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What do you think about www.butterflyphoto.com?

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Posted by BP Ong on May 26, 2006 at 6:50 PM
Hi,

http://www2.butterflyphoto.com/shop/product.aspx?ref=pricegrabber&sku=OLYE500DUALKIT

This E-500 olympus camera set looks pretty interesting to me ( $631 for a camera with 2 lens ) ..., but.. Can I trust this website? Has anybody bought somethings from this website before?

Thanks a lot


PS:
- Abes of Maine has it for $35 more
- Amazon has it for $80 more
Posted by Brent Murphy on May 26, 2006 at 7:01 PM
Do a Google search for "butterfly photo review". You will find a lot of info, much of it not very good. www.resellerratings.com looks like it has info on most of the places you can buy photo equipment.
Posted by Jesse Speer on May 26, 2006 at 9:20 PM
I bought a relatively inexpensive camcorder from them several weeks ago. Everything went smoothly. They even called to confirm the order. For serious camera gear, I prefer the solid retailers - as customer service/support is more important than a price difference IMO.
Posted by Arthur Lund on May 26, 2006 at 10:08 PM
Forget Butterfly.

Buy it from Amazon. You will get it, you won't have to deal with nasty people, and it will
be what you think you are getting.

Art L.
Posted by Todd Caudle on May 27, 2006 at 1:02 PM
There's also http://www.pricegrabber.com, which is where I've investigated, and eventually bought, some high-priced camera gear. All the dealers are rated, so I feel pretty confident with their recommendations.
Posted by Momo Vuyisich on May 27, 2006 at 4:14 PM
I hope that you have looked through the viewfinder of E500. It is significantly smaller than the ones on entry-level Canon, Pentax, and Nikon cameras.
Posted by BP Ong on May 29, 2006 at 6:00 PM
Thank you so much for all comments.

:smile: