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  • Report:  #751022

Complaint Review: InStockDigital.com

InStockDigital.com crazycameradeals.com Fishy company with questionable business practices, Internet

  • Reported By:
    Steve — Mesa Arizona USA
  • Submitted:
    Sat, July 09, 2011
  • Updated:
    Tue, July 12, 2011

This  company  is  showing up  on  Nextag  with  incredible  prices and  100%  positive  reviews.   (around 37)   each  of  the  "reviewers"   gave them  5  stars  (the  maximum)

The  Nextag seller  description  talks  about 0%   restocking  fee.  No  physical  address,  not  even  a  City.   After  I  placed  my  order  for  a  Nikon D90  for  745,-   I  received  a  generic  email  that  would  not  even  confirm  what  I  ordered,  not  even my  name on  it  or  the  price  for  the  merchandise.   Just  an  order number  and  a  bunch  of  details  that  revealed  that  I  did  not  order  a  regular  camera  in its  original  box.   Instead,  the  camera  would  be  shipped  in   "a  white box".

This  email  also  announced  that  the  price  would  change  (tax,  insurance,  etc.,  etc.)   I  have  never  placed  an  order,   entered  my  credit  card  number   and  then  get  a  message  that  the  price  would  be  determined  later.    If  I  place an online order  I  agree  to  a  certain  price  and  that's   what  I  get  charged.    After   some  research  I  found  out  that  the  whole  purpose  of  the  price  well  below   their  competitors  is  to  call  you  and  involve  you  in  a  high  pressure  sales  conversation  in  which  they   disclose that  the camera  won't  come  with  a  regular  rechargeable  battery  but  with  a  "one way  battery"   (the  description only  talks  about  "battery"  but  won't  specify  what  kind  of  battery.   So  at  the  end  you  will  pay  the  same  or  even more than  with  a  reputable  seller.   It  also  looks  like  the  camera  will  be  a  grey  market  import,  so  you  won't  get  any  warranty  through  Nikon USA.

I  read  very  similar  stories  about  another  online camera  seller  and  it  pretty  much looks  like they  just  changed  their  name  after  too many bad  reports  were  posted.   After  posting  my  one star  report  on  Nextag,  it  would  not  show  up.   It  also  looks  like they are  identical  with  "crazycameradeals".   I  canceled my  order  immediately  and  would  recommend  to stay  away   from this  business.  

1 Updates & Rebuttals


Steve

Mesa,
Arizona,
USA

They are identical with Need4Digital

#2Author of original report

Tue, July 12, 2011

Since  this company  won't  show  any  physical  address  on their  websites  it  is  not  easy  to  link  all  the  different  names  that  they  are creating  but  Need4Digital  is  definitely  one  of  their  names.

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