8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 15

[justmestace]

I was just getting ready to scream STOP!!!! when I scrolled and saw you edit....
bad scammer

I'm glad we have you to check that stuff out for us. Even if Crash hadn't discovered it, it's nice to know you came right along with the warning.

 

[justmestace]

My OTHER new camera just walked in the door!!

Gonna go play with it!!


Pentax Optio W30

 

[dahuffy]

We have a big scooter ride planned for Sun. but it's 'sposed to rain...Dom Eet!

 

[sk8ingmom]

WOW! Thanks for the "day in the life" pic Roger and Stacey. Oh wait...it's "a day in our lives" in exactly one year. YAY!

I'm glad Todd, fam, and costumes made it 'cross the pond OK.

Still unpacking here... UGH!

We just got back from Stick and Puck - kinda like a public skate only with, you guessed it, sticks and pucks (and little guys in full gear). Both boys have travel team tryouts tomorrow. It will be interesting to see how they stack up against these southern hockey players.

It's odd...7:45 and it's not time for chat. That messes me up! In AK, chat started at 5 !!!

The camera I'm lusting over is the Nikon D40x. Only a little over $1000.

...and that's with only one lens!
LOVE LOVE LOVE my Nikon D80.

Has anyone ever gotten one of the "fake" magazine subscription renewals in the mail? We only subscribe to a couple of magazines, but we sure are on the bad guys' list. I've even called them, written them, threatened them...and they still keep sending me their fake invoices.

That's one to watch for!

My old org. always got collection notices from the yellow pages. Ummm, in our 20 year history, we have never had a yellow page ad.

 

[arlenesp]

Oh boy!!!

I think this is a god deal. The Canon 30D DSLR is only $449 (no lens) including shipping. I am investigating whether this seller is on the level or one of those nortorious bait and switch NY/NJ resellers who remove things from the boxes or never ship items to folks. But - it is called BESTPRICECAMERAS.com. DOes anyone know about this seller? I saw a article on 60 minutes or nightline where they revealed the annoying truth about a scam retailor.

http://www.bestpricecameras.com/prodetails.aspx?prodid=501564

At any rate - I do know Canon is about to introduce a 30D replacement - and the 30D seems a cut below the lower ranked XTi model Canon introduced. Alas, I am a happy "bottom fisher" and view the 30D as good enough for my intents due to:

#1 Manfg. rated 100,000 actuation shutter assembly life
#2 Digic 2 is more than enough since I see no real need for digic 3 ICs
#3 The image resolution of 8MP is more than enough since I was happy at 6Mp
#4 The price is right at $449 compared to its' body only list price of 1399
#5 The selectable FPS speeds of 5 and 3 suits me fine - expecially given thier rated 30 frame buffer but tested buffer performance of 41 frames at 4.85 FPS in the JPEG fine setting. And the tested RAW performance was 11 frames at 4.85FPS.
#6 The 9 point AF is superior to my old 10D autofocus array.
#7 Did I mention it was only $449 with free shipping? That's too cheap to be true (almost) .... making me cautious as I don't like geting ripped off!

So again ... anyone know anything about this retailor? I'll probably buy with a credit card that offers good protection against fraud or bad retailors.

EDITED IN .....

IT's a SCAM! It is indeed the company posing as another company to lure bargain hunters like myself.
BEWARE!!!

Look:

http://www.epinions.com/msg/show_~threads/cat_id_~22/id_~4653/forum_id_~145

http://www.price.com/vendor_review_display.html?vid=-2147483120

http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Infiniti_Photo_3

http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Best_Price_Cameras_6

http://forums.photographyreview.com/showthread.php?t=10918

http://forum.pbase.com/viewtopic.php?t=16582

It seems a shame that a criminal retailor like this can remain in business so long after their true nature is revealed on television! Oh well... false alarm folks!​

I was going to warn you as well. Glad you checked it out. all those shops are thebait and switch or you never get anything. People call in all the time to dispute those charges.

Some of our group have made it over the pond, and some are in transit now. Looks like the Aer Lingus flight today from JFK was chock full of our Disers. Seems by chance they all had seats in the back of the plane. That must've been some flight. I'm excited for them and hope they send some good reports.
Gotta get dinner ready. Hope to see you in chat tonight

 

[disneyjunkie]

Wow, the pictures were great

Tom, I didn't recieve the newsletter.

 

[PBader]

My OTHER new camera just walked in the door!!

Gonna go play with it!!


Pentax Optio W30

Enjoy Stace!! Hope you like it as well (No BETTER!!) than your other.

 

[dahuffy]

Won a new dress for the cruise on Ebay.

 

[justmestace]

Enjoy Stace!! Hope you like it as well (No BETTER!!) than your other.

They've made the battery/camera card door harder to "accidentally" open!

 

[dahuffy]

 

[dahuffy]

Harley...hush

 

[dahuffy]

dang dog is begging....

 

[justmestace]

Won a new dress for the cruise on Ebay.

I refuse to even look. I have dresses in at least 4 different sizes (all smaller than what I wear right now ) and I SWEAR I'm going to get down into at least ONE of them!!

 

[dahuffy]

I refuse to even look. I have dresses in at least 4 different sizes (all smaller than what I wear right now ) and I SWEAR I'm going to get down into at least ONE of them!!

i know, i know

 

[justmestace]

Some of our group have made it over the pond, and some are in transit now. Looks like the Aer Lingus flight today from JFK was chock full of our Disers. Seems by chance they all had seats in the back of the plane. That must've been some flight. I'm excited for them and hope they send some good reports.
Gotta get dinner ready. Hope to see you in chat tonight

Do they have a "live" thread started? I forgot to look.

 

[dahuffy]

dam 40 sec

 

[dahuffy]

 

[dahuffy]

MY FIRST ONE!!!!!!!!!

 

[dahuffy]

minnie anyway....

 

[dahuffy]

I know we aren't doing them anymore but,this is as close as I'll ever get.