BestChoiceDigital.com - Are These Guys Any Good???

Does anyone know of, or had dealings with, an outfit called Best
Choice Digital? They have an awesome deal on a Nikon D70. I'm
wondering how many ways this could bite me in the butt. Thanks...dave



http://www.bestchoicedigital.com/st...01415835&Store_id=101&page_id=23&Item_ID=3076

 

Wow! They have the worst rating on www.resellerratings.com that I've
ever seen! Run away.....

http://www.resellerratings.com/seller9018.html

 

well since that site is owned by pricegrabber I would give this guys
info about 0 weight.



cheers

 

I've hooked up to that site and have seen two offers.

One without lens. Look carefully at that D-70 ad. First thing is some
wording which says that lens pictured not 'inclued' with camera. In
fact, nothing seems to be included so you'll get hustled for a lens,
battery, strap, etc......

The second add, with lens, does not identify the lens manufacturer.

Then click on the RAM report card. Dead link.

Usually homework on a site like this turns on a lot of red lights
pretty quickly. Oh, and the site is slow and not well formatted.

The reviews on the web of this company are horrific. They are among a
select group that should be put out of business. Note that Google lists
them as a sponsored link...

Stick with B&H, Adorama, etc.

 

WHat is usuallt "Awesome" about these places is the awesome reaming job
they do on your credit cards.

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http://www.bestchoicedigital.com/st...01415835&Store_id=101&page_id=23&Item_ID=3076

 

Scroll to the right on the Nikon D-70 Product Details page to see a list of
accessories . . .

$240 - 128 MB Hi speed CF card
$500 - 512 MB Hi speed CF card
$600 - 1 GB Hi speed CF card

(I recently paid $44 (with rebate) for my 1 GB Hi speed CF card -- wish I
had picked up a couple more at that price for vacations.)

Also, a 3-year extended warranty on a $529 camera is $400.

These prices are steep. I pity the unsuspecting buyer who might not know
better.

 

Best Choice Digital is scum.
http://www.resellerratings.com/seller9018.html

0.12 out of 10.0 should tell you all you need to know.

 

I want to thank all who responded. I'll keep looking. The feedback
part of eBay is one of the features I like most. As an example,
cametaauctions, who has 85,501 feedbacks sports a 99.8% positive
feedback. That equals 2 bad deals out of a 1,000. pretty impressive.

I just discovered the Digital camera newsgroups and have learned a
lot.

Again, thank you...dave

 

May be you can have a look at http://www.ripoffreport.com
I have written a review on it for my last purchase. It seems to be a very
common way for them to increase the initial interesting price ...
===========hereby a copy of my review================================
I have recently ordered on bestchoicedigital website a canon S-60 digital
camera at the amazing price of 289$.
But before being shipped, I have received a phone call, at 9 PM (I was
asleep :-(), telling me that for that price I only get a short lasting
battery (20'), a standard battery charger, no warranty at all, and a 16 Mo
CF card. So they recommend me to take for extra 120$, a pack with a long
lasting battery, a quick charger, an international warranty (I'm French),
and a 32 Mo CF card. However I didn't not need the 32 MO CF (I already have
a 1 GO one) I took the pack.
What I have received: a quick charger, the same battery as describe on
product details for the initial price (NB-2LH), a 32 MO CF, and a
USA/CANADA warranty...By the way the CBC-NB2 Car Battery Charger Kit
describe on product details on the web site was not present.
So what I need now is to buy an extra battery because the one delivered
last too short, and expecting that when I will return in France I will not
have to use the warranty.

I HAVE PAID 120 $ FOR NOTHING

 

Hello Francois,
I want to thank you for your response. From other comments I had
decided to keep looking. The great response that I received is why I
go on usenet and look for advice. A lot of good people who bring a lot
of experience to the group. I'm sorry your stay in the USA included
this bad experience. I hope you were able to use the Canon S-60 and
get some great shots of this country. Good luck to you for the rest of
your stay......dave

 

Hi everyone.
I felt responsible to share my experience, although I haven't had any
direct contact with the seller mentioned above. If you tried to go to
www.starlightcamera.com, you would see that the site does not exist any
more. Last October I was looking for a camera online and Star Light
seemed to be among the cheapest. Fortunately, I realized very soon what
kind of business they conduct and without any damage to my CC I managed
to cancel the order and go with another store. What is important, by
reading the reviews from different people, the methods that BCD uses
are exactly the same as SLC did, so if not the same guys, these are of
the same kind. Their busines philosophy is: if we push it hard with
100 people, it will work with 5 of them at least. Unfortunately, they
manage to get away with it. I am surprised that nobody filled a law
suit agains them yet and it seems that would be the only way to protect
customers against the sellers like this.

 

There are way too many online whores. At least in the camera business
there are many fine places to purchase a name brand camera. In the
printer ink business the whores prevail for the most part.