It certainly was - and still is!

You know that ‘Nancy Miller’ isn’t a real person? She’s one of a team of CS people ….they gave ‘her’ an ‘all-American name’ to make you believe an actual person cares🤣😅🙃

Aaah…..Adorama still pulling the same rubbish….I have little doubt Monsieur Gold is lurking around somewhere in all this.

I wasn’t fired; I quit, because I couldn’t stand the lying & hypocrisy

How sad……I just read a few of the complaints on TrustPilot…..not only is ‘Nancy Miller’ not a single person - an ‘all-American name’ was selected to front the customer service people serving you from the Philippines - but the so-called ‘CS Ambassador’ (a title I chose to describe what I grew the role to be), uses copy & paste expressions & contrite apologies lifted directly from responses that I wrote personally in response to individual complaints.
The used department official policy is to give over the phone inflated offers for used gear. I repeat, it is used department policy. They figure that once you send it in, and it’s been ‘evaluated’ - & you are told it’s worth $200 less than expected, you will feel it’s too much trouble to ask for it to be returned.
They receive thousands of used items every week….. the profit they make this way is eye-watering….

And yes, returned items are repacked carefully & sold as new.

And ‘competitions’ are run merely to harvest emails, & it can be literally impossible to unsubscribe from them.

When I joined Adorama they were floundering & I slowly rebuilt their reputation- not with boilerplate emails, but by encouraging the business to change policies & practices.
Then the founder of the business retired & the person appointed as CEO was the idiot who brought down Sears. From what I saw, he had zero interest in the business itself - he was there to ‘clean up’ his resume. He detested me because I challenged the vile marketing practices he introduced.

3 pieces of advice:
Do not believe a single word from the mouths of the used department people
Do not give Adorama your email address
Do not believe that the CS people care about you - they do not.

User ID???

Adorama used department has form for this kind of nonsense. Promising new goods & sending out returns; losing goods sent in for sale; offering to buy goods at a certain price then withdrawing that offer once they have the goods in their possession, hoping that the seller will give up on getting what they were promised. Do a Google search - you’ll very quickly pull up hundreds of similar complaints.

It wasn’t so much mistreatment- as failure by the new management team to recognise the job I was taken on to do, and failure to recognise that satisfied customers are pretty much the life blood of a business!

So sorry to read that this has been your experience - The used department’s shenanigans was one of the reasons I left Adorama.
(The other was the spam mentality of the marketing team)

But it seems not everyone has noticed I no longer work there, as a kind soul sent a pm to let me know about this post!

Helen Oster
Social Media Manager for The Age Group

Yes, it is

I’ll pm you with the PayPal info!

Best wishes

Helen

Good question - and many answers exist, but it is Canon's professional line (though used extensively by non-professionals) of EOS EF autofocus 35mm SLR and DSLR still camera lenses. Some say L stands for "Low Dispersion" - achieved by the UD lens elements found in these lenses. But, the true answer is probably the one in Canon's Lens Work III Book - "L" is for "Luxury".

Watch the sidelines at the next professional sporting event you attend or watch on TV. Look for the identifying L-lens red stripe around the end of the photographers' camera lenses. These are the people who make a living with their equipment - and they frequently trust the CanonL Lens Series for their income.

Helen

Yes - if you’d like it, PayPal is denisjones@icloud.com

Best wishes

Helen

Hi

$190 + $20 USPS Priority Mail with insurance. (Price new is $499)

If you'd like it, PayPal is: denisjones@icloud.com

Warm regards

Helen

I'm sorry, Ed
The strap already sold

Best wishes

Helen

Selling due to move away from DSLR gear to lighter weight mirrorless cameras and iPhone photography, to focus more on personal travel experiences.

1). Canon EOS 5D Mark III 22.3 MP Full frame CMOS w/1080p Full-HD Video mode Digital DSLR camera with straps, batteries & charger

Excellent condition. Two small scratches on rear LCD screen. Includes Canon shoulder strap, Optech USA hand strap, three batteries (two Canon Brand; one third party) as shown and original charger. Body Cap is included. AV cable and USB cable are included.

$999 + $20 USPS priority mail with insurance, or collect from Arlington Heights, Chicago

https://thejoneses.smugmug.com …r-Sale-2021/Canon-5DMIII/

2). Canon 40D DSLR Body with batteries and charger; excellent condition. Includes shoulder strap, charger and two batteries (one Canon brand; one third party) as shown. Body cap is included. No cables included.

$99 + $15 USPS Priority Mail w/insurance, or collect from Arlington Heights, Chicago

https://thejoneses.smugmug.com …-For-Sale-2021/Canon-40D/


3) Canon 10D DSLR Body with batteries and charger
$19 + $15 USPS Priority Mail with insurance, or collect from Arlington Heights,Chicago

https://thejoneses.smugmug.com …Sale-2021/Canon-10D-DSLR/



PayPal accepted for payment, as this provides protection to both the buyer and the seller.

Shipping only within the USA Lower 48. Quantity shipping discounts may apply for more than one purchase.

All used equipment will be checked thoroughly before shipping; however, if there is a problem/your item appears defective a refund will be given, provided it has been returned in the condition in which it was shipped to you.

Thank you for reading

Warm regards

Helen Oster