Re: Mail order for cameras


Kitt wrote:
> salgud wrote:
> > Brad wrote:
> > > I've used www.buydig.com for several purchases and never been disappointed.
> > >
> > > Brad
> >
> > These kinds of posts amuse me. Some people seem to think that if they
> > had a good, or several good, experiences with a store, it must be a
> > good store. Just like people thinking if they had a bad experience, it
> > must be a bad store. I would think that common sense would tell us that
> > every vendor still in business must have had some satisfied customers,
> > or they'd be out of business. And every business eventually has some
> > dissatisfied customers. People like Brad can't comprehend that even
> > though THEY had a good experience(s), doesn't mean that the store is
> > dependable. THEY are not the only customer for that store! And some,
> > even many, of the others may have had a terrible experience. THEY can't
> > comprehend that THEY might have been lucky and not had a bad experience
> > (yet) with that store.
> > I checked resellerratings on Buydig. At first glance, they looked ok.
> > They're overall lifetime rating is 8.29. Not good, but ok. Basically
> > it means that I have a 1 in 6 chance of being dissatisfied with this
> > store. That may be good enough for Brad, but not for me.
>
>
> Do you honestly think that Reseller Ratings is anymore reliable than a
> recommendation from Brad and five or six other guys/gals in this group
> or from friends down the street? To sit and analyze the numbers from
> Reseller Ratings as it were some sort or oracle is pretty amusing too,
> especially when you go a little deeper and actually read some of their
> reviews. I'd bet fully half the complaints are from people not
> qualified to operate a manual toothbrush. I feel certain many of
> these are from the keyboards of competitors, just as a fair portion of
> the positive comments come from the complimented company itself.

If you believe that a statistically significant portion of the input to
resellerratings.com is false, then you probably shouldn't use them. I
don't think it's anywhere near that high when there are significant
numbers of ratings. Of course, no one would ever come online and post
hear-say comments that are fake! So hear-say is 100% reliable!

On
> line buying is an acquired skill and even veterans do get shafted now
> and again. To suggest that Reseller Ratings is anything more than a
> guideline is wishful thinking. A guideline to be considered in
> conjunction with other sources maybe, but surely not scientific enough
> to worry about a 4% fluctuation in a company's rating, six month or
> otherwise. It's all kind of subjective at best.
>
> Having said that, I'll pass this along to the OP. I've used Digital
> Foto Club, BuyDig, NewEgg, B&H, Adorama, Amazon, Wal Mart.com, Sam's
> Club.com and even Dell and Ebay with good success. Some of these have
> pretty crappy "Reseller Ratings", but I've found that persistence has
> always got me what I wanted in the end.

Just different philosophies. I prefer not to have to persevere to get
what I paid for. I find doing battle with someone who already has my
money and may or may not deliver the goods unsettling at best. If you
like doing battle, go with the hear-say evidence. Best of luck!

You learn over time what to
> buy from which and how to make the best of even a bad situation. For
> seller ratings, look at Yahoo, Froogle, Bizrate, Ebay, Epinions and
> yes, even anecdotal Usenet commentary. Put it all together and you get
> a picture. You might still get ripped, but then that can happen at
> Sears or Circuit City too. I do like Amazon as a pass through, since
> they have a 'backup' guarantee if the merchant fails you, so you do
> have some additional recourse. Same can be said for EBay if you use
> Pay Pal and make sure the seller has the "PayPal Protection" logo on
> the sale page, which covers you up to $1000 if something does go wrong.
> ($25 deductible.) It's all a big hassle if you have problems, but
> stick with it and you will usually get satisfaction unless it's some
> fly by night outfit that you can find nothing but bad feedback about or
> none at all. Oh yeah, always pay by credit card or Paypal. A gold
> card or one that offers additional warranties and buyer protection is a
> good idea too. There, that's just one more opinion.

.

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