So I'm in the market for a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3. I make my way to Broadwayphoto.com which appears to have the best price on the internet - even with a $15 shipping cost.
This morning I get an email saying I have to 'confirm' my order. After waiting on hold for a good 20+ min I finally get a salesman. His job is to sell me more shit than what I want.
The camera I order comes with a 25 min battery. I ask if I bought this camera in the store if it would come with the same batter - his reply: yes it would...
So then he goes on to try and sell me a better battery which is on sale for $60+... Then when I say no thanks he tries to sell me a leather case...
Then here is where it gets really shady. Sir is there any reason you ordered the Japanese model? WTF?!? Then he goes on to tell me I can upgrade to the American one with a 2hour battery for only $24... Yup he was going to sell me a $60 battery when a $24 upgrade was available. But that would put me at the cost of Newegg.com or some other reputable dealer.
At this point I realize I'm about to get taken to the cleaners and tell the scam artist to cancel my order.
Normally I don't mind ordering stuff from shady dealers but when I find out I have ordered something that the Model number did not imply on the site I'm quick to call it quits.
Anyway watch out for Broadwayphoto.com and the like.
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I think something along the lines of... 'i told you so' is appropriate here <3
Hey Dude, I had the same thing happen. I dont know if it is part of the scam but when I found out about the Jap version, I asked if that was just the software and docs, they said that it would also mean the programming on the camera was in Japanese. Nothing posted on the page about that, I was pissed. Different camera and site. Crazy
Shady online electronics store?I seem to remember working for one of those... Some site boost their own online rep at places like bizrate, etc. Some sites don't update stock status so they say something is in stock at a good price when it's not, then try to sell you on something else (bait n switch). Some sites sell refurbished items as new, real sketchy. But all in all, I haven't had a problem with them. I know I'm paying a real cheap price, I'm expecting some things to be odd (I think my camera came in japanese but I just changed the language in the camera menu, downloaded the user guide from online).
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