burkphoto wrote:
This will go on for 10-12 pages with people damning them. Just do a search (button at top of this page) for "42nd Street Photo" and read the thousands of responses that have come before...
If not a local shop, do business with the trusted: "Adorama, B&H, Cameta, KEH, MPB, Roberts". KEH and MPB are used only.
I've dealt with the first four on that list. They're all great... trusted, prompt, efficient, and reasonable.
I'd think the odds were down to four or five pages by now. It's been repeated so many times... but hey, someone could also ask about Abe's of Maine! (another shady operation)
I'll add Hunt's Camera to burkphoto's list. Many of us here, including me, have dealt with them since they were known as Hunt's Drug, and were in the back of an actual drugstore. Good people, good citizens of photo nation, and good source of bargains and honest dealings.