ON LINE CAMERA GALLERY INC 293 JEFFERSON STREET SAN FRANCISCO CA94133 RIP OFF WARNING - ON LINE CAMERA GALLERY INC 293 JEFFERSON STREET SAN FRANCISCO CA94133 SAN FRANCISCO California

RIP OFF WARNING

I was totally taken in by these guys and let my usually cautions guard down. I went in to this store looking for a wide angle lens.

Carlos the salesman told me that he had something much better – the latest wide angle lens with a built in macro lens.

Quoting a normal price of $1199 which he showed me the manufacturers website at

http://axprousa.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=74&product_id=65

I explained I was only looking to pay around$200 , hoping that I had convinced him with my bartering tactics, very quickly he dropped the price to $600, and then he asked how much cash I had as the store was closing in 15 minutes and he might be able to do me a deal, like an idiot I told him $300, and guess what that’s the final price he agreed.

You know what’s coming next I got back to my hotel and checked the product name and discretion on  ebay and , what I had actually purchased was not a wide angle lens but a converter that fits on to the existing lens, the highest price I could find for similar products was $45

I went back the next day and relayed my finds to Carlos unfortunately  I could not get a 3G signal in the store, and he conveniently did not have any internet access, although the day before he was able to show me the manufactures website on his phone, he insisted it was a wide angle lens and not a converter, I knew I was not going to get anywhere with him, but feld much better although a few dollars lighter for letting carlos know we was operating a scam

Lesson

No matter what the bargain maybe always do your research online, even if it means leaving the store, if it is a bargain you’ll be back if not you wont need to go back