Found price at shopcartusa.com is less than half here Does anyone know why when comparing the price found from shopcartusa.com is much cheaper? Any tricks to buy from these online stores?
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Here's a required reading for newbies:http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/tutorials/photo_scammers.html[update on Oct 30th]Oh look, I found a thread on photo net about ShopcartUSA.com:http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Gikr
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you asked about why prices is lower,i tried to place a order for a xti, and was somewhere around $299, just for body, they if you buy a kit it was more , about $800 depends on kit, then the surprise, they tell you , well you need this and that and the battery they send only last a 1/2 hour, and a flash card etc, etc, by the time all was said and done the price was up to $1,300. if you order, know what you are getting, not what your hoping you will get.not saying all is bad, just have them what repeat what they aare sending and know what you need.
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Shopcart USA is a fraudulent company with numerous phony store listings, that in reality are scams.
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Stay away from shopcartusa.com. SCAMMERS! Bottom line.New York style bait 'n switch high pressure rude sales tactics. They will NEVER ship you the camera at the advertised price, it will always be backordered or "oversold". BUT if you overpay for their addons or USA version then it may be in stock but you end up paying more than amazon pricing.I tried placing a "rating" on one of their featured merchants, it never showed up, their ratings are all fake.Watch for sales at reputable dealers.Check www.resellerratings.com for real reviews of online sellersGood luck Stay away from shopcartusa.com. SCAMMERS! Bottom line.New York style bait 'n switch high pressure rude sales tactics. They will NEVER ship you the camera at the advertised price, it will always be backordered or "oversold". BUT if you overpay for their addons or USA version then it may be in stock but you end up paying more than amazon pricing.I tried placing a "rating" on one of their featured merchants, it never showed up, their ratings are all fake.Watch for sales at reputable dealers.Check www.resellerratings.com for real reviews of online... » Read More Stay away from shopcartusa.com. SCAMMERS! Bottom line.New York style bait 'n switch high pressure rude sales tactics. They will NEVER ship you the camera at the advertised price, it will always be backordered or "oversold". BUT if you overpay for their addons or USA version then it may be in stock but you end up paying more than amazon pricing.I tried placing a "rating" on one of their featured merchants, it never showed up, their ratings are all fake.Watch for sales at reputable dealers.Check www.resellerratings.com for real reviews of online sellersGood luck « Show Less
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If your thinking about buying any electronics online (with the exception of amazon.com) I would strongly suggest that you visit this site www.resellerratings.com there are a lot of problems!! Penny wise dollar foolish!
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i almost bought a kit today , but I called the business 1st. was told obvious lies re: lenses, which i confirmed with a sales rep @ our local camera store. Something told me to look @ Ripoffreport.com, which when I did turned up hundreds of fraud reports on @ least 20 companies whose websites I looked at, had considered buying from, and are often alias names. The stories are terrible! Also th New York Post did an article and Pc Online did an article on these camera sellers scams.
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Why pay 20 or 30 dollars? Check the better thrift stores. I found game complete and looking just like new for $3.99 at Goodwill. I had no idea it was so expensive new, it's certainly not worth as much as everyone here seems to be spending their hard earned money to buy,
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Although this thread is about cameras, I found it on a gooogle search of "Amazon versus buy.com". In my experience (mainly on books) I much prefer the Amazon website because of the reviews and good interface. But buy.com tends to be a bit cheaper. Generally a dollar or so for a typical $15 book. But where buy.com is much better (and why I tend to order from them) is the shipping. If you go for Amazon's free shipping, they seem to always sit on the shipment for a week before sending it out. Buy.com, although they say free shipping will take longer, it seems my packages always get shipped within a couple of days.
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You are welcome! Thank goodness Amazon allows all comments. That's why I keep going back to Amazon. But when one of their suppliers seems to go cheap, we need to be clear!
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It's not crooked. They have an agreement with certain manufacturers to not show the price if it's lower than a certain set amount. All online retailers operate under these same conditions, but you're just more likely to see them at a retailer that discounts. Turn off one-click or stop whining about industry-wide practices.
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I don't get that either. I always buy from this store and today I found out that it has increased by more than 100%. What's up with that? I bought it regularly, but I won't ever again.
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I checked out on Amazon, and there're at least 3 different listings - they should all be the same, so the price is whether it's from Amazon directly, fulfilled by Amazon or an external vendor. I'd just go with the lowest cost one, through Amazon.
