Is preferredphoto.com reliable?

[sphifer]

I'm looking to purchase either a Canon A620 or a Nikon Coolpix L1. I was checking various web sites for the best price and came across http://www.preferredphoto.com/. Their prices for both the camera I am interested in purchasing were the lowest. However few of the purchasing search engine return Preferred Photo in their listings. Does anyone have experience purchasing from them?

[D Thompson]

You might check this. http://www.resellerratings.com/seller10652.html

I did find a cheap price for a lens, but after calling them I found out it was a gray market item. Ordered from somewhere else & am getting USA model.

[sphifer]

Thanks. After reading some write ups at several rating web sites and writing Preferred Photo without replies I decided to make my purchase at Beach Camera.

[bcometa]

DON'T ORDER FROM PREFERREDPHOTO.COM!

Well, the Canon 450d price was $100 less than everywhere else on the net. A bit suspicious, I figured I'd give it a shot; ordered, got an e-mail saying to call 1-800-927-0973 Extension 281 "For verification purposes."

Called, no answer, left message. Got call back 5 hours later, super pushy new yorker (probably early 20s) salesman. Convinced me to get 2 extra batteries and charger. When I decided to just get a 4gb SD card instead of the batteries, he said I was wasting his time.

After about 10 minutes of his talking and talking and offering this and that - I finally asked if he wanted to just sell the Canon 450d for $792.00 as stated on the web site. He said, "Sorry, that camera just became unavailable." Hung up.

I immediately called AMEX to warn them to watch for suspicious behavior and I gave them the company name as an extra precaution.

MORAL OF THE STORY, DON'T ORDER FROM PREFERREDPHOTO.COM!

[namesalex]

Originally Posted by bcometa

DON'T ORDER FROM PREFERREDPHOTO.COM!

Well, the Canon 450d price was $100 less than everywhere else on the net. A bit suspicious, I figured I'd give it a shot; ordered, got an e-mail saying to call 1-800-927-0973 Extension 281 "For verification purposes."

Called, no answer, left message. Got call back 5 hours later, super pushy new yorker (probably early 20s) salesman. Convinced me to get 2 extra batteries and charger. When I decided to just get a 4gb SD card instead of the batteries, he said I was wasting his time.

After about 10 minutes of his talking and talking and offering this and that - I finally asked if he wanted to just sell the Canon 450d for $792.00 as stated on the web site. He said, "Sorry, that camera just became unavailable." Hung up.

I immediately called AMEX to warn them to watch for suspicious behavior and I gave them the company name as an extra precaution.

MORAL OF THE STORY, DON'T ORDER FROM PREFERREDPHOTO.COM!

THAT GUY IS A COMPLETE DICK, THATS WHERE I ORDERED MY XTI FROM BUT I DID RECEIVE MY XTI. I WANTED TO CURSE THAT GUY OFF SO BAD HE IS SO RUDE.

yup.