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> e.g., B&H photo I basically buy all my camera gear from B&H. The prices are competitive, their shipping is prompt and reliable, and I don't have to think abo
by sho 9y ago
> e.g., B&H photo
I basically buy all my camera gear from B&H. The prices are competitive, their shipping is prompt and reliable, and I don't have to think about counterfeits - I have a fair amount of trust that they will not devastate their entire professional-oriented brand by allowing fakes into their supply chain. Getting something fake from B&H would probably be more shocking to me that getting it from an Apple store! Amazon is a different story - you can hardly tell if it's the "real" sandisk (or whoever) you're buying from. Hundreds of listings from hundreds of unknown sellers for the same thing, all slightly different, maybe backed by amazon, maybe not? No thanks.
I'd rather have a reasonable amount of trust in the distribution chain and not have to run checks when the thing arrives.
- cdubzzz 9y agoFurther to that, I buy as much IT stuff in general as I can get at B&H for those very same reasons. I even got a couple of 52-port PoE switches from them a few years back. Generally the prices are better than/comparable to Amazon and faster shipping (to the D.C. area, to be fair).
- otterpro 9y agoB&H has been the only online store (and maybe NewEgg) that I trust for SD/flash memory. Strangely, I bought a SanDisk SD card from Best Buy (in retail store) that went bad after a year of very light usage (write speed becoming slower over time), and although I'm sure it's genuine, it leaves a little bit of a doubt, even when I buy something from trusted retail store.
- hjposner 9y agoThank you for your kind words and for taking the time to post this here. -- Henry Posner / B&H Photo-Video