Bad experience in ordering from ABE's of Maine

mbr8879576 · Apr 9, 2008

Ordered a P&S camera from ABE's of Maine over internet. Then, got a call from their salesman. He hassled to sell me an extended warranty. I had a hard time to get him shut up. Now I wonder if he will go out of his ways to ship me a defective returned junk ? I feel like to cancel the order. I will not order from ABE's of Maine again.

I should have ordered from B&H and paid a little more for the peace of mind !!!

oldepro · Apr 9, 2008

When you discovered that abes of main was really in brooklyn didnt that ring some alarm bells ???

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Conrad Birdie · Apr 9, 2008

mbr8879576 said:
Ordered a P&S camera from ABE's of Maine over internet. Then, got a
call from their salesman. He hassled to sell me an extended
warranty. I had a hard time to get him shut up. Now I wonder if he
will go out of his ways to ship me a defective returned junk ? I
feel like to cancel the order. I will not order from ABE's of Maine
again.

That is exactly what I would do, cancel the order and order from a reputable company. Abe's has a very poor track record, and BH Photo would be a great choice.

P.S. I am NOT a salesman or even associated with BH, I am just a very satisfied customer of theirs. Also, did you happen to know that BH Photo has a representative here in these very forums? Mr. Henry Posner frequents here quite often, and one of the reasons he does is to monitor customer satisfaction. That should tell you a lot in itself.

mbr8879576 said:
I should have ordered from B&H and paid a little more for the peace
of mind !!!

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'Aspire to inspire before you expire'.

Conrad Birdie · Apr 9, 2008

mbr8879576 said:
Ordered a P&S camera from ABE's of Maine over internet. Then, got a
call from their salesman. He hassled to sell me an extended
warranty. I had a hard time to get him shut up. Now I wonder if he
will go out of his ways to ship me a defective returned junk ? I
feel like to cancel the order. I will not order from ABE's of Maine
again.

I should have ordered from B&H and paid a little more for the peace
of mind !!!

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'Aspire to inspire before you expire'.

Chato · Apr 9, 2008

oldepro said:
When you discovered that abes of main was really in brooklyn didnt
that ring some alarm bells ???

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illegitimati non carborundum est
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How can you possibly ripped off by a company from Maine?

See, theres this little neighborhood in Brooklyn consisting of a store front, which is called "Maine" by the natives. Who are the natives? Why the natives of the store front!

Dave

nameIess · Apr 9, 2008

"Thanks, not interested" and hang up on him. is it really that hard?

GodSpeaks · Apr 9, 2008

If you didn't order any extras, then your camera is probably on indefinate backorder.

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Kevin Redden · Apr 9, 2008

Abe’s of Maine makes no secret of the fact that while they stated in Maine, they are now located in Edison NJ (not Brooklyn as some of our ‘knowledgeable’ posters have claimed).

When I bought my Sony A200 two months ago, I went in to their Edison store. I was impressed with the selection and the staff. No hassles at all, no attempt to up-sell.

Glen Barrington · Apr 9, 2008

There ain't no Abe, and he ain't in Maine
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romphotog · Apr 9, 2008

I dont know if this Abe came from Maine, but he did have a big place in Brooklyn on Coney Island ave for many years. Then, poof, he just upped and moved to Jersey.

Maybe the rent got to him, maybe he was beaten by more reliable and trustworthy stores such as B&H or Adorama, I dont know.

What I do know is if you aint local to him, and his prices arent way lower, dont buy.

Unless you are dealing with B&H, Adorama, J&R, stay away from other NYC retailers;It just aint worth the hassle.

Chato · Apr 10, 2008

Kevin Redden said:
Abe’s of Maine makes no secret of the fact that while they stated in
Maine, they are now located in Edison NJ (not Brooklyn as some of our
‘knowledgeable’ posters have claimed).

When I bought my Sony A200 two months ago, I went in to their Edison
store. I was impressed with the selection and the staff. No hassles
at all, no attempt to up-sell.

Abes of Maine WAS a Brooklyn store who has now set up a location in NJ. Their old place on Coney Island Ave is still there, although I haven't seen it open in a while.

