Best Buy Rant

June 20, 2026, 08:21 PM

IntrepidTraveler

Best Buy Rant

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Originally posted by Ronin101:
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Camera stores used to be the lifeblood of photography.

Then 2 things happened. Digital took over so no film processing. And Online stores like B&H beat them on price. People would use the local store for demoing and getting information and then buy it online for less money..

Further to the "digital took over" is that smartphones all have cameras now, some of them pretty decent. That has killed the camera market the most, I think.

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June 21, 2026, 10:45 AM

SpinZone

I was just out in Berkley CA and passed what looked like a camera shop. I looked it up online later and it looks like a real old school camera shop.
I was tempted to stop in just to check it out but didn’t get the time. Probably a good thing as I'm sure they had something I didn’t know I had to have.

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June 21, 2026, 07:39 PM

4MUL8R

B&H has a simple return policy. It is normal. KEH does also. Buy try return after watching YouTube.