I ordered a nikon d40 package from them. I thought I had researched them enough to be confident buying from them. Well as soon as I hung up from ordering I had a funny gut feeling and looked them up on the bbb. Omg my heart sank. We are a military family and dont make much money, so to here I had just been scammed out of $1000 money I had been saving for months to get the camera that I researched and researched. I called them to say I wanted to cancel and they hung up on me twice. So I emailed and called back the next day. The guy says ohh its already been sent out and you will be receiving it tomorrow. I made him give me a tracking number which he was hesitant to do and gave me a bogus one. I immediately called my bank and put a hold on my card and we are disputing the charge from them. They told me I was crazy and when I asked to speak to a manager he says I am. I said give me someone higher than you and finally got some guy who sounded like he was stoned, I am telling him what happened and he puts my on hold three times with out even letting me know. He comes back and tells me everytime that the package had been sent and I will get it tomorrow. Well I still have not gotten anything. I told my ups guy to refuse it if something does come I dont want anything to do with them. I am writing to anyone who will listen reguarding this company. STAY AWAY FROM THEM PLEASE!!!!!!

So I tried to purchase a projector last night, and I had the same experience as many of you. I ordered the product at a price that was well below the competition. A salesman called to confirm and then told me that my projector didn't come with a lamp or a remote control. He then tried to sell me the missing pieces at a price that would put the total package far above retail. I didn't even give him 30 seconds to explain. I cancelled on the phone and then by email.

I have since read about this company online, and the 80 posts on Epinions aren't even the tip of the iceberg. This is a Brooklyn outfit operating under about 6 different "doing business as" names. There are literally hundreds of complaints.

This business is of course illegal. There are claims here based in contract, tort, antitrust, fraud, maybe even RICO. The Feds and the State of New York clearly don't have the time to fix this. So the question is ...

Is anyone willing to do something about it? I may know an attorney ;-) who would be willing to provide some time, but he would need sworn statements to try to shut them down.

I fully understand the scam they are pulling. It's like when you walk into a dealership to buy a car at an advertised price. Only to have them pump a bunch of numbers in your face, and get you to buy the fully loaded Chevy Cavalier, opposed to the stock model. Same thing. It's not really a scam, you've just got to outsmart the bad-guy. :-)

I'm more interested in knowing if anyone actually received the product that they purchased for the price they have advertised?

I'm one hell of a salesmen, and I'm ready to go head to head with them. I just bought a really nice camcorder from them, and I'm waiting to get my "you need a battery/charger" pitch/email/phone call.

I specifically ONLY WANT THE BODY OF THE CAMERA! Long story short, my body was stolen, so all I need, is a replacement body.

What I'm wondering, is if anyone has actually received their product for their advertised price? Circumventing all their bull crap, has anyone walked away with the advertised price for just the body of the product?

Let me know!

Maybe those of you with computer faxes (with auto-redial) can send them complaints.

A one-pager would do.

I'd send it to *67 (caller id block) 800-281-1724 - their main phone no.

And if they won't accept, I'd try again. And again.
Its a free call (for you).

I was a victim of the bait and switch technique as well. I felt uneasy after the phone call and immediately googled bestpricecameras.com after I hung up and saw this link. I then canceled my credit card before any charges appeared. They wanted a second phone number from me as well as the 3 digit credit card PIN. I also read that they operate under various names and when I called them back I asked if this was J&K Cameras and Ken replied that it was. I stated that this was odd since I just talked to him under Best Price Cameras. His reply was that this was a call center and then he demanded to know who I was. He quickly figured out my name since I had just spend the last 30 minutes grilling him about the bait and switch and then promptly hung up.

I have filed a compliant through BBB. Here is their report on the business..
http://search.newyork.bbb.org/reports.aspx?id=12668&pid=44&page=0&FindStr=best+price+cameras&SearchBy=company&Address=&City=&Phone1=&Phone2=&Phone3=&MembersOnly=False

This is NOT a BBB Accredited business!!!! Stay away at all costs! If it's too good to be true, it usually is.

I might have been taken for a ride if not for this website, so I wanted to pay it forward for the next person.

I have yet to receive anything although at has only been a couple of days. It has been very difficult to obtain any info except that "YOUR PACKAGE WILL BE THERE ON WEDNESDAY". At this time I am keeping my fingers crossed and giving them until Monday to produce a tracking number. I will let you know if I receive any info on Monday. Hopefully I can be the first person with a + experience dealing with this company.
With all that aside I am still on the way to the bank to cancel my cc and get all new #'s.

ALRIGHT I GOT MY PROJECTOR. AS RELIEVED AS I AM THAT IT SHOWED UP, AND EVEN ON TIME, I DID NOT RECEIVE MY FREEBEES THAT WERE PROMISED. I ALSO RECEIVED ALMOST NOTHING ON MY EXTRA WARRANTY AND WAS JUST INFORMED THAT ANOTHER COMPANY WILL HAVE TO REPLACE MY BUSTED BULB(AFTER 90 MORE DAYS).
EVERYTHING ASIDE I DID FINALLY FIND SOMEONE AT CUSTOMER SERVICE WHO WAS ACTUALLY ON MY SIDE. HE IS MAILING MY FREEBEES OUT AND INSTRUCTED ME ON WHAT ACTION TO TAKE ABOUT THE BULB ISSUE. ALL IN ALL HE IS DEFINETLY THE BEST EMPLOYEE BESTPRICE HAS.
OH YA, ONE LAST THING THERE IS NO 5000HR BULB JUST 2-3000HR BULBS FOR THESE THINGS.
I WILL LET EVERYONE KNOW HOW THIS ALL TURNS OUT.

Classic bait and switch. They advertised a Nikon D300 for $939. I ordered it after I reviewed some of their more than 5000 good reviews posted from SHOPCARTUSA.COM . The next day I got a call from "Victor" who tells me I need to buy the "chip and firmware" for the camera for $439. I cancelled my order immediately. And of course "Victor" got nasty and said he wasn't intimidated by me. (Weasle?) Avoid them PERIOD. Has anyone heard of buying a Nikon D300 camera or any camera without the "chip and firmware".

I totally agree with all of the previous postings, and wish I had reviewed this prior to starting the purchasing process. I was amazed to find such a great price on the Canon Digital Rebel XSi, however, after reading the reviews listed on shopcartUSA.com I decided to go ahead and place my order.

After not receiving the confirmation email, I called today to confirm the order, only to find out that that camera did not come with a battery. This would be an additional $179 dollars. When I questioned him regarding the price, he got very defensive, and would not let me check further into competitors prices on these batteries. Then more into the conversation I came to find out that the camera wouldn't even be coming with an owner's manuel, or the software needed with the camera.

Of course I cancelled the order, and after reading this site I also cancelled my credit card to prevent the numbers being shared and used like previous consumers' were.

I agree with a previous comment, how can a company like this still be around???

Learned the hard way. Now I will research vendors before purchasing. Thanks to the posts here, I had my credit card number blocked and will be issued a new one. I feel so stupid....but wiser now, I guess.