kktim wrote:
I once told a drug store owner that he had some really ugly dusty candles up on his shelf, right next to some more expensive clean ones. He laughed and told my that all customers want a choice. He never restocks the uglies because no one buys them but they all move themselves over to their other choice (as indirectly guided by his selling experience) haha ha. I have used B&H and Adorama, they are about two blocks apart from each other in NY as I remember. B&H is huge and Adorama is the ugly cousin. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that they are owned by the same families. I personally think that it is that candle thing, I go to B&H to check the reviews, then go to Adorama to check the price; then order...but the money just may be going into the same bank. Buy anywhere you wish, but check them first. K
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Tim … it may SEEM like B&H and Adorama are only a couple blocks apart, but, when you're in NYC - everything just SEEMS that way, as it's so quick to get ANYWHERE within Manhattan - via the subway. But, on the ground, it's another matter, indeed. B&H is a pretty big store. It's on 9th Avenue, at the corner of 34th St. It seems like it fills a full block, but, I don't think it does. It is, however, at least six full floors. Here's a link -
https://www.bing.com/search?q=B%26H+Photo,+NYC+-+Street+Address&FORM=EDGENA&PC=LCTS&refig=27dbdcec771b402cb7a85b5d32b97f7d
Adorama, on the other hand - only has a huge presence, on the Net - equal in every way - to that which B&H has created. However, it's just a hole-in-the-wall - down on 18th St. in the middle of the Flatiron District - which is just three short blocks west of Gramercy Park, and four blocks north of 14th St. The nearest Avenue is the Avenue of the Americas (aka 6th Ave.) - to get from one to the other on the ground, is likely to take a matter of hours! Anyway - here's a link for Adorama -
https://www.bing.com/search?q=Adorama,+NYC+-+Street+address&FORM=EDGENA&PC=LCTS&refig=27dbdcec771b402cb7a85b5d32b97f7d
For what it's worth - I don't think the two stores are affiliated in any way, at all. Just the fact their two locales are in very different places, from each other, and that one is an enormous building, and the other is barely a shop-front - tells you an enormous amount. I will say this for Adorama - they do now have a number of Rental Centers, in other locations. So, they do seem to be growing, somewhat.
But, most definitely - they ARE - both - in New York City - but, that's where the similarity ends!