Digital cameras: HD Camera World Scam

HD Camera World Scam

I went online to order a camera today from a place called HD Camera World. They had a great deal on a kodak Z1275. I ordered two of them at $99 plus S&H which came to about another $20.

But the catch is, you have to call and confirm the order verbally once you receive an email confirmation of their receipt of the order.

Once you are on the line with a salesman he starts pressuring you to buy things like a 3 year warrantee which is $149! This is more by far than the price of the camera; I would be paying for it more than twice simply for the security of being able to send it somewhere for replacement (if that were even carried out without problems!) When he found I was not going to go for it he kept dropping the price until I finally agreed to put it on ONE camera (I distinctly told him ONE).

He then gave me a final price quote which seemed quite high, so I had him itemize it. On it were warantees for two cameras.

Then there was also special insurance of somewhere about $20 more dollars. When I asked about that he told me that to be covered for damage to cameras I HAD to carry the insurance. I asked who the shipping service was, and when he told me it was UPS I questioned what he told me as he said loss of the package is covered but not damage to the cameras.

Since I had shipped via UPS in the past and had to wade through their procedures I was sure this was not the case. So I called UPS and was told that damaged items would be covered up to the first $100 anyway, and that additional insurance for the extra $100 would only be under a few dollars.

He then asked me what I wanted to do and I said,"I wanted to buy the two cameras at the originally stated price along with the ground shipping costs; nothing more."

At this point he essentially ended the transaction by asking if I wanted to cancel the order. I said "Yes," and we hung up.

Moments later I decided to see if I could talk with someone else in the company and tried to call back. Since that last conversation my number appears to be blocked and I keep getting a message saying, "Your call is not allowed. PUANY."

I sent a complaint to the company through their email and said in it that I would be telling people about their company, so here I am!