January 8 - I ordered a Canon xti body for 259.00 and the 5 year warranty for 179.00 directly online. The grand total was 438.00.
January 9. - I received an e-mail confirmation from Steve,
Dear Customer,
Thank you for shopping at Best Price Cameras. Please call me to confirm you order.
I can be reached at 1-800-281-1823 x231 or 1-718-998-7986 x231. Please remember to dial my extension () as I will be personally handling your order. If I am unavailable, feel free to leave a message and I will get back to you as soon as possible.
Thank You
Steve
Best Price Cameras
1-800-281-1823 x231
1-718-998-2975 x231
January 12 - "Steve" calls me mid-day to confirm my order, and asks if I'd like to add a battery to the camera. Figuring that must have been why it was so cheap, I agreed to a 200$ 5-hour battery as opposed to a $150 2-hour battery. He had asked for the digits on the back of my credit card, and I told him, figuring that they needed it eventually, recalling that the website had not asked for it. Making my order 638.00
That night I checked my mail where I saw an e-mail from a Kristina about a "Problem with your order#171233".
Thank you for placing your order with Best Price Cameras. Your order is currently being processed but unfortunately we could not bill your credit
card for the full amount that's on the order - the credit card has been declined.
This may be because you have a limit that's allowed to be charged per day or, unfortunately we have a mistake in your credit card number. We ask that you please check with your Credit Card Company or bank and get back to us as soon as possible in regards to this matter. If you wish to use another credit card, please contact us.
Thank You,
Best Price Cameras
Billing department
1-800-281 1823 ext. 238 KRISTINA
Looking at it again now, I notice the email from Steve came at Wed 1/09/08 5:02 PM and Kristine on Wed 1/09/08 6:41 PM, less than two hours apart, and the DENIAL 3 (two full business) days before being called to confirm the order. Unfortunately, I had not seen the second email in time, which could have prevented this.
January 14 - I check the balance of my credit card, and behold, a $500 charge to a INF MRAC JF, leading me to search that online, coming upon forums of the scam behind www.bestpricecameras.com
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