Camera Express

DON’T DON’T DON’T!!!
They sold me a UV lens cover for 2x the amount. They also told me they would sale me a Nikon D750 for $ 1,200 but would never show me it. They keep trying to sale me a lens that was TRASH nor did I need it. They also tried to sale me a Nikon d3000 which i didn’t want. BAD PLACE AND THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.

This guy tried to sell me two N/​D filters (2 different sizes) for $ 400 and acted like I was getting a good deal. When I declined, they were very persistent. This is a total scam, I don’t know how these guys haven’t a) been arrested, b) gotten their asses kicked for screwing with the wrong person, or c) died from bad karma. I really hope everything they do to people is reciprocated onto them someday.

These guys are dishonest. They gave me a written quote for a camera and i came to make the purchase the next day. They started by saying that the camera was sold out. When I persisted, they got the camera from the inventory but offered to sell it at 2.5x the quote!!!

DO NOT SHOP HERE! THIS PLACE IS A TOTAL RIP OFF!
After looking at a Canon SLR camera and going over all the features, they offered it to us for $ 400 (a great price) so we said we would think about it. Came back 20 minutes later to make the purchase and they tried desperately to sell us another (not as good) camera for more money (telling us it was a better camera, which it wasn’t).
When we said we wanted to go with the Canon, the salesman said we had to wait to make the purchase with the manager (who was with another customer) but we said we’d wait. They kept trying to get us to go and come back.
When he finished with the other customer, 20 minutes later, he then tells us (though he saw us waiting all this time) that he didn’t have the camera we wanted in stock! But we were just looking at one. Oh, that’s a demo. What are in those Canon SLR boxes? They’re empty. Show us. Well, those cameras are earmarked for the warehouse. Circles! Circles! Lies! Lies! They never had any intention of selling us this camera for the price they offered! It was just a ploy to keep us in the shop and try to sell us a crappier camera at a higher price. I argued with them. There was no reasoning with these guys. Gangsters. Rip-​off artists. Sleezy salesman.

FRAUD — EVIL — RUN!
These guys moved to 757 Beach St. Where a previous owner had a shop, I thought this was the same company, I’d bought items from the previous store owner before.
I went in there and they offered me a Nikon D5000 for $ 300. I decided just to get a polarizer and the guy behind the counter got a generic one and mounted it too tightly on my camera. I was able to get it off, and took it to the front to buy it. The price said, $ 29.95. That’s not a great price for a generic polarizer, but I wanted one for my day in SF.
When I got to the counter, I gave the guy my ATM/​Debit card and he ran it. He then gave me a receipt for $ 202!
I told him there was no way in the world I was buying a $ 200 cheap generic polarizer. The other guy claimed it was an «HD» polarizer and I disputed the purchase.
The guy took my card back and «ran» it again, and gave me a receipt showing a -$ 202 charge, but the word VOID was on the ticket as well. I walked out of the store and called my bank.
My bank couldn’t stop the original charge but said that there was no evidence that they stopped the charge nor ran a charge back.
I went back in the store and argued with them. They were very hostile but wouldn’t help me.
I have written a report with SFPD, the Attny General’s office, the field office of the FBI. Hopefully my bank will issue a charge back, and some law enforcement agency will stop these guys.

TOTAL RIPOFF ARTISTS!!!
These guys will bend over backward to pressure-​sell you anything in their very nice-​looking store for at LEAST twice the retail value. I am sad to admit that I got finagled for a camera UV filter at over 3x its retail price, only to find out when I got home. And the sad part is they had the damn box marked at 10x the retail price, in an effort to convince the ill-​prepared like myself that they were giving a great deal.
Oh well, hopefully someone will read this and AVOID them at all costs!
–pissed in Emeryville.