I purchased a Panasonic AG HMC150 camcorder from Broadway Photo after finding them on the web. Their advertised price was too good to be true. I contacted them by phone with questions on accessories and through high pressure sales tactics and offers of specials on the accessories I ended up with a total bill of $4,499. When I received the camcorder the box it was shipped in had been poorly tapped together and it had been left on my doorstep.  
 
The invoice did not show a breakdown of costs. When I requested one I was refused—Broadway Photo stating that it was a package deal. At no time in my dealing with the salesman was I made aware of this. Although I was told I had free shipping there was $150 of handling and insurance, again I was not aware of this at purchase. I was told I was getting high quality accessories—the cost quoted and the assurances by the salesman certainly suggested this. When I received the accessories I could not verify either the quality or the pricing, by the invoice or researching online. The salesman told me the accessory battery I ordered was a high capacity 8 hour battery priced at $300. When I received the battery it was the same battery that I could purchased elsewhere for $150-160. This was the only accessory I was able to verify.  
 
I contacted Broadway several times on issues with this order. I did get a charge back on the battery but the lack of breakdown of the costs, questions on the quality and suitability of the accessories and other factors lead me to desire to return the entire order. I was not aware of the return policy at the time of the order, the small print on the invoice stating a minimum of 5% restocking fee and no refund for shipping and handling was my first awareness of this. The salesman made no mention of the return policy and it was not obvious on their website. I checked their website for their return policy and found it buried several levels down. When I pushed for returning I was told the restocking fee was 15% and it could go as high as 17% and I would have to sign an agreement before they would issue an RMA.  
 
I ended up returning the order without a RMA—the shipping and handling was under $20. Since I had made the purchase with a credit card I disputed the charge. I did get most of my money back but the experience was very unsatisfactory. I would not recommend purchasing any equipment from Broadway Photo.

I ordered a Camera kit for $3495. They called me on the pretense to verify my information, then tried to sell me a bunch of accessories. I can deal with that. But then real quickly, the salesman mentioned that there was an additional charge of $279 for insurance (8% of purchase price). I objected. He went to a supervisor and came back offering it at $104 (3% of purchase price.)  
 
I said no and cancelled the order.

WORST COMPANY YOU CAN EVER HOPE TO DO BUSINESS WITH!! I have been communicating with them for the past three weeks with regards to availability of 25 units LG DS420 projectors and with a very absolute assurance they replied every time that they had them in stock. My company is commited with an overseas government licitation to supply this 25 units. We commited based on what Broadway Photo. com promesed us....Today, as we are finilizing the order ... not only they surprised us with some unexpected hadling charges, but after going through all the troubles in placing the order, I called to get confirmation and they slaped me with : Sorry, but we don't have them in stock.  
 
Unfurtunately, their sorry will not resolve my situation, since because of their deception, now I cant get these products anywhere else on time to deliver to the goverment agency and we will be BANDED from doing business for the NEXT THREE YEARS with the goverment due to unfulfillment of an order.  
 
All at BROADWAY PHOTO are not only unproffessional, but they have a horrible customer care and service. Actually they simply don't care. It's been a horrible day for us!!!

I purchased HDR-XR520V, 240GB High Definition HDD Handycam Camcorder advertised FREE GROUND DELIVERY.  
 
THE CAMCORDER IS BRAND NEW AND LOOK GREAT.  
BUT MY SHOPPING EXPERIENCE WITH THEM WAS VERY LOUSY.  
 
AFTER RECIVING MY CAMCODER I FIND OUT THAT I WAS OVER CHARGE $ 49.99  
After I complained them on the phone they informed me it was a handling fee & insurance. I never authorized these extra charges that I was not aware. They never send me invoice about this extra charges just an email me  
that we have received your order.  
On the end they offer to credit half $25.00 back to me. But I’m steel not happy the way I have this extra charges.  
Please be aware placing any orders with them. Even they say free shipping it is not free. They will charge you for Handling and other fees they want to include and very briefly note on the phone total amount $.... and never mention about handling and insurance fee separate they just include it in total amount. You are assuming they are honest people and doing right thing but not, please double check everything they say the best thing before authorize any charges ask them to mail you invoice so you can see what you was charge for.  

We placed an order for a Panasonic VIERA TC-32LX85 32-Inch HDTV with broadwayphoto.com and within 48 hrs, we received an email from them asking us to call them to verify and process our order. When we called, we realized that their high-pressure salesman was simply trying to sell us a list of additional TV accessories. And it was during the phone call that we learned the TV does NOT even come with its base! Every other electronic store sells the TV and the base as a unit, but it seems that broadwayphoto.com sells their TVs by their individual components. It's outright bait-and-switch. We canceled our original order and we would never do business with them again. Buyer beware!

Terrible bait-and-switch company.  
 
I ordered a Nikon 55-200mm lens... called to confirm. When I politely turned down all the accessories, I was told that I'd ordered the "foreign" version of the lens and if I wanted a US version (with English manuals, etc) I'd have to pay ~$40 more ...  
 
I told them I didn't see 'foreign' anywhere on the web-page I used to buy the lens. The salesman ensured me it was there: so I made him wait while I checked. It was not there. I read most of the page to him and asked him to tell me where this information was: he said he didn't have access to the net but still insisted it was there!! Incredible...

