About the same as everyone else...Shopped the net looking for a Nikon D80. Found this site listing it for $733.00. Ordered it and just like everybody else, no confirmation. Call and get the you need a battery,you need a charger for the battery, then told it wouldn't arrive until January 17th....Stay away from these con artists...GLB, Berlin, Md.

Bait and Switch! Buyer's beware. I submitted an on-line order for a Sony DSLR A-100 digital camera, body only. I received an email from the vendor with an order number and instructions to call for "expediting" the order process. When I called they asked me which battery and lens I wanted. When I told them that I'm just interested in just the cameral body only (per the order) they told me that they just sold out, and will be on back order for a couple of weeks. Called back two weeks later, same story. Two weeks later, I see the same advertisement on their website so I called to check availability and price. When I asked if they had it in stock they said yes, then the vendor immediately asked which battery I wanted with it. When I told him that I'm just interestest in the body only at their advertise price of $465, he told me they were sold out. "Sold out? You just told me that you have it stock" I said. He came back with "I'm sold out of the body only...." $189 for a battery - no thanks! Just like the other postings on this site for this vendor, look out for the bait and switch.

The exact same as everyone else! (but one person) I never got an email confirmation of my purchase, when I called for one they said "yea, yea, yea the camera (Rebel XTi) is on back order." They went on to ask me if I wanted to order battery, the charger (couldn't believe they were trying to sell it separately) - I said doesn’t it come with all of that. He said “no THAT camera doesn’t come with anything at all – nothing!” "That camera you ordered comes with nothing, why don't you get one of our other, very good cameras" - he asked me. I said no I want the one I ordered. He and the second guy I talked to (who was even worse) told me they didn't have any idea when they would get the camera in to even ship it to me. I asked for them to send an email confirmation, never got one (not surprising). I called a third time to complain about their website being misleading because it didn't inform me that the product was on “back-order”, etc. The guy asked me "what did I want from him?" "I already TOLD you that we need to improve our site and I'm not going to rush out and buy anything thing just because you are not happy with what I've TOLD you; now that's just it!" I told him that I believe that they put the XTi on their website at such a low price just to attract customers to the site in hopes of selling them something much more expensive. He actually said "you can believe what you want to believe - that doesn't make since anyway because people wouldn't buy anything!" I was like - what? Anyway... I told him that I was going to write as many bad reviews as I could and he said "do what you want!" and I said I will! I asked him to cancel my order and he said he would, we'll see. Don't not buy from these guys you will be sorry!

This review was modified by its author, dmscott65, on 11/29/06 3:20 PM.

I tried to order from them as the price was too good to be true, and it was. They told me that batteries didn't come with the camera and wanted to know how many and what batteries I wanted. I had to tell the sales person 5 times that I was canceling the order. This is a terrible company. Stay away from them.

Stay away. Fraud. Don't believe their advertisements. I saw a Canon E30D (body only) on their site for $555 and ordered it online. Called them up to verify the order. They told me that I had to order a battery for it for approximately $300 and a charger for approximately $400 or I couldn't buy it. The battery and charger are included in the price from any reputable seller. I can't express enough what a horrible experience this was. Do NOT buy from them.

Just like all the reviews, except the one giving it 3 1/2 stars, these are scam artist. First the "how you going to charge the battery" line, then "$198 for a charger". Then "OEM package does not include software that you must buy." I cancelled and the guy hung up without giving me a cancellation number or emailing my cancellation. FRAUD, is what it is. Buy at Zoommania.com.

I saw a good deal for Nikon D50 through shopcartusa.com. The rating about century21electronics.com in shopcartusa.com website is always good. I ordered the camera; Customer Service called and told it is backordered and will take 6wks to ship. When I called back and asked him to cancel my order, Customer Service person was harsh and rude and declined to cancel my order. I waited for 6 weeks. No response/shipping. I called again to cancel. Now, they cancelled at last. Cheating site.  
Thanks,  
Durai

Do not buy from this company. I ordered a Sony camcorder online from century21electronics because of the great price. I got an email saying I had to call to confirm the order. When I did I was asked if I wanted to buy a charger for the camera. I said "No" and the salesperson replied, "Well, how are you going to charge the camera!" I did not order the charger. I was then told the camera is on backorder and it would be 3-6 weeks before it shipped. The worst is that today we got a call from our credit card company asking to verify nearly $3000 worth of charges to the credit card that I used to order the camera. These were fraudulent charges for plane tickets and a hotel room. This is a card I don't use much and the order with century21electronics is the only time I've used the card for the last 3 months. I called century21electronics to complain about the credit card problem and talked to someone who is supposedly their security person. I later tried to call him back and got an answering machine that gave the message for "J & K Cameras" of Brooklyn, NY. I then read the resellerratings for J & K Cameras and century21electronics and found out there are many different sites that are apparently all linked to the same company and many other people have reported problems with this company. None of the ratings for them are good. This outfit is not reputable. I would advise others to steer clear of this company.

