paul_sokal___dallas__tx Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 I noticed an ad for Infinitiphoto.com on one of the sidebars on our Nikon forum advertising D2X, US version for $2749. Could this be real. Doubt it. Why do we have this kind of stuff on our forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael R Freeman Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Of course it's a fraud. This is just another shell company "affiliated" with bestpricecameras.ripoff: http://www.resellerratings.com/seller9662.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erickpro Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 The owners of the website only rent that space to google so they can have some income and pay their bills. The internet is fill of information, some which can be fraudulent. Just be careful onto where you look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Paul, of course that is not real. Unfortunately, the explanation photo.net provides is that Google controls those ads and photo.net cannot do anything about that. While to some degree that is true, I myself find that explanation not satisfactory. Photo.net simply needs the income from Google. AFAIK Brian Mottershead has contacted Google about that, but so far we have not seen any changes after several months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_beets Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 I just read the stores' rating at the posted site, WHOA! If you try to deal with these people you are asking for trouble! I remember years ago a collegue bought a then new Canon F1 from an outfit like this, good price but almost nothing in the box! He had to buy "seperately" the prism, back, batteries and cover, focus screen and bottom cover! Cost him about 250.00 more than he would have paid for the camera locally. His complaints to Canon went unanswered. Sounds like relatives from the same company! (Is scamming hereditary?) I think you are better off with a reputable company selling at an online auction. BTW: I know this is redundant, but never pay with western union or bank wire, don't try to buy from Spain or eastern europe and check everybody out thoroughly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfarabi Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 This is a suggestion. Why don't the moderators "pinned" a general warning at the top of the forum about such sellers without mentioning them by name? To differentiate these sellers from trustworthy ones, the trustworthy ones could be recommended together with the warning. Just for your consideration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_r.1 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Why not just use Firefox with the 'Adblock' extension so you never have to look at that garbage ever again; regardless of wheter or not a site operator needs the ad income. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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