5/5

posted Nov-12-2010

I live in FLORIDA and bought a Samsung PN58C8000 plasma TV from ECT. The experience was nothing short of amazingly good. The TV is awesome. Delivery was included and I saved FLORIDA SALES TAX. The order was finalized on Friday, October 29 and the TV arrived on Tuesday, November 2 at 4pm. That's 2 business days, TO FLORIDA from NJ! The driver was nice, too. He offered, without being asked, to help me get the set out of the box and onto the TV stand! If you're buying a TV look no farther than ECT. Their price was better than Best Buy's SALE price by about $600, better than Brands Mart by more than $400, both of which would have ADDED delivery and TAX. Their people are nice and helpful. They did get me to buy the extended warranty that I don't usually do. Ha, ha. But, even with that they were much less than BB and BM. I thank them for getting me to buy the extended warranty, since according to my sons, sometimes plasma TV's might have a burn-in issue. Bottom line, if you live in FLORIDA, buy your next TV from East Coast TV's.

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1/5

posted May-09-2009

TOTALLY BOGUS! April 29, was looking for a Nikon SB900 for my D90. Best price I saw was $420 till I hit Sonic Cameras. Their killer price $369 including free shipping. WOW! The Christmas tree decorations and gifts, atop their website, in April, should have been a giveaway. But an SB900 for $369 - AMAZING. So, I placed the order. Odd that the confirming email had no details of the order just an order number.

April 30, email arrives. I need to call about my order. Guy told me the SB900 is "too strong" for my D90 that I need the SB800, made especially for the D90, and $20 cheaper (ONLY $20 cheaper!). Nikon lists the SB900 as compatible with the D90. I said, "No thanks. I'll stick with the SB900." Guy said I'd be sorry for rejecting his help, but I told him I was OK with that.

Nothing arrived. May 7, I called. Where's my order. It was on hold. No reason. What camera do I have? I said I'd been down that road. Then he said the SB900 for $369 is for a film camera. I need the model for $469 for a digital camera. The one for $369 has a plastic foot, for $469 it's a magnesium foot. So BOGUS, I said cancel my order. He said, "I'll throw in the batteries you ordered ($59.99) for free. I said, it won't get to me in time. He said, I'll overnite it and charge just a $20 Saturday delivery fee. He wasn't letting go, so I finally said OK and hung up. My wife called back (as I'd been too weak to cancel) and got the same run around, ended up just yelling, "Then it'd better be here by Saturday."

I was angry, started calling the three credit card companies I use, not knowing which card it was on. The charge hadn't showed up on any, yet. Chase was good. They closed the account and issued a new card. The others told me I could dispute it, advising to refuse the delivery.

While doing that, I got a confirming email from Sonic, now with details. SB900 - $469, batteries - $59.99 (not free), shipping - $54 (not $20). The credit card was the one I'd closed, to my relief.

Yesterday, I got a call from Sonic. The charge didn't go thru. I said, "Good." Guy said, "Well, you could have just cancelled the order."

By the way, I called Nikon. There is only ONE SB900. It's compatible with the D90 and has a metal foot.

These guys are slick. If you don't get away, try to close your credit card, before they charge it. If you can't do that, have a note put into your record that you called before they charged your card. If all else fails, refuse the delivery and dispute the charge.

IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS!!!

This review was modified by dwf0730 on May 09 2009 07:55:55 AM

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