I ordered a gps unit which was supposed to be new. The item I received appeared to be unused but upon trying to register the warranty I found someone had previously filled out the registration. I sent an email to Broadway requesting a replacement to no avail. I also received the hardsell and a lot of lies about needed accessories. STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY!!!!! SCAM ARTISTS AT BEST!!!!

todays date 01/17/2008. ordered advertised low price , got the better battery pitch $99, how about this $$$, how about that $$$, No thank you just the camera, No problem says the Bway man. Problem I find , it is always on backorder. 4 to 6 weeks. then 4 to 6 weeks, then 4 to 6 weeks. Priceless and very entertaining.Some Mom's kids.

DON'T get suckered!!! The only "satisfied" reviews hereunder are posted at the request of the shopowner (except for the one that describes a terrible dissatifaction with "cuss" words, but that must have inadvertently clicked "satisfied" in his/her angst!  
Just like One Way Photo, Camera Addict, Broadway Photo and a host of others, THEY LIE and MISREPRESENT EVERYTHING (hidden costs, misrepresented characteristics, ...).  
HELP THIS SITE AND TRUTHFULNESS by taking the time to click on "NO"-t useful after all the single line comments that don't give any transaction detail. EXTERMINATE THEM ALL!!!

Preferred Photo is a TERRIBLE company, i tried ordering the olympus sp-550 uz and called in to make sure it was teh US model for 244 and was in stock, the rep said yes to both, so i go online and order...today i get an email to confirm and they confirm my order, i say yep...he tries to sell me accessories...during this time i ask to again make sure its the US model and not japanese model, he says yes...i say just the camera please...he then asked if iw anted to the US warranty, i say what? he says its an overseas camera and the menu will be in japanese...WHAT THE CRAP, I JUST ASKED THIS---how misleading, they are lucky they confirm the order or theyd be out of luck...piece of junk company

Don't bother. These guys will waste your time and stress you out unless you are willing to buy loads of cheap nasty accessories at5 times their value. I wasted a whole day with these guys...they took my order, then refused to give me a shipping time (after they realised I wasn't going to buy anything else).

These guys are scam artists and I had no idea that these resellers were linked until I came to writing this review. Some resellers linked with Broadway Photo had Sony HDR-SR8 camcorders for $749 - $1099, but when I called the resellers, they said that it was the China version and a U.S. version would costs $1500. These resellers were also very rude, transferred me back and forth to people when I called and played teenager phone games. These were I believe dummy resellers for Broadway Photo; part of their scam.  
 
Anyway, I purchased my Sony camcorder over the phone with Broadway Photo in order to get a true understanding of what I was paying for. On January 9, 2008 I purchased a Sony HDR-SR8 from Broadway Photo for $1249, and they sold me on a Sony 6 hour battery for $169.99 because they said the original battery only records for 30 minutes or less. With the $54.76 for 3day shipping, the total amount was $1483.75  
 
January 14, 2008 I received the merchandise and the Sony Camcorder box was crushed in one corner as if it's been dropped from a high place, but the shipping box looked fine with no damage on it. I would not buy a camcorder from any retail store if it was offered to me in this condition, but they sent it to me. The battery I received was a CTA brand (CTA DB-FH70) rated at 200 minutes, not the Sony 6 hour battery I ordered. This CTA battery sells for about $59 and after reading the camcorder manual, I found out that the original battery has 105 minutes of recording time, and not 30 minutes which they told me in order for them to make a battery sale which they took me for $169 on a $59 battery.  
 
I called Broadway Photo today and it took an hour to get to a person, I was passed to 3 different people. They would not do anything for me but to say ship it back to them at my cost because they claim they have it on recording that I ordered that battery and they didn't say it was a Sony brand, which was a big lie. They made no comment on the damaged camcorder box condition. My email invoice only has an order # and no breakdown of cost for each item. Their scam is hidden that way.  
 
I was scamed big time on the battery and received a crushed camcorder box which I only turned on the camcorder to see if it will power up and it did. I don't know if there will be any problems down the road with this camcorder but it was wrong for them to ship me this damaged box item. I took plenty of pictures of the damaged box and I will tell everyone I know to stay far away from Broadway Photo. They're a ripoff.

This review was modified by its author, HDR Sony, on 1/17/08 3:22 PM.

I had no problem with the first camera that I ordered because I fell into their trap of ordering overpriced accessories. I tried ordering another camera for my daughter a month later and, when I told them that I only wanted the camera, they became hostile. Then they said the price I saw was for the Japanese model and it would cost $150 more for the US model! I tried placing orders with several other companies that, at the time, I didn't know they were all connected and I got the same runaround. Stay away from these people because they commit fraud every day. I wish I had known because I would have saved time and aggravation.

DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THESE PEOPLE!! I ordered a TV on 11/30/07 and was told by email the TV was backordered. No other communication about the merchandise I ordered (for a Christmas present). After several failed attempts to get through to Customer Service, I got to Sales, only to be transferred back to Customer Service which was not even open during this particular time. Finally, after holding for over 20 minutes on December 28, I cancelled my order.  
 
Try B & H Photo! They were on it and they wanted my business. Very smooth transaction from B & H Photo!!!!

I ordered a camcorder from these guys prior to xmas, on January 10th I finally got through to cust. service after 4 days of hangups, long hold times, and a message saying the answering service couldn't take a call. I got though by going back through sales and asking for a mgr. He advised me that my camera had been backordered the day I bought it. Why no one ever told me that is still a mystery, they said there should have been a email notification, but I didn't provide them with an email addy, I was told the camera might be in in 6-8 weeks and was told by the mgr to " so sue me". I blurted out and told him to cancel my order, hopefully they can fulfill that request. I would never recommend these guys to anyone!