Do pictures say 1,000 words?
I happened to stumble across an interesting, yet quite lengthy, blog post made by a user who had a bad experience with an online company called PriceRitePhoto. The user had purchased a camera online via the stores website and experienced nothing but problems from that moment on; the company called confirming details of shipment, attempted to sell additional parts with the camera and made threats to the person when the customer informed them that they would be writing an article on their experience. Apparently the store claimed they would contact this person’s boss and CEO, would also contact the police and have them arrested, if they dared to say a negative word about PriceRitePhoto. Oh, and the customer never received their near $3,000 camera that they ordered from the store.
The user goes to the effort of posting several reviews they had found that claimed similar testimonies about their own experience with the store, with one user even reporting that PriceRitePhoto threatened to charge their credit card $100 if they wrote a negative review, with an additional $250 for every posting after the initial one. None of the customers ever received their product and plenty of people have gone to the lengths to try and get the store delisted with places such as Yahoo! Shopping. It makes me feel pleased to say that I not only fail to have a credit card but also choose not to purchase products online. For most, buying online probably works for them and is an incredible help to their shopping needs, but I think I’ll prefer dealing with in-store bullshit, as opposed to people who are half a world away from me.
You were provoked by Vittra at 4:35 pm | 7 opinions »
December 24th, 2005
I’d have the cops so far up their arses…
I wouldn’t buy anything that expensive sight un-seen myself. In store, or online, if it’s a $3,000 guitar for example, or even a computer or something, I would want to see it, fiddle with it, before I parted with my dough. Not because I don’t trust the people or the ‘system’ as much as because I just want to make sure I like what I’m paying for. That just has the happy side-effect of preventing me from buying anything too pricey online.
December 24th, 2005
I too have no credit card – a bad debt history of mine is strung through cyberspace which means the mighty plastic eludes me. So, as for the guy with $3000 up the swanny – fook him!
December 25th, 2005
ugh – so far i’ve been lucky, but i try to pick stores that have a better rep than that… :/
December 25th, 2005
I live on an island. Everything is imported. Therefore, it would be impractical not to have a credit card and order things online. Fortunately, I have never had an experience like that.
March 17th, 2006
I almost feel bad for that person.
Almost.
November 20th, 2009
How do you feel about online shopping today?
May 22nd, 2010
These days, Slipdisc, my activities have changed. Online purchases have been the only avenue for some items that simply do not exist elsewhere but for the most part I still tend to find store I can visit in person. Funny how that goes, huh?