WARNING-PHOTO DYNASTY AKA SHOP DIGITAL DIRECT

[fssalaska]

First off I would like to thank everyone for taking the time to write these reviews and saving potential buyers, myself included, the time and headache that comes with dealing with these scam artists.

Second, after some extensive research I would like to let others know that Shop Digital Direct falls under a company umbrella that operates under many other names, including;

Best Price Camera
Best Stop Camera
C.I.S. Brokerage Inc.
C.I.S. Trading System
Century 21
CIS Brokerage Inc.
CityWideDigital.com
Crystal International Services Inc.
Digital EBuys
Enterprise Photo
Hello Camera
INF/MRAC/JF
Infiniti Cameras
Infiniti Photo
Infinity Cameras
J&K Cameras, Inc.
Mr. Accessory
PhotoDynasty.com
Razz Photo
Regency Camera
Regency Photo & Video, Inc.
ShopDigitalDirect.com

Also, beware of these other companies I've encountered in reviews who seem to operate in the same fashion:

[RiverFox]

Originally Posted by fssalaska

First off I would like to thank everyone for taking the time to write these reviews and saving potential buyers, myself included, the time and headache that comes with dealing with these scam artists.

Second, after some extensive research I would like to let others know that Shop Digital Direct falls under a company umbrella that operates under many other names, including;

Best Price Camera
Best Stop Camera
C.I.S. Brokerage Inc.
C.I.S. Trading System
Century 21
CIS Brokerage Inc.
CityWideDigital.com
Crystal International Services Inc.
Digital EBuys
Enterprise Photo
Hello Camera
INF/MRAC/JF
Infiniti Cameras
Infiniti Photo
Infinity Cameras
J&K Cameras, Inc.
Mr. Accessory
PhotoDynasty.com
Razz Photo
Regency Camera
Regency Photo & Video, Inc.
ShopDigitalDirect.com

Also, beware of these other companies I've encountered in reviews who seem to operate in the same fashion:

You can add Sonic Cameras.com to list.
I was shopping for a Canon Camcorder and of course they have the lowest price at a 300.00 difference the everyone else.
I am so glad I found this forum before I order the camcorder.

[Canfield]

"photo dynasty aka shop digital direct"

right now amazon has the cannon hf 10 camcorder for 629.
best buy: 699.99
so much for a couple well known resellers.
Then we have these:

photo dynasty: $409
shop digital direct: $399
ontime digital: 379.99


I notice that these last three all have multiple upgrade packages with lots of accessories at higher prices. And these last three I found with 'ads by google' in the corner of very well known and legitimate websites. Presumably google is publishing paid advertisements.

I was excited at first at the low low prices, thanks everybody for posting the warnings here, glad I checked first

[girlinlove]

Thank you so much for taking the time to post these reviews. You just saved me a lot of money and maybe even more heartache. I am in the market for a Canon XSI
Thanks again

[jacklig]

i'm guessing diduprice has some affiliation with these guys, as there is just too many things simular with the sites. no address, no contact info.

[canonman]

Wow! I am nor really surprised to find this, and glad to see I was not the only one who had a bad experience with ShopDigitalDirect. They are definitely scammers and like an idiot, I gave them the benefit of the doubt after my first purchase from them (which was a nightmare!), and made a second purchase from them because the price for the item justified dealing with their garbage. Of course they didn't fail at disappointing me again! So, if you are reading this and all the other posts... DO NOT DEAL WITH SHOPDIGITALDIRECT.COM!!! If you do after reading these posts, don't say we didn't warn you.

[MIKE LEVY]

i got scamed bad last year by foto dynasty and have a lawsuit against them . if any one is interested in a fraud lawyer in brooklyn new york please let me know . it is costing me another 4 thousand dollars for the lawyer but what they did to me was horable and inexcuseable please e mail me at ( papasurf4@hotmail.com as more complaints will help stop them from scaming more people . thanks mike levy