The camera profesionals Anyone have experience?

[vanpaun]

http://thecameraprofessionals.com/welcome.asp

Does anyone have experience with this store? Their prices are cheap @$$ $#!%. I just wanna know.

[johnfoss]

Read reviews about them. If their prices are too good to be true, they probably are. Many ultra-cheap camera vendors offer a low-low price on major pieces of equipment, but then delay your order and try to up-sell you a bunch of accessories that aren't necessarily special (or cheap) to go with them.

I like Adorama and B&H. Their prices are very competitive, and I've actually been to the Adorama store many times when I used to live in NY. B&H has a gigantic selection.

[pedrotejada]

B&H!

They are very good... I study Photography here, and we always buy from BH... They have two guys that speak Portuguese!

They sell for the best professionals and companies in the world... Go with them!

I never heard about Adorama, do they have a Website?

[vanpaun]

I think I'll order from them.

[unibikeling]

yeah, i'm looking at buying a canon hg10 early on this summer, so i can make some movies. But, i found another site i think.

[vanpaun]

wanna tell me the other site?

[unibikeling]

wanna tell me the other site?

well, its like butterflyphoto.com or something, but, that site is way better priced. The hg10 on the site you posted is like 400 only, and the one on the other site is 650.

[vanpaun]

I've ordered from butterfly photo before, they are great. Actually, by mistake they sent us 2 of what we ordered, and they never responded to a "do you need this back" email :D

[Brian O.]

I researched butterfly photo and there are quite a few negative reviews out there. That company seems kind of sketchy. While BH might be a little more expensive, I'd rather spend a little extra and know my information and money is safe with a legitimate company. I've gone through BH for most of my camera equipment and its a very well respected company in the world of professional photography.

[unibikeling]

I've ordered from butterfly photo before, they are great. Actually, by mistake they sent us 2 of what we ordered, and they never responded to a "do you need this back" email :D

yeah... thats not a good thing. Like Brian said, they're sketchy. If they sent you 2 of an item, that's not really good lol. I'm going to make my order (when i have money) through cam pro's.

[Brian O.]

I've found even more terrible reviews for "The Camera Professionals" at least with butterfly photo it was like 50% good, %50 bad. I can't even find any positive reviews for the cam pros.

http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/the-camera-professionals-c14174.html
http://www.resellerratings.com/store/TheCameraProfessionals

[1-wheeled-grape]

http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/the-camera-professionals-c14174.html
http://www.resellerratings.com/store/TheCameraProfessionals
Wow after reading that they sound crap, why havent they been shut down?!? i wouldnt buy from them

[vanpaun]

yeah, just found out about the bbb great tool. http://search.newyork.bbb.org/reports.aspx?pid=44&page=1&id=57
It looks like they spammed rating forums.

[johnfoss]

yeah... thats not a good thing. Like Brian said, they're sketchy. If they sent you 2 of an item, that's not really good lol. I'm going to make my order (when i have money) through cam pro's.Hopefully you read the post above this one about Camera Pro's. Or just go ahead and order without doing any research... goodbye $$$!

But what's the problem with getting two of something you ordered? This is about 100 times better than getting either none, or something you didn't order. A non-reply to the email sent back could be their way of saying "just keep it, bro."

B&H and Adorama are both perfectly safe. Read their reviews as well. There are plenty of other legit companies selling photo gear as well, those are just my two favorites.