Alternate to BH Photo/Video

[Octoshark]

BH Photo/Video is closed for a week (until April 6) but I need a tripod before next week, so I am wondering if there are any other great online retailers you guys know of and trust for quality equipment?

It seems like you guys advise to avoid Best Buy.

 

[Recty]

Amazon has always been good for me on camera gear/equipment.

 

[reefman23]

Also check out adorama.com

 

[Octoshark]

Also check out adorama.com

I went to their website and liked what they had. I searched around for a while comparing different tripods and then when I finally chose one and added it to my cart I got a message saying that they are closed until April 6th as well. Oh well.

I guess I will check out Amazon

 

[kilroy217]

Yes, Adorama are Orthodox as well as B&H - they will both always have the same schedule - closed on Saturdays, and closed on major Jewish holidays. For what it's worth, I feel like they are worth waiting for.

 

[Misled]

You can check your local yellow pages for a camera store in your area. You may find they rent them and other things you may want to use on special occasions. I don't mean Ritz or Wolf. We have a mom and pop store here that's pretty good.

 

[xtm]

Roberts Imaging
KEH
J&R

 

[TWallace]

Adorama is offering a special to compensate for their closure. If you order while their offices are closed this week, they'll have it to your door by April 9, even if they have to upgrade the shipping at their cost. I just ordered some stuff from them a couple days ago. I went with Adorama instead of B&H because of this. I've ordered from both of them in the past, they're practically identical in terms of price, service, selection, shipping time, etc.

I don't care for their website practices in terms of holidays, though. They could at least accept orders on Saturdays/holidays but not ship them until the next day they're open. I understand that they're not allowed to work on a holy day, but just serving up a website to a browser is work as well, same as having the web server accept an order. If they were truly sticking to their principles, the website wouldn't even load on a holy day.

 

[kilroy217]

TWallace - without trying to get on my high horse here, taking an order is a business transaction, which as we all know is "work". They are very strict about their religion, and while you may not agree with their religious practices, we should all at the very least respect their decision to practice their religion in whatever manner they choose.

I'm not trying to create an arguement here, but you just said you were taking advantage of their religious practice by getting your shipping deal, and in the same post shot down that very same religious practice. You can't have your cake and eat it, too.

Sorry if this is going to create some arguement, but I just found that somewhat hypocritical.

 

[TWallace]

I think either you misunderstood my post, or I did not articulate it clearly. My point was that they don't take orders during holy days because their religion forbids work, even though in this case the computer is doing the work, and not an actual person. However, when you enter their URL in a browser, their servers also do work in responding to your web request, sending you files (images, html, css, javascript), letting you query their DB, etc. It's all computers doing work. So if they consider taking an order to be "work", they should also consider loading a web page to be "work". In both cases, a computer is doing all the "work" not a person, so in order to be consistent they should shut down their web servers during holy days to prevent "work" being done.

Maybe I'm confused on their practice and it's not work that is forbidden, but transactions that are forbidden. In that case their policy would make sense.

Also, I'm not sure how much "advantage" I'm gaining from their shipping deal in receiving my order a week and a half after ordering it. Had I not ordered during a holiday, or ordered through someone else, I would have already received my order. As it stands now, it hasn't even shipped yet.

 

[BlueCorn]

I think either you misunderstood my post, or I did not articulate it clearly. My point was that they don't take orders during holy days because their religion forbids work, even though in this case the computer is doing the work, and not an actual person. However, when you enter their URL in a browser, their servers also do work in responding to your web request, sending you files (images, html, css, javascript), letting you query their DB, etc. It's all computers doing work. So if they consider taking an order to be "work", they should also consider loading a web page to be "work". In both cases, a computer is doing all the "work" not a person, so in order to be consistent they should shut down their web servers during holy days to prevent "work" being done.

Your analogy is ludicrous and this thread had degraded more than enough already. Perhaps they should burn down their store every holiday too.