It may be even worse than that. Much worse.
I sent Radek privately some pointers to the awesome reputation these people
have earned, but in updating myself for the latest horror stories,
discovered that:
1 Cambridge went out of business in the summer, and their premises are
closed
2 Some of their ex-employees have taken possession of the website and
are using it to sell stock to recover unpaid comp.
3 The website has a banner displaying "our new telephone number",
although the old 1-800 telephone number still appears on subsidiary pages,
together with the old street address. The website search-stock facilities
do not function.
My conclusion - if you thought buying from Camridge was bad news, you ain't
seen nothing yet. At least there was someone you could point the finger at
- there isn't any more.
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Moose
Sent: 01 October 2003 21:13
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Camera shop in Manhattan
They have a truly awful reputation for honesty, reliability, service,
etc. etc.
Having somone pick it up in person might help if it is something where
condition/operation can be clearly ascertained on the spot.Otherwise,
I'd steer clear.
Moose
ll.clark@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>at 01:48 PM, "Radovan Faltus" <faltus@xxxxxx> said:
>
>>is here any New York list member willing to
>>pick up for me one small OM-item (30$) from
>>Cambridge Camera and than send me to Europe?
>>
>>
>
>You don't want to buy anything from this firm. Whatever it is, order it
>from B&H instead.
>
>
>
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