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"STAY AWAY FROM THESE PEOPLE. I'm writing this review because I have just become a victim and I do not want any of you to lose your money on this scam. BananaBoatCamera.com is absolute cheats. They have taken my $1500 for camera and accessories, but when I chase them for my delivery no body is ready to attend me. and the person on the phone was exteremely rude. I live in London, UK and they promised me big for international shipping before taking my money. I was told I can track my order through FedEx website. But there was no such tracking number provided neither I got any confirmation via email as they promised. I can't do anything except pulling my hair. Please stay away from this scam. Never ever put any money and don't get influenced by their talks. Don't trust anyone from this company. Don't even talk to them. "
This review was modified by infograf on October 04 2006 02:06:59 PM
"Great price for a camera body, but also sold my husband an expensive battery that cannot be used by the camera and an overpriced memory card. It states very clearly in the user manual not to use those batteries, but my husband didn't know that. When I called back another salesman was extreeeeeemly rude. Told me they didn't care about my money, they drive BMWs!!! Can you believe it? Their customer service is awful. Did receive a package a few days later. It did not contain the camera, of course. It contained batteries and a card that you can purchase for a total of under $50. But, on the receipt they charged my husband the price of the camera for the card and the batteries. When I called for a return authorization number, they of course tried to tell me I needed them, tried to offer a lot of deals. Since I wanted the return authorization, I controlled myself and did not say what I was thinking "You are either an idiot or a scam." I just kept repeating over and over that I did not want the batteries or the card (probably a total of 12 times I had to repeat it). When they gave me the return authorization number I told them to cancel the whole order. Thanks to our great credit card, we made sure that the whole charge will be erased and they cannot charge us a restocking fee (since they sold us the wrong items). Don't trust them."
This review was modified by teacher34 on September 15 2006 03:07:34 AM
They advertised a digital camera for a great price, which I ordered and I also ordered an additional lens for the camera. I even paid the extra money for expedited shipping. They also had 5 star reviews from another online store rating site. Immediately after ordering I received a confirmation email listing my order. The day after I placed the order, I received an email stating I needed to call them to "confirm" my order. After being on hold for 10 minutes I was confronted from a high pressure salesman who wanted me to buy every accessory under the sun. Each time I refused each of the offered accessory, the salesman would interrogate me as to why I didn't want that accessory. He also lied to me about the camera not being able to function without a "Professional" compact flash card that they sold. We argued this point for several minutes. After 20 mintes of talking to him he told me the lens I ordered was junk and tried to get me to upgrade. Tired of arguing with this guy I relented and agreed to purchase a different lens for $10 more. He told me many facts and figures about how much better this lens, which is how I fell for the deal. When I finally hung up, I was quite upset about how awful I was treated for many hours.
2 days after talking to this guy I called to see if they even shipped my order, and they confirmed everything had been sent out. Almost a week after my initial order, my shipment arrived. They had deleted the camera from the order without informing me and had only sent me the lens. The lens was not what I expected and could be bought from any local camera shop for half the price I paid.
I called to complain about my order and said I wanted an RMA # (which they require for all returns) so that I could return the lens. He asked me if I tried the lens (How can I try it without the camera???). He then said there was no reason to be unhappy with the lens and assured my I would be happy with it when I got around to using it, so he rejected my request for the required RMA number. When I asked about them sending me the camera I ordered, he said he could send me the one I ordered for a price of $275 more than the original order price. I asked why he price was suddenly higher he said the one I ordered was an "import" version and they are out of stock. The new camera is the US retail version.
I am still fighting this almost 2 weeks later trying to get them to accept the return lens and give me a refund.
STAY AWAY FROM BANANA BOAT CAMERA. I have learned they have several different internet store fronts and they operate under several different names. They operate out of the Brooklyn, NY area. Use extreme caution when ordering a digital camera online from any online merchant from the Brooklyn area."
"This is CCI Cmera who just told me they had the digital rebel xt body in stock, cancelled my purchase the next day with no communication. Then when i calle dthey told me i could have the usa model for 550 or i have to wait two weeks for the imports to come in. Ive heard this before... dont waste your time!"
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"STAY AWAY FROM THESE PEOPLE. I'm writing this review because I have just become a victim and I do not want any of you to lose your money on this scam. BananaBoatCamera.com is absolute cheats. They have taken my $1500 for camera and accessories, but when I chase them for my delivery no body is ready to attend me. and the person on the phone was exteremely rude. I live in London, UK and they promised me big for international shipping before taking my money. I was told I can track my order through FedEx website. But there was no such tracking number provided neither I got any confirmation via email as they promised. I can't do anything except pulling my hair. Please stay away from this scam. Never ever put any money and don't get influenced by their talks. Don't trust anyone from this company. Don't even talk to them. "