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Rember our friends priceritephoto.com? They are a full fledged eBay dealer. Though not as obvious as most other eBay scams, fraud companies like them are operating on eBay.

When these things start appearing in stores, why bother going into one to buy one when you can get it a lot cheaper online? I haven't bought from the company myself yet, but I've seen it linked to on a lot of blogs lately. Something about supplying cheap cameras, so maybe some of you want to give them a shot; you might save some money that way.

http://www.priceritephoto.com/

All this free advertising seems to have made their site so popular that all I get when I go there is a "Connection was refused" msg. Darn, and I so wanted to look at their great deals.

Want $80 off your next PriceRitePhoto.com purchase? All you have to do is post a review of them the major ratings sites and email a copy of your review to them.
They have conveniently left links to their feedback page on each major site at:
http://www.priceritephoto.com/priceritephoto/offer _new.htm
After you post the reviews, you have to email them a copy at
reviews@priceritephoto.com
to get the coupon. This is a great offer! How can any /. reader refuse?

(Enter this without the thing in brackets, added by Slashdot...) ab is the apache benchmark (on some distros also known as ab2). This example will spawn out 500 simulatenous requests, and repeat it 10000 times. And when the 10000 times are over, the while loop kicks in...

They've got about 70 Mbps, so if you're on a phat pipe, you could do it all on your own...

It will be intersting to see if Elliot Spitzer goes after this kind of scum like he did Wall Street.

Just click here to what they have to say about this problem Yes, this is just some XSS fun...but still!

Their email tells the user to leave a five star review at shopping sites using the following link: http://www.priceritephoto.com/priceritephoto/offer .htm and the text below: **Please do NOT mention this in the review, we do not offer this to all our customers. **Please do NOT mention my name or the fact that we asked to write a review the websites will not post it. This will also make you eligible for FREE shipping on any accessory purchases in the future

Well at least that explains how they manage to keep thier review ratings so high. And the people who actually fall for the bait and switch will be the ones most likely to fall for the FREE STUFF line as well.

I'm not a member of any of these shopping sites but I wonder how the sites will react if someone submitted the above link to thier complaints departments.

Their email tells the user to leave a five star review at shopping sites using the following link: http://www.priceritephoto.com/priceritephoto/offer .htm and the text below: **Please do NOT mention this in the review, we do not offer this to all our customers. **Please do NOT mention my name or the fact that we asked to write a review the websites will not post it. This will also make you eligible for FREE shipping on any accessory purchases in the future Well at least that explains how they manage to keep thier review ratings so high. And the people who actually fall for the bait and switch will be the ones most likely to fall for the FREE STUFF line as well. I'm not a member of any of these shopping sites but I wonder how the sites will react if you submitted the above link to thier complaints departments.

I ALWAYS read the negative comments for anything I buy. Happy people tend not to post, so absence of positive reviews is often (though not always) indicative of a good review, but if there are an overwhelming number of negative reviews, or a few VERY negative ones, I pass. There also need to be a large total number of reviews so as to be "statistically" valid.

Also, if there is no physical address listed or a phone number on their web page, I move on to another retailer.

They still list pricegrabber on their site

I also google for their phone number, and their address and check the location on a map. One vendor I was about to purchase from didn't show up on any maps (it could have been a new building, but better safe than sorry for a few dollars).

Lastly, never let ANYONE yell at you on the phone. Just hang-up. Crank Yankers was so successful because of the false politness of people on the phone or with strangers. And NEVER let him talk to your boss. This is a personal issue, not a work one.

From the PriceRitePhoto website... "What are the benefits of registration? As a registered customer, you become entitled to special discount schemes and promotional pricing offers. These schemes would become available to you not only on orders you place at our web store but also to orders through other channels."

By Phone/Fax:

For Customer Service

In the USA: 888.365.4300

Fax: 888.375.6700

Our Location:

PriceRitePhoto

1274 49th Street

Brooklyn, NY 11219

My mom had the same experience. She placed a $800 camera order and was called that day to "confirm her address", at which point they proceeded to try and sell her a $150 warranty and other expensive accessories. Once she refused, they suddenly informed her the product was out of stock, but they later said they could get it to her by Friday if she paid for a $150 warranty. She tried to cancel and they said there would be a $40 restocking fee (for restocking the product they didn't have). They also got caught in their own lies at numerous points. The first representative said it was his first day, and then later he said he had lied before and that he was there for six years (the BBB documents this company as being three years old). They threatened her with their possession of her credit card and made nonsensical threats to trace down any bad review she or any of her family or friends made, which they could somehow magically do since they "had all the IP addresses of the computer in her household". The people she talked to at this company said their names were: Harvey Finkel and Moses Franco, though this was probably made up. Their email tells the user to leave a five star review at shopping sites using the following link: http://www.priceritephoto.com/priceritephoto/offer .htm and the text below: **Please do NOT mention this in the review, we do not offer this to all our customers. **Please do NOT mention my name or the fact that we asked to write a review the websites will not post it. This will also make you eligible for FREE shipping on any accessory purchases in the future.

The offending camera "dealer" site is: Priceritephoto.com

According to an update on his blog site, he has since reported this charlatan to the New York State Attourney General's Office. Also, apperently Price Rite Photo was listed on PriceGrabber, but has since been delisted.