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Are you guys new here? Amazon prices fluctuate more than grocery stores. Go to camelcamelcamel.com and put in the URL of whatever product, and see the fluctuations...
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I saw it at another big chain store, B...Buy. It was for $350. If T is selling for $179, that is incredible. I will check them out.
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People are saying $199 was a great deal. I just placed my order.Jump in NOW!!!!!!!!!!It shows $129 in shopping cart. but will take $20 off at checkout.
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I'm finding it for half price on other sites as well, but the shipping cost makes it the same as the prime price. Is that what you're talking about?
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Go a head and purchase it at the cheaper price. I would of done the same thing... I didn't know about petedge.Go where the price is right... No one is asking you to pay more.
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Amazon is not getting away with it, it's one of their partner sellers. Do you know and can you tell the difference? It's not difficult. How can people continue to not understand what they are looking at when you look at a product page and it says "Ships from and sold by C4DEALZ?" Is that Amazon? No, it's not, it's C4DEALZ. When you buy here you will notice that some will say "Ships from and sold by Amazon.com", others will say "Ships from and sold by *some 3rd party seller*" and others will say "Sold by *some 3rd party seller* and Fulfilled by Amazon." The case with this at the moment is that Amazon apparently has no stock and our thoughtful friends at C4DEALZ see the opportunity to jack up the price by $100 or so and make money off the uninformed, especially in this case because even at that price it's less than buying 3 separate upgrades. Get informed. First clue, outrageous prices gouging the customer (for which Amazon actually should remove the seller as a partner) and you won't see it being available for Free SuperSaver shipping since only Amazon sold or fulfilled items are. In my case I have a gift certificate I'd like to use toward the purchase so I'm rather irritated they don't have stock but I'm not stupid enough to pay C4DEALZ gouging prices, or anyone's for that matter. Now I see that "The Toy Giant" has joined the parade of gouging sellers. They should all go on lists of sellers that we will never ever purchase from. Jeff Bezos shouldn't be allowing it, it reflects directly on Amazon.
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Same thing here. They were even cheaper than $120 not so long ago. I end up buying them from another on-line retailer for ~$114.00 No point in paying the current price when we know what these things really cost.
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Hello, different sellers have it listed at different prices (as some are big retailers and get their inventory for less than smaller sellers.) Next to the Add to Cart button, you will see something like New from $18.74 (from other sellers.) Please click on that link and see all the prices from an array of sellers. Choose the one that you like the best. Look for shipping time, and shipping costs to get the real cost to you. Thank you.
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Although this thread is about cameras, I found it on a gooogle search of "Amazon versus buy.com". In my experience (mainly on books) I much prefer the Amazon website because of the reviews and good interface. But buy.com tends to be a bit cheaper. Generally a dollar or so for a typical $15 book. But where buy.com is much better (and why I tend to order from them) is the shipping. If you go for Amazon's free shipping, they seem to always sit on the shipment for a week before sending it out. Buy.com, although they say free shipping will take longer, it seems my packages always get shipped within a couple of days. Although this thread is about cameras, I found it on a gooogle search of "Amazon versus buy.com". In my experience (mainly on books) I much prefer the Amazon website because of the reviews and good interface. But buy.com tends to be a bit cheaper. Generally a dollar or so for a typical $15 book. But where buy.com is much better (and why I tend to order from them) is the shipping. If you go for Amazon's free shipping, they seem to always sit on the shipment for a week before sending it out. Buy.com, although they say free shipping will take longer, it seems my packages always get... » Read More Although this thread is about cameras, I found it on a gooogle search of "Amazon versus buy.com". In my experience (mainly on books) I much prefer the Amazon website because of the reviews and good interface. But buy.com tends to be a bit cheaper. Generally a dollar or so for a typical $15 book. But where buy.com is much better (and why I tend to order from them) is the shipping. If you go for Amazon's free shipping, they seem to always sit on the shipment for a week before sending it out. Buy.com, although they say free shipping will take longer, it seems my packages always get shipped within a couple of days. « Show Less
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Frustrating I know... Third party purchases is always frustrating. This is why I buy only from direct Amazon. Lessons learned!!! Google the product and you may find it cheaper elsewhere and a quicker ship date.