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From: mazlack@ernie.BERKELEY.EDU (Lawrence J. &)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo,net.consumers
Subject: Re: New York City Camera Stores (47th Street)
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Date: Wed, 22-Jan-86 15:30:09 EST
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>> > I found that the most honest store was Hirsch Photo.  The best prices were 
>> > at Camera Barn.  The most disreputable and likely to sell you gray-market 
>> > items, 47th Street Photo.
>> 
>> I don't know what your problem is with 47th Street Photo.
>
>I have been lied to by 47th Street, saying things were in stock or had been
>shipped when they hadn't.  I have had cancelled orders shipped and then they
>wonder why I treat it as unsolicited merchandise.  Fortunately, my local
>bank has easily gotten my account credited when neither time nor patience
>would get 47th Street to do a d**n thing except plead ignorance, which
>I in all honesty believe is true.  Most crooks are not that stupid.

I too had similar problems with 47th Street. Unfortunately, I didn't use a
credit card and ended up getting beat for about $100.