<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"]<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"]<span style="font-size: small;"]<span style="font-family: Calibri;"]I would never recommend Adorama: I emailed Adorama Camera regarding a like-new (purchased early this month) camera with lenses and accessories that I wanted to sell to Adorama&rsquo;s used camera department, possibly in connection with the purchase of a new camera.<o></o>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"]<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"]<span style="font-size: small;"]<span style="font-family: Calibri;"]In response, I got an email that a UPS label had been prepared for me.<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"]<span style="font-size: small;"]<span style="font-family: Calibri;"]I emailed Adorama saying that if the UPS label was so I could send my camera in, I would (obviously) need some sort of quote and terms first.<o></o>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"]<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"]<span style="font-size: small;"]<span style="font-family: Calibri;"]I then got a phone call from Adorama, a man who can only be described as high-pressure and sleazy-sounding. He first gave me one price, then mumbled something about 70%.I finally nailed him down; he was actually proposing a *possible* price far below what he first said. When I said I'd need some sort of quote, instructions, etc., he said that he &ldquo;never put anything in writing.&rdquo; I asked if he was proposing that I just put my stuff in the mail to Adorama with no quote or bid, no contract, no confirmation number, no nothing. He said if I wanted something in writing I could send him an email and that would be the writing. He said if I didn&rsquo;t want to do that, I could always spend two years trying to sell it locally; I could just forget he ever called, etc. During our conversation he kept putting me on hold (without saying he was going to), presumably to take other calls. We would talk for a minute, then I&rsquo;d be on hold for 2 or 3 minutes. I assume he was trying to pull the same thing on a couple of other people at the same time.<o></o>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"]<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"]<span style="font-size: small;"]<span style="font-family: Calibri;"]I don&rsquo;t know what was worse&mdash;his approach or the fact that he seems to take reasonable people for idiots. This is the second bad experience with Adorama (the other was with a laptop computer). High pressure, evasive, very sleazy approach. I won't deal with them again. BTW I've had great luck with Samy's Camera, both online and in stores in the L.A. area.