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Buying a Camera Online

When shopping around for a new camera and reading the advertisements in the "popular" Photography magazines, you will run into companies that offer deals that are substantially lower than the other vendors. You give them a call and they will be more than happy to sell you the camera at that price but they will then suggest that you might also want to buy the battery and the battery charger and the neck strap and the lens cover. Checking with the manufacturers website, you will find that all of these come standard in the box with the basic camera purchase. These places are generally located in Brooklyn, NY. Hat tip to BoingBoing for this link to Don Wiss who has visited the street addresses of these Brooklyn vendors and recorded the greatness of their storefronts. One sample:
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Broadway Photo (bwayphoto.com), a.k.a. A&M Photo World LLC (amphotoworld.com) and Digital Liquidators (digitalliquidators.com) 2922 Avenue L A&M Photo World is now claiming to be at 2920 Ave L. Note peephole in the cardboard under the store number.

When I bought my Nikon D1-X, I wound up getting it from Glazers Camera in Seattle. Their price was on par with reputable mail-order and their service is awesome. The people there know what they are talking about... Posted by DaveH at June 1, 2005 11:21 PM