I placed an order for a Canon 5d body at a price to good to be true. I received an e-mail requesting a phone call to confirm the order. When I called they wanted to add a battery for over $400 and tried to sell me a differnt camera at a high price. They got rude when I did not want any accessories, wanted to charge to change the language from Malasian to English and then told me it would ship in 36 weeks and what did I expect at that price. I sent an email cancelling my order and cancelled the credit card.

I order d80 camera from this online store since they were listed as the lowest for the body only ($300 less), as same as everybody... it needs a confirmation call and eventually talked me to buy the kit instead. What a dumb customer I am since the total price I paid is 200 more than what you can buy from Amazon or Ritz camera plus they gave me the old lense 18-55 instead of the 18-135 which are advertised. They gave me extra crappy bag, tripod and lense cleaner though :(. Never again and advised not to buy to this cheap sellers. Oh yah, the lense that came is already damaged which came without its box but on a plastic container instead.. Good thing I got from them is the fast delivery.

Found a bunch of great comments about this store from "ShoppingCartUSA" which is a false front for stores like this. They only allow positive comments by workers of the store, and the registration process there is an effort to sell numerous ads.  
 
Anyhow, the above showed a low price on a canon video camera by this Century21Electronics, I then placed the order, and received a message about having to call them to "confirm the order."  
 
Spoke to someone named "Vincent", I told them I didn't need any accessories. He promptly gave me a "confirmation" number and I never heard from them again.

I ordered a D200 and 2 lens from this store at a very good price. After I enter the order, I received a e-mail with instructions that I'm going to receive a follow-up call or I can call the back to the customer rep whose name is Ken. I called back the following day and was told that my order has been cancelled. That's it, without any explanation. Terrible customer service. Totally a scam. But I am still lucky that the order was cancelled before I run into deeper trouble. Now I hope they won't charge to my credit card for a cancelled order.  
 
p.s. When I do a google search on the camera, I found lots of website that priced low very much look like from a same store, or company. I actually called USAPhotoNation too minutes after I was confirmed my order with this store had been cancelled. What I heard on the phone was very much like from the same group of people. But I could be wrong on this.  
 
Please be very careful, better stay away from these guys.

Scam artists! They use bait and switch pricing  
I ordered a Canon Rebel XTi "Camera Body only" from this store, for what appeared to be a grey market price (no problem there for me). But in fact, what this seller does is unpack the "Camera Body only" parts and tries to upsell them at list price. I was expecting a grey market camera at that low price but not such a blatent (and dishonest) misrepresentation. Here’s what “Body only” means at all other online retailers*  
You get:  
Digital Rebel XTi Body  
Eyecup Ef  
Wide Strap EW-100DBII  
Video Cable VC-100  
Interface Cable IFC-400PCU  
Battery NB-2LH  
Battery Charger CB-2LW  
EOS Digital Solution Disk (EOS Utility, ZoomBrowser EX, ImageBrowser, PhotoStitch, Digital Photo Professional) CD-ROM  
Instruction Manual CD-ROM  
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*Ritz, Dell, J&R, B&H Photo, Butterfly Photo, Beach Camera, Abes of Maine, Etronics, H1Photo, 42nd Street Photo  
But at Century21 Electronics you evidently only get the body - no battery, no cables, no battery charger. A real sleazy operation.

My story is the same after purchasing the Canoon gl2 for a price of 2172.00 I receive an email from Ken (x283) and he starts talking fast and gets my order up to 3900.00! So he says they wont process this order until mon and he would call me to verify. When he calls I tell him I would like to cancel the order because I feel like I am not getting a good deal. He says to me, "I'm not going to let you cancel the order". So I continue to insist on cancelling my order and he eventually hangs up in my face. So I have contacted my bank and disputed the charges as well as called customer service at century21electronics. Jacob answered and said it will take an hour to find the orginial order. I hope my bank resolves this matter for me. This company is not a honest company do not buy from them!!!

After receiving this: We have received your order but for verification purposes please call us at 1800-280-9396 ext 225, Mon-Fri from 10:00am(est)-6:00pm(est)Sun 11:00am-4:00pm in order to process your order. I was asked to upgrade to a "Glass" lens. When I laughed and said no, just send the Nikon lens for the price quoted, he said it would take 6-8 weeks to "process". Bogus offer, bogus prices, bogus company, bogus salesman. Would they sell more if they were honest? They probably discovered that there are always more suckers out there.