I bought a Garmin Nuvi 680 GPS Portable Car Navigation system for $272.87 delivered from www.hdcameraworld.com. I was sent an e-mail three days later requesting that I call them to confirm my purchase. I called and was asked if I wanted to purchase maps that needed to be uploaded to the GPS unit. Now why in the world would I have bought a GPS system without preloaded maps?

My advice to you is to run the other way when HDCameraWorld.com sells you something and you have to call them to confirm your order. This company does not even list their physical address anywhere on their website.

Extremely poor communications - AVOID
Also, hangup immedeiately if you contact "Mike the Supervisor - total schmuck!

I researched the Olympus 770SW camera to find the best price and I found HD Camera World a.k.a :
The Camera Professionals
Best Digital Online
Pay Less Digital
The Camera Pros
UB Digital
(info from bbb.org)
The price was $165.00 which was $30 to $150 lower than everyone else. I even called to make sure it was new and they said all their cameras were new. Ok then good deal right? Not! The friend I recommended the site to bought the camera with a $39.99, 3yr warranty($165+$40+$10 shipping=$215. Then they called him and told him that he needed a new battery because it only came with a 15minute trial battery??? and so they charge him a huge price for a battery and threw in a "free" quick battery charger because the one that came with it was an 18 hour charger. So the final price was $328 out the door. So he was charged about $110 more than expected!! So I call then to ask what the deal was and they tell me that it was an imported camera (what is that?-gray market) and it was clearly obvious when buying the camera (yeah right). An imported camera doesn't have a manufacturer's warranty and doesn't come with a real battery. He also upgraded him to a "better" 3yr warranty for $89.99. So the customer service guy makes it out like he helped out my friend by upgrading him and then basically said it was a good price and put me on hold abruptly and I hung up. Do not buy from this company ever. I could have bought the camera on Amazon for $199.00 with free shipping with a battery included (image that) and I could have bought a 2 year extended warranty from Olympus for $49.99. So I could have saved $75. Don't not go for the cheapest vendor and do not buy from The Camera Professionals or their aliases; you will regret it.

DON'T BUY FROM THEM. THEY USE HARD SELL ON EXTRA'S THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE BASIC CAMERA PACKAGE & TELL YOU THE ARE NOT INCLUDED. I HAD TO CALL TO "CONFIRM" MY ON-LINE ORDER & WAS GIVEN THE HARD-SELL FOR "EXTRAS". I PAID FOR EXPEDITED SHIPPING & WHEN I CALLED IN 3 DAYS TO CHECK ON THE STATUS OF MY ORDER, I WAS TOLD I NEVER CALLED TO "CONFIRM" MY ORDER (I GUESS THEY NEVER PLACED MY ORDER SINCE I DIDN'T AGREE TO BUY THE "EXTRAS" THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE INCLUDED. THEY THEN TOLD ME THE CAMERA WAS BACK-ORDERED & WOULD TAKE 10-12 WEEKS FOR DELIVERY.
DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME & MONEY WITH THIS OUTFIT.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER LEGITIMATE ON-LINE COMPANIES TO USE.

As a surprise for my expecting wife, I purchased an Olympus 1030 sw 10 mp digital camera for the sale price of $199.99. Before making the purchase I called the sales /customer service number (1877 203 1065) and spoke with Joe who verified that the camera was a real deal and explained that a battery, charger and also a memory card that only held 5 pics was included with the camera. I called two days after making the purchase to verify the purchase and check the shipping status as instructed to do so by email.To my dismay, i was informed that they were only shipping the camera not the battery and charger that was included with the purchase. After explaining that we were told everything was included the sales representative tried to charge me an additional $149.99 for the battery and charger. When I didn't comply to his request he hung up on me. I then called back to cancel my order and spoke to a Frank who nearly refused to cancel my order. He insisted that I by a battery and charger and couldn't refund me because the order had already begun to be prosed. When I asked for a cancellation number he gave me the same purchase number as before. I then had to contact my credit card company to stop payment because I felt that I was being scammed. We still have not purchases a camera and our baby is due any day. I hope that in the near future something will be done to prevent this from happening to other people.