Tried buying a new camera (Kodak Z712 for $179.00) this weekend from TheDigitalNerds.com. Got an e-mail and voice message to "call and confirm" my order <huh?> which I did. The guy tried slamming me with a bunch of high dollar "upgrades" like a 1 gig memory card for $129.00 and a "better" battery for $99.00. After declining his "offer" and saying only the camera please, he stated that the camera I ordered was a "gray market export model" and all the menus are in Japanese. At this point I ran out of patience and cancelled the order (which I'm sure is exaclty what he'd planned).
I called Kodak yesterday to see about these "gray market export" models and was told (of course) that no such thing exists. These people are true scammers as seen here. Wish I done a bit more research before trying to buy from them, but I got the scoop from these guys, where you can see they are a "featured seller" with 3688 reviews (1 pending and if they publish it, it won't be good).
Bottom line is: you must research the companies thouroughly now days, there are a bunch of scammers out there now days!
I called Kodak yesterday to see about these "gray market export" models and was told (of course) that no such thing exists. These people are true scammers as seen here. Wish I done a bit more research before trying to buy from them, but I got the scoop from these guys, where you can see they are a "featured seller" with 3688 reviews (1 pending and if they publish it, it won't be good).
Bottom line is: you must research the companies thouroughly now days, there are a bunch of scammers out there now days!