This place is a ripoff! I ordered my camcorder and recieved confirmation of the order. Then that was followed up with an email asking me to call them. When I called they said the camera I ordered had been discontinued. They offered to send the next up model for the same price and said it was brand new and tried HARD to upsell me on accessories. What I got was a product with a copied product manual, none of the software, a camera with scratches and other missing parts! When I called to ask them about it, he insisted that it was new and would only take it back with a 15% restocking fee. Thank God I used Amex - I let Amex do the fighting for me. I will never shop with them again. STAY AWAY unless you want to take a gamble.  

The best part about shopping with Cfl was that they were listed on the Sonys web site! That gave us confidence to consider shopping with them. After our first purchase we would recommend them to anyone! The order process was smooth and fast. All questions we had were answered on the site. Customer service followed up to be sure we had all the extras we wanted. The camera we ordered was here in record time. It is amazing! The only regret -- we should have order more accessories, but that will easily be corrected -- back on the web site for Cameras for less.  
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I ordered my merchandise by writing them a e-mail what i need since i"m from Australia (a Canon ZR60 Mini DV Digital Camcorder ) on a Friday night; knowing that the order would not process until Sunday (closed Sat and 15 hours time zone difference.) I received a e-mail Sunday to wire in the total $328.56 and the info. what i should print out and take to my bank and on monday i received my confirmation e-mail and tracking number. [usps arrived at 4 pm friday that week evan they said expect 4-10 bussiness days] with a bright and shiny new Camcorder in excellent condition – well packed in blister pack and in perfect working order. I paid a slight bit more than I had to (they had the lowest prices on all camocorders and more them $200 less from the price for this camcorder here in Australia, … Camera forless.com showed them in stock and they were ! The customer service reps were helpful, attentive and friendly …..all and all it was a hassle free transaction, I will buy from them again and I highly recommend them to anyone OVERSEAS!!!

This was our second order and all went flawlessly. Cameras For Less was found when we went to epinions.com to research digital cameras. We bought our first Olympus camera as a factory refurb and were hesitant as to how well the order and the camera would go. We are totally happy with the camera and the shopping at Cameras For Less we decided to come back and do it again for a wedding gift. ALL IS WELL AND ITS THE 2ND PURCHASE! !

I had never shopped with this store before, but what a great experience that I had. I will definately tell my friends about you. Thanks for a great shopping experience.  

Buy from this store only if you are prepared to be ripped off. As another poster has already indicated, you should be suspicious of all the glowing reviews found here that don't have a rating, those little orange icons that should be to the right of every review......take the enthusiastic reviews with a grain of salt, as they are obviously fraudulent. I ordered a now very hard-to-find Olympus C-2020z, which has a great reputation for infrared photography, and I got the camera. It looks like it is in good shape, fortunately. But I didn't get the battery charger, rechargeable batteries, remote control, camera strap, and lens cap, which were all missing from the package when it arrived. I called Cameras for Less, and the guy I spoke with had the chutzpah (AKA the gall) to tell me that the camera didn't operate with rechargeable batteries, so there was no recharger, flatly contradicting the company's own webpage describing the camera and all the accessories that were supposed to come with it. I called Olympus and was told that the accessories should have definitely been included. The fellow from Camera for Less said he would send me everything but the recharger, but I had a hunch her was just blowing me off, and so far my hunch has proven to be right.  
 
I was lucky enough to have bought an Olympus C-5050z five months ago for regular photography from another dealer, so I can use the battery charger, remote control and so on that came with that camera, but you will not be so lucky when you open the box sent to you by Camera for Less. I will only now have to buy a camera strap direct from Olympus.  
 
Again, unless the C-2020 has a defect I haven't found yet, I'll lose only the cost of buying the strap. But you won't be so lucky!

Great service! My experience with some other companies was downright embarrassing. You will find at some of these online stores that they will advertise the lowest price and then when you put the order in if you don't buy the additional add-on package, they will cancel your order, but won't tell you. Obviously, the game is that they don't make money on the camera, they make it on the extra package. CameraForLess.com was definitely not like that... i ordered my camera and got it with no problems and phone calls , Very polite and no pushy sales pitch to buy additional items. A breath of fresh air working with CameraForLess.com and I would definitely use them again!

I purchased a Panasonic PV-GS50 palmcorder with additional accessories from Camera for less. It didn't contain all of necessary components (missing the SD card, the downloading software and the manual was a copy which was missing many pages). I contacted them 3 times but never received the missing parts. I finally returned the camera over two months ago and still haven't received a refund (over $600).

