online photography shopping rant

[MBH]

OK so as some of you guys know I'm selling my camera for an upgrade. Well I've been looking around and the camera (body only, no lenses etc.) I want retails for $1100.

let me tell you what, every freaking "store" that I looked into buying from all turned out to be scams - sorta. They will sell you the camera for just $300, but only if you buy a $10 memory card for $250, and a $20 tripod for $500 and a backup battery for $150. Its so ****ing annoying. And these are sites that come up on price finding searches etc. & on top of that, they're listed as featured sellers and secure and all kinds of other BS

here is an example: http://www.everyprice.com/item.asp?i...FQukHgod2HF_DA

every single store listed is a scam aside from amazon, and the amazon price is for a used one is still one of the stores that have scam reviews. ****ing unreal. Ebay is the same shit! You get a mad tyte JDM camera that will most likely have problems with the autofocus on usdm lenses or it's refurbished & sold as new. unbe****ingleavable.


I guess today I learned that if a deal looks too good to be true - it is. that and stay away from stores located in Brooklyn, NY

/rant