42nd Street PhotoReviews of 42photo.com

This is my 2nd camera from this company and it was cheaper, no shipping and handling, plus no taxes !! Can you imagine that !! Incredible but truth . Thanks , RRR. My first camera was the same thing,so I decided to buy this one again from this company. They didn't call me to buy a card or extra battery , so I am glad now.Thanks, RRR

I have purchased a canon T3i camera at a very good price comparing to other deal. i was happy about that. and the customer service and over all satisfaction. I am really happy with this shopping.

I ordered a new Sony A57 body from 42nd Street Photo, because it has the best price. Soon after I placed order, I notice beside a lot of good reviews, there are some bad reviews about it like upselling lying etc. I was a little worried. But to my surprise I got the camera 2 days later (I chose free shipping the website says item will arrive in 7 business days). It also includes a cleaning kit, which is their gift. Everything was as advertised and the camera works fine (took me several days to test it). I have to say I am very satisfied with the purchase. They also offer me another gift if I write this review. Maybe I am just lucky!?

i got a canon 600d at a very good price and it's brand new. i was really happy about that. and the customer service is really good. but one thing that can be improved is that the design of the website. overall, i'm happy with this shopping.

We were looking to buy a Canon EOS T3i DSLR and found 42nd Street Photo to be the cheapest. The camera came new with a lens --absolutely perfect. No complaints with the product. However, a sales guy from the store called my cell phone the day after the sale to ask me to call him to verify my order. I don't get cell signal at work, so I called the number back during my commute home. I left my office number and requested a call back after 9am. He called my cell again shortly before noon the next day and left a message, so I called him back from my office phone to find out what needed to be verified. He said I had forgot to select whether I needed a signature on the package (I don't remember there being an option at all, Hmm.. I thought), and I declined. He then told me the camera didn't include a memory card, which I answered that I knew that already and didn't need one --I already had a SanDisk 32GB Class 10 30MB/s SDHC card. He then said the T3i *needed* a 700X memory card (120MB/s) and wouldn't work properly without one. I thought that was odd, given I had used my 30MB/s 32GB card in my other 1080p HD camcorders without a glitch. He then offered me a $50 price cut on the T3i if I bought their 8GB 700X SDHC card, with their card discounted to $149. I only had a budget of $500 to begin with, which I was pushing a bit for this purchase, so I had to decline. The sales guy then replied OK and said he was going to ship the camera that day, which he did. After hanging up, I went online, read the T3i's manual, which mentioned the 1080p30 data rate was somewhere around 330MB per minute, so my 30MB per second SHDC card was just fine for recording. In no way did I *need* a 700X SDHC card --it was a sales gimmick. Anyway, I'm happy with the camera at an unbelievable price --cheaper than refurbished. I am glad I had the courage and skepticism to say "No" to the sales guy.

Look, you will get low prices from 42photo.com. But you will get none of the "take my money and leave me alone" satisfaction with Amazon or Buy or other reputable retailers. They are aggressively low priced to entice people and then hit them with vague and contradictory follow up sales pitches. If you know this and simply call it out, you will get a product with a low price. If you can't handle the phone confrontation and "working" for your low price, buy from Amazon. I don't like it, but I saved 5% off Amazon's price on a $600+ camera. The savings will get me a charger and two spare batteries from Ebay. I just had to fend off a chump. Could be worse. First world problems, people. But, I do think it ridiculous, nonetheless.

Internet order placed on 8/19/2012 for Sony NEX-7 camera @ $1179, the best price we could find. Received the item as described on 8/27/2012. Nobody called us to sell additional item. Smooth and fast transaction.

"Michael is very polite! They have a good customer service.. He apologized for the manager, gave me expedite shipment, plus a free case to make me happy. He is good. Very likely to come back to buy again!