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| Number | Thumbnail | Caption |
| Active in Manhattan | ||
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| 28 |  |
17th St Photo Supply, d.b.a 17Photo.com (and 17thStreetPhoto.com) 34 W. 17th St., 3rd Fl. Address from web site. Walk-ins are welcome. They also use American Appliances & Electronics, a.k.a. Advanced Photo Source, d.b.a. AdvancedPhotoSource.com. This had been the mailing address from their web site's info page. Now that address is 1029 Dahill Road in Brooklyn. This still is the Advanced Photo Source Site Administrator address on the privacy policy page. Various Brooklyn addresses have also been used. |
| 30 |  |
17th St Photo Supply, d.b.a 17Photo.com (and 17thStreetPhoto.com) 33 W. 17th St. Future storefront. Obviously more welcoming than being on the 3rd floor. |
| 31 |  |
42nd Street Photo, d.b.a. 42Photo.com and 42ndPhoto.com, a.k.a. 47 St Audio & Photo 378 5th Avenue Address on 42Photo web site. Many pictures of their storefront are also there. Also see older more distinctive storefront. BestDealsAround.com was one of their sites, but is now defunct. Its whois is registered to 42StPhoto and the phone number at the site reversed to 42nd. |
| 35 |  |
5th Avenue Photo, Inc., d.b.a. Comp-U-Photo (comp-u-photo.com), a.k.a. Digital On 5th Ave. (digitalon5th.com, digital-on-5th.com) 402 5th Ave. Manhattan store. Company name from a search on address. The whois for all three domains used this address. And a reverse lookup on the Digital On 5th whois phone gets Comp-U-Photo. This was an eBay store that appears to now be closed. All domain names have now expired. Also see Brooklyn Office. |
| 1 |  |
Adorama, d.b.a. adorama.com, a.k.a. Flashpoint Inc. 42 W. 18th St. This picture from January 2003. For the past couple years there has been a sidewalk shed in front. Searching on Flashpoint finds them at this address on the 5th floor. |
| 44 |  |
Alkit, d.b.a. alkit.com 227 East 45th Street A photo lab catering to professional photographers. They are a family-run business that was established in New York in 1934. They had a photo lab and camera store on the 12th floor. When I visited all that was left was a pickup desk on the fifth floor. All operations have moved to Freeport, Long Island. |
| 2 |  |
B&H, d.b.a. BHPhotoVideo.com 9th Ave between 33rd and 34th Streets |
| 25 |  |
B&H, d.b.a. BHPhotoVideo.com 9th Ave between 33rd and 34th Streets This is a shot of the checkout area. In the background are the 14 checkouts where you only pay. There are nine for credit cards (behind column 26), and five for cash (behind column 27). Above is the conveyor that transports what you bought to the pick up area. And to the right is where you pick up the merchandise after you pay for it. You can see more detail if you click on the web size picture. |
| 26 |  |
B&H, d.b.a. BHPhotoVideo.com 9th Ave between 33rd and 34th Streets This is a picture facing northeast. I'm standing behind the checkout area. |
| 27 |  |
B&H, d.b.a. BHPhotoVideo.com 9th Ave between 33rd and 34th Streets This is facing southeast. Again I'm standing behind the checkout area. There are also areas north and south of the checkout area that I did not photograph. And used equipment is on the second floor. |
| 9 |  |
Barnett's Computer Warehouse, d.b.a. PCVideoOnline.com, PriceMad.com, ProjectorExpo.com, ProjectorExport.com, and 123BuyDirect.com; formerly PlasmaKings.com, CompDirect.com and also CompDirect.net? 417 Fifth Ave. They used to be in the storefront that appears to the right. This new one is much deeper than the prior one and bends behind it (and is used for the shipping area). The CompDirect web sites are now just link pages. When PriceMad.com started it used a house in Brooklyn at 1751 E 10th St. for their address in CNet, but the fax was always here. ProjectorExpo.com shares a phone number with PlasmaKings. PlasmaKings.com and ProjectorExpo.com formerly used 724 Avenue P (a semi-detached house) and 6735 Ridge Blvd (an apartment building) in Brooklyn. 123 Buy Direct has this address in its whois. ProjectorExport.com is the newest name, having been created on 24-Oct-2007. |
| 54 |  |
Berry Pro Camera Repair Service, d.b.a. BerryProCamera.com 844 6th Ave. Room 704 Address on web site. They repair all kinds of cameras and camcorders, from vintage to digital, in their in-house repair shop. Also see picture of door. |
| 59 |  |
BrandNamez LLC, d.b.a. BrandNamez.com 325 West 38th Street Address on web site on contact page. LLC also on contact page, but not found in NY entity database. But there is a bigger problem. They aren't really here! From a chat with the fellow at the front desk I learned that they have never been here. And I was not the first person to come in looking for them. I also asked the UPS driver that covers the building. She had never heard of them either. Update: Later I searched again and thanks to DealTime I found them at 96 Ave U in Brooklyn. |
