Makaipi wrote:
If it's the same guys, I remember going into the the store on the street! Can't believe those guys are st I'll around. Watch out! The reason why you get low prices are that the supporting equipment , I.e. The AC adapter, USB cord, instructions. Maybe even the lens itself may be missing. Different equipment altogether in the box with a picture of what you are supposed to have on the outside of said box. These guys were a class act! Hope I'm wrong! Caveat emptor!
Those sound like the guys on just about every street corner camera store along Jefferson Street at Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco. You can walk out with a $1500 lens for $250, but try to take it back when you find it's a $50 knockoff with a plastic barrel with two uncoated elements and hand-lettered markings. "But is same thing, made in secret plant in Vladivostok; all lenses from China really made there!"