
> >> matter, every camera I've bought from *any* online seller came with a
USA
> >> warranty. Others may have had some different experience; I can only
speak
> >> for my own. I have bought some grey-market items like flash units, for
> > which
> >> I didn't feel a USA warranty was important. These were always properly
> >> identified by the seller.
> >>
> >>
> >> > Perhaps because you
> >> > seem to have no life beyond recommending a store that demonstrates
bad
> >> > service time and time again.
> >>
> >> To whom? Have you ever bought a camera from Beach? Their customer
reviews
> > at
> >> www.bizrate.com and elsewhere are excellent. Where's the "bad service
> >> time
> >> and time again"? That's rubbish.
> >>
> >>
> >> > I would go a little further than beach buddy or shill. You are
> >> > completely anonymous, so your "word" is worth exactly nothing. I have
> >> > no
> >> > idea if you are an employee of Beach, or simply a troll.
> >>
> >> In fact, you seem to "have no idea" even what the term "troll" means.
But
> > as
> >> for being "an employee of Beach," I can assure you I'm not an employee
of
> >> anyone. I've been semi-retired since 1979 and fully retired since 1988.
> >>
> >>
> >> > It is even
> >> > impossible to tell if you post from multiple addresses.
> >>
> >> I don't, though. That it's "even impossible to tell" is your problem,
not
> >> mine.
> >>
> >> There have been a number of us here who've praised Beach and/or
> >> BuyDig.com
> >> for their excellent and reliable service. Do you suppose we are really
> >> all
> >> the same person? Why not carefully examine the headers of our posts, if
> >> you're that paranoid about it?
> >>
> >> N.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>