| 33 |  |
C&A Marketing, d.b.a. Digital Goodys (DigitalGoodys.com) and Empire Photo (EmpirePhoto.com) 1357 Broadway Both domains now use this address in the whois database. On 12/22/05 digitalgoodys had the DNS registrant as PriceRite Photo. Both sites have, buried on their Help page under Our Returns Policy, the old PriceRite phone number: 888.365.4300. See Shedding Some Light for more detail. |
| 34 |  |
Calumet, d.b.a. CalumetPhoto.com 22 W. 22nd St. New location for them. At the prior they were under a sidewalk shed for years. |
| 19 |  |
Camera Land Inc., d.b.a. CameraLandNY.com 575 Lexington Avenue, Midtown Address on web site and in newspaper ads. Business started in 1957 and in addition to photography has a specialty in sports optics. |
| 60 |  |
Capital Audio Electronics, Inc., d.b.a. CapitalAudio.com 118-120 Duane Street, Tribeca Addresses on web site. 118 is corporate division. 120 is retail division. It appears that this dealer is the actual location for S & P Electronics / Park Ave Electronics. On this RipOff Report the customer was told to not return to the web address, but to Capital Audio. No address is on that RipOff page, but this is the only Capital Audio around here. |
| 36 |  |
Datavision Computer Video Inc., d.b.a. DataVis.com 445 5th Ave. |
| 6 |  |
Digital Prince, d.b.a. DigitalPrince.com 1710 First Avenue, Upper East Side Address from whois. Domain created on February 10, 2009. The number 212-423-5706 in the whois does not reverse. No address at web site. No non-toll-free number at site. Nothing in NY entity database. They do charge NY sales tax. Actual place of business is unknown. No reviews yet at ResellerRatings. |
| 50 |  |
Edulgence Corp., d.b.a. Edulgence.com 6 West 14th Street Address was on web site. This is the retail location and welcomes walk in customers. Office and mailing address was at 1910 Ave M in Brooklyn. But web site is down, and they are no longer at that Brooklyn address. This store, however, is very much still here. |
| 18 |  |
eStore of N.Y. Inc., d.b.a. PlasmaHouse.com and DrPlasma.com 303 Park Avenue South #1081 This is the address on the PlasmaHouse.com and DrPlasma.com web sites and had been the one in the whois, but that was changed to 6512 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, where they had been until 2004. [Need to check if they have moved back.] |
| 41 |  |
Flash Clinic Inc., d.b.a. FlashClinic.com 164 West 25th St They had been on the 9th floor. |
| 55 |  |
Foto Care Ltd., d.b.a. FotoCare.com 136 W 21st St. Specializes in large format and high quality lighting. |
| 10 |  |
GoGoTech, Inc., d.b.a. GoGoTech.com, a.k.a. 101 Phones, Inc., d.b.a. 101phones.com; FactoryOutlet.com (not active); OnlinePhoneStore.com; iSAVE.com Inc., d.b.a. iSAVE.com; PriceBreak.com; RefurbOutlet.com 213 West 35th St. #2W Was new address from web site. See various names posted on the door. Then GoGoTech web site had 989 6th Ave. #21. Now GoGoTech site has 1410 Broadway, 20th Floor. Formerly at 39 W. 38th St, which the NY entity database still has for GoGoTech, Inc. and 101 Phones, Inc. Also in the past they used 63 W. 38th St, Suite 806 (which iSAVE still has in the NY entity database). PriceBreak's site had stated to send orders to 989 6th Ave. #21. Whois for iSave.com had 989 6th Ave 21st Floor. Most other domain name records are cloaked. Update: 101Phones.com, OnlinePhoneStore.com, PriceBreak.com now have 34 34th St, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn for returns. iSave now has 1410 Broadway, 20th Floor for returns. PriceBreak.com uses 1410 Broadway as the address to send checks. RefurbOutlet.com still has this address for returns. |
| 52 |  |
Go Go Tech, Inc., d.b.a. PriceBreak.com, iSave.com 989 6th Ave. #21 This is the address at PriceBreak's web site for mail orders and is now on GoGoTech web site. But returns are to be sent to 213 W. 35th St #2W. I went to the 21st floor here. The elevator opened directly into the office. So no inside picture. These people are a subsidiary of Go Go Tech. |
| 21 |  |
Home Everything, d.b.a. HomeEverything.com 1202 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1000, Upper East Side Address on web site. Mostly appliances. This is a name used by Sunshine Electronics in Brooklyn. The Sunshine connection was found as Sunshine's Brooklyn address is on the rebate forms at the HomeEverything.com site. |
| 12 |  |
J&R, d.b.a. jr.com and JandR.com Park Row, Downtown This is just one of their storefronts. Over the years they have taken over most store fronts on the block. Different products are spread out among them. |
| 39 |  |
K & M Camera, d.b.a. KMCamera.com 385 Broadway, Tribeca Address on web site. They had been at 377 East 23rd Street. |
| 32 |  |
Kellard's Photo, d.b.a. Kellards.com 1 New York Plaza, Downtown Address on web site. