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I'm trying to get the LowePro Linx 320 Backpack, and the only company
offering it is East Coast Photo. I can't tell if this is a legit
business or not.


Does anyone know for sure?

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> I'm trying to get the LowePro Linx 320 Backpack, and the only company
> offering it is East Coast Photo. I can't tell if this is a legit
> business or not.
>
>
> Does anyone know for sure?

http://www.resellerratings.com/seller4903.html

Decent ratings compared to the scam artists, but not
very many, and only 2 recent.

Never dealt with them myself.

Jerry

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> I'm trying to get the LowePro Linx 320 Backpack, and the only company
> offering it is East Coast Photo. I can't tell if this is a legit
> business or not.
>
>
> Does anyone know for sure?
>
Very little feedback at resellerratings, but what is there is good for the
most part.

Only thing that would scare me is that, according to contact info on the
website, they are located in Brooklyn. If they are decent, legit, and based
in Brooklyn, it would put them in a very distinct minority.

ds

What freaks me out is that I found them under
http://donwiss.com/pictures/BrooklynStores/

I don't think I'm going to chance it. As much as I really really want
this backpack...

Yeah...and while looking deeper into the reviews...they've gotta be
fakes.

For example:
xfiler100
Order Date - May 30, 2005
Last Seen: February 17th
Join Date: January 19th

Now...something doesn't add up there...

The rest of the reviewers are pretty suspect. Nearly all of them
posted a single time and never again.

What gets me is that they are rated on CNet...though, to be honest, I'm
not sure how reliable CNet Ratings are...

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> <> wrote in message
> news: oups.com...
>> I'm trying to get the LowePro Linx 320 Backpack, and the only company
>> offering it is East Coast Photo. I can't tell if this is a legit
>> business or not.
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Check for reasonable shipping charges, and that they aren't charging extra
for the strap and inserts.

Exactly how badly could they screw you on a simple bag purchase.

I'd be a lot less concerned about buying something like this from Brooklyn
than a camera piled with overpriced accessories.

Then again, if they are among the Brooklyn "elite," why give them any
business at all? It just keeps them in business long enough to screw the
next guy on a camera.

NO PLACE else in the USA to buy this bag???

DS

<> wrote:
> What freaks me out is that I found them under
> http://donwiss.com/pictures/BrooklynStores/
>
> I don't think I'm going to chance it. As much as I really really want
> this backpack...
>

Buy it with a VISA and then use VISA if they fail to live up to the
purchase agreement. I have seen East Coast Photo around for quite a
long time, and I can't imagine they are a bad outfit.

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