Is Ritz Camera gone?
Jan 17, 2014 15:50:17 #
Yesterday I went in to get my flu shot. I chose the location in Riverside, CA as I would be able to visit friends who work at Kaiser Permanente. There is also a Ritz Camera a couple of miles down the road.
Figured I'd get my shot, visit for a bit and then get a spare battery for my D7100--900 shots per charge? Doesn't seem likely.
Anyway, I pull into the parking lot and there is no more Ritz there. It seems to be one of those places where they install speakers and tint your windows. Doesn't look like it's been there long.
Fortunately, there is a Best Buy around as well and they all seem to carry exactly 1 EN-EL15.
I'm just curious about Ritz. I would rarely go there, but it was a convenient place where one could pick up things normally needing to be ordered online.
I used their store locator and it seems that they no longer have any stores in CA.
Figured I'd get my shot, visit for a bit and then get a spare battery for my D7100--900 shots per charge? Doesn't seem likely.
Anyway, I pull into the parking lot and there is no more Ritz there. It seems to be one of those places where they install speakers and tint your windows. Doesn't look like it's been there long.
Fortunately, there is a Best Buy around as well and they all seem to carry exactly 1 EN-EL15.
I'm just curious about Ritz. I would rarely go there, but it was a convenient place where one could pick up things normally needing to be ordered online.
I used their store locator and it seems that they no longer have any stores in CA.
Jan 17, 2014 15:54:03 #
hlmichel wrote:
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They failed their second bankruptcy, and a venture capital group bought them up for a song. Very few locations left.
Jan 17, 2014 16:46:14 #
The company still exist on line. Few brick and mortar photo stores exists, ritz or not.
Jan 17, 2014 17:14:07 #
Rongnongno wrote:
The company still exist on line. Few brick and mortar photo stores exists, ritz or not.
Pretty much. I've got a Calumet 50+ miles south of me in San Diego County. Another 50+ miles in Santa Ana and another close to 100 miles in Los Angeles.
There are also a couple of Samy's locations outside of 50 miles.
I'd like to break the Best Buy habit as the new rules for their rewards program are a bit restrictive. Perhaps I'll consider a 50 or so mile car trip when I am in the market for a new lens
Jan 17, 2014 17:15:31 #
We don't have any in Connecticut anymore either. There used to be one right near where I live, but they've been gone for a while now, sorry to say.
Jan 17, 2014 17:25:52 #
hlmichel wrote:
Yesterday I went in to get my flu shot. I chose t... (show quote)
Gone for several years in most if not all of NC
Jan 17, 2014 17:32:35 #
hlmichel wrote:
Pretty much. I've got a Calumet 50+ miles south of me in San Diego County. Another 50+ miles in Santa Ana and another close to 100 miles in Los Angeles.
There are also a couple of Samy's locations outside of 50 miles.
I'd like to break the Best Buy habit as the new rules for their rewards program are a bit restrictive. Perhaps I'll consider a 50 or so mile car trip when I am in the market for a new lens
There are also a couple of Samy's locations outside of 50 miles.
I'd like to break the Best Buy habit as the new rules for their rewards program are a bit restrictive. Perhaps I'll consider a 50 or so mile car trip when I am in the market for a new lens
Make that a photo trip and PP the pictures to death!!!
Jan 17, 2014 18:29:38 #
Last I looked, Ritz and Wolf had a "common" website, differing only in the headers....
Haven't been to either for a while.
Dave
Haven't been to either for a while.
Dave
Jan 17, 2014 19:25:36 #
hlmichel wrote:
Yesterday I went in to get my flu shot. I chose t... (show quote)
I worked part-time for them for a while. Thank GOD they are gone.
Jan 17, 2014 21:09:04 #
CaptainC wrote:
I worked part-time for them for a while. Thank GOD they are gone.
Lol!
They did have two things going for them, at least for me. They were local.
My head starts spinning when I enter a camera store--BestBuy just doesn't do that for me.
Jan 18, 2014 01:45:34 #
I believe Mike's Cameras bought most of the locations. From what I've seen, they're not much better than Ritz - still high pressure and up-sale tactics. One plus - they do carry quality products at fair ( ⇈ ) prices and no Quantaray!
Jan 18, 2014 05:34:47 #
dpaden
Loc: Homewood, Alabama
I hope so. I had almost $200 in gift certificates that they would not honor when they went bankrupt. I kept stopping by to try to find something I would buy.
Jan 18, 2014 06:47:05 #
birdmann
Loc: Raleigh, NC, USA
One of the Cary, NC locations is now an independent photo store. Nice people, but not as many cameras or supplies as before.
Jan 18, 2014 07:54:39 #
Rongnongno wrote:
The company still exist on line. Few brick and mortar photo stores exists, ritz or not.
Why do you always have those "rules" at the bottom of your responses.
Jan 18, 2014 08:00:34 #
Gram27 wrote:
We don't have any in Connecticut anymore either. There used to be one right near where I live, but they've been gone for a while now, sorry to say.
The best one was in Danbury, tho it was a drive for me, he always had everything in stock so I could play with them before I bought them.
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