PhotoSpirit

[bfisher]

I'm in the market for a camcorder, but proceeding cautiously. Anybody ever done business with PhotoSpirit in Philadelphia? They have a good price on what I'm looking for and it's within driving distance. My plan is to try the camcorder in my new housing, get a hands on, and personal contact with the seller.

From anybody's experience what can I expect?

Barry

 

[bfisher]

Nobody? I can't believe this. I have lots of patience.

 

[DaFireMedic]

I'm in the market for a camcorder, but proceeding cautiously. Anybody ever done business with PhotoSpirit in Philadelphia? They have a good price on what I'm looking for and it's within driving distance. My plan is to try the camcorder in my new housing, get a hands on, and personal contact with the seller.

From anybody's experience what can I expect?

Barry

I have never heard of them, but if you can actually go there, hold the stuff in your hands and check it out, then thats a big plus right there. Some places only honor their advertised prices when you buy online, so you will want to check that out before driving out there. Have you called them yet?

Also, if you haven't already, you might try posting this on some of the video forums as well.

 

[diversteve]

My guess is that you know more about your housing than they will - if they've ever even seen an u/w video housing. I've read that even at superstores like B&H in NY, there's only a couple of people who deal with u/w photo/video in the showroom.

I can't think of anywhere in Phoenix that I could take my housing and expect someone to be able to show me anything about it. Including most LDS's and every photo store here. And yours is a newer housing so it's likely you have the only one in your area.

How do you like it btw? I handled a Seatools housing once and thought it was a really nice piece of work.

 

[BeckyKagan]

Hey,
I live in Philadelphia and never heard of them, but im also newer to the area. My advice is drive to Deleware and buy it TAX-FREE or purchase it from B&H in new york since they arent far and have a good rep.

Good luck!

 

[bfisher]

Becky,

Thanks for the advice, but I have made my choice and the deal is struck. I should mention that Fotospirit is located at 134 Bala Ave, Bala Cynwyd Maybe in your travels you might find it some day.

Please be advised that I have made my "buy" with Butterfly Photo. I placed the order on the net friday. I got the usual phone call from "Jake" on Sunday. Gave me the usual question about accessories and extended warranty, etc. Not a hard sell. Very helpful and informative.

I did purcahse an extra 2yr warranty for half their usual price. Also added a pack of 5 miniDV's for $30. No tax and no shipping charges with a free upgrade to 2-3 day delivery with FedEx.

So, $938 for the corder, $79 for the warranty, and $30 for the Dv's for atotal of $1047.

Sunday evening I got an email confirming the order with purchase order #.
Today I got an email saying the items have been shipped and tracking # .

This is not my first order with Butterflyphoto.com and it certainly won't be my last. I might have gotten things cheaper somewhere else, but peace of mind that I get what I order and in some sort of timely fashion counts for a few $$$, too.