They have become a larger company and as such have risen from negative numbers to respectablility.

I wouldn't shop there.

Dave

Terrance13 · Apr 10, 2008

mbr8879576 said:
Ordered a P&S camera from ABE's of Maine over internet.

They have a terrible reputation. They routinely advertise the lowest prices

on the Internet, but then pull stunts like Bait and switch, or insist that you have to
buy overpriced extras, or must buy a better battery for $60 to $100, or buy a
very over-priced extended warranty, or always something more to raise
the price way up.

Some of the ratings web sites have had to stop ratings from customers because
the employees of Abes of Maine and similar outfits were pretending to be
customers and giving themselves great ratings to counter-act the stories
from customers like you.

http://www.resellerratings.com/forum/showthread.php?t=125761&page=3

The ResellerRatings staff wrote:
"Our automated anti-fraud tools have detected and disabled 30 + - reviews."
...
"Those disabled reviews were "very positive"."

Just Google "Abes of Maine" to get a whole lot more gory stories.

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mbr8879576 · Apr 14, 2008

But, no tracking information.

I called them Friday, was told will be shipped that day later.

It turned out o.k. after all.

ukitali · Apr 15, 2008

I ordered a TZ5 from them yesterday and I got it less than 24 hours later. No hassle. No annoying phone calls from sales people, very fast service. I was kind of worried ordering from them because of some of the things I had read online but I had no problems.

Jerry R · Apr 15, 2008

Do you work for "ABES of MAIN"? It appears your 5 posts are only about ABES of MAIN.

Wick Smith · Apr 15, 2008

Actually, they're in New Jersey. Big warehouse and store.

Beach Camera and Buydig (same company, from what I have heard) are much better, though selection is not as good as B&H.

http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Beach_Camera_Beachtr

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Chato · Apr 15, 2008

Jerry R said:
Do you work for "ABES of MAIN"? It appears your 5 posts are only
about ABES of MAIN.

Started a couple of theads to.

All his posts are about the wonderful Abes of Maine!

Gosh!

Dave

lbuclk= · Apr 15, 2008

Conrad Birdie said:
mbr8879576 said:

Ordered a P&S camera from ABE's of Maine over internet. Then, got a
call from their salesman. He hassled to sell me an extended
warranty. I had a hard time to get him shut up. Now I wonder if he
will go out of his ways to ship me a defective returned junk ? I
feel like to cancel the order. I will not order from ABE's of Maine
again.

Click to expand...

That is exactly what I would do, cancel the order and order from a
reputable company. Abe's has a very poor track record, and BH Photo
would be a great choice.

P.S. I am NOT a salesman or even associated with BH, I am just a
very satisfied customer of theirs. Also, did you happen to know that
BH Photo has a representative here in these very forums? Mr. Henry
Posner frequents here quite often, and one of the reasons he does is
to monitor customer satisfaction. That should tell you a lot in
itself.

Conrad Birdie said:

I should have ordered from B&H and paid a little more for the peace
of mind !!!

Click to expand...

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Conrad 'Bye Bye' Birdie
'Aspire to inspire before you expire'.

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I've use both & never had a problem with them.

25 years as a freelancer,(news,magazine, wedding photography) camera equip. over the years: Practica MLT, Canon A1, Minolta 9xi, 7xi, Dimage Z1,Fuji 5200,Canon S2,Pentax K100D,Olympus 380(see my Z1 shots at http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v104/Buckl/ the COMMUNITY album was done with the Z1, and most of the photos in the album:Other were w/the Z1)

Kevin Redden · Apr 17, 2008

Jerry R said:
Do you work for "ABES of MAIN"? It appears your 5 posts are only
about ABES of MAIN.

Jerry,

Who were you directing your question to? There were a lot of responders to that thread, and you never said who you were addressing!

Kevin

Chato · Apr 17, 2008

Kevin Redden said:
Jerry R said:

Do you work for "ABES of MAIN"? It appears your 5 posts are only
about ABES of MAIN.

Click to expand...

Jerry,

Who were you directing your question to? There were a lot of
responders to that thread, and you never said who you were addressing!

Kevin

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