BUYERS BEWARE!! I would not recommend anyone buy from this store! I recently bought a Canon S45. And like many other reviews omn this site, it was sold to me as new but is actually previously owned. I called Canon and had them run the serial number to find this out. When I tried to tell this to the store manager he told me they must be wrong.  
 
So now I am trying to return the camera. What a headache! I tried multiple times to call the store for a "Return Authorization Number" over a period of ten days and repeatedly got a message that said they were "closed for holidays until October 10th." On October 12th when I called for to get a return number, I was told I couldn't return the item because it had been longer than 14 days. I told the manager that I had tried repeatedly to call but they had been closed. He said I couldn't prove this so now I am having to get a copy of my outgoing calls from my phone company and use it as evidence. All of this for what should be a simple return.  
 
As a side note: I find it interesting that none of the people that gave this store a good review have a rating. What does that mean?

I recently ordered a Panasonic PV-DV53 MiniDV camcorder, and I'm not pleased at all with the experience. Despite the item being sold as 'new', it had clearly been opened, used, and returned, and was missing the lens cap. I don't necessarily mind purchasing used/refurbished equipment, but I don't like being tricked into it, plus I paid a price premium by intentionally choosing a store selling new product. I've tried to contact the company to get a lens cap, and they have ignored me. Also, their store does not run SSL, despite displaying the Verisign logo. S&H was also extremely expensive ($23). I can't recommend this store to anyone.

After placing an order for a Minolta Diamge f100 as advertised,I got a call.It wa Camerafoless on fon.I said who what Cameras for less was giving me a follow up call.The call was to buy memory cards batteries camera bag warrenty etc etc etc.I said no thanks and the sales ass. told me the camera was now out of stock. 10 people came into the store to buy one today alone!He said he would send me a new one.I asked Brand new he replied"res ran new>"I then waited 4 days latter i received a brown box with the advertised minolta digital camera in a plastic bag.OK.The owners manuel was highlighted and written all over .I put batteries in the camera and I it got very hot but did not work.It was a defective refurb.I called cameras for less and they said they sell only good cameras.I asked about returns they said listen only good camera good camera.I was hung up on .Anybody that wants to purchase a new camera here go elsewere.If you do not believe me call customer service.Call the 1 800 number and ask if it is a new camera youll get a surprise in the mail.A broken dirty used camera.I will get my money back from these guys they owe me a refund and I will try hard to get my hard earned cash back.After calling Minolta I found out that the camera I had purchased was a Sri lanka refurbished model with parts from viet nam.Not a good expierence to say the least.

This review was modified by its author, wongwan, on 7/12/04 5:25 PM.

Ordered new camera, received used, dirty camera with serial numbers stripped from box and no original packaging. After returning with terse letter, a full refund (except for my cost of return shipping) was issued.

This review was modified by its author, bonser, on 5/16/04 7:31 PM.

I placed an order for an advertised "BRAND NEW" Nikon Coolpix990 with Nikon 1 yr warranty at cameraforless.com and after 13 days, emailed to see if it was shipped. The camera got sent the next day and arrived 4 days later. The box arrived containing a Coolpix camera, but it WAS NOT NEW. There was dirt on the camera, AC adapter, USB cable, and the CDs were scratched. They included a camera case for 'free' but it has no strap, and the strap that came with the camera is ripped. The English manual is dirty and has penmarks, and the cover is ripped off. While the camera works and the price was good, the Nikon 1 yr warranty is not valid because it is not a new camera. Other (one-star) reviewers of the company have had similar experience. If you are expecting a new camera, don't be shocked when a slightly battered camera appears. They may have good prices and include extra things but the only BRAND NEW thing in our shipment were the batteries and lens cover.

After doing a few days worth of research I decided on a samsung scd23 digital mini dv camcorder ,  
I was going to buy?but now I needed to find a reliable source to order from. After reading this companies reviews and a few others, I decided to call Cameraforless.com I am happy that I did!  
I was treated politely and the sale guys know their stuff?  
all my items came exactly as  
described over the phone? and I am very pleased, i called samsung to confirm that is has a 1 year warranty because they honor a 1 year warrnty just on new cameras and they said yes!  
its unbeliveable how they can sell a brand new sealed camera with a 1 year warranty for cheaper from the other sellers on refurbished!  

No reason to worry when you buy from cameraforless.com. I did anf they truly exceeded my expectations. After I ordered i got an email that provided me with my cameras tracking number. I can not say thank you enough times for the piece of mind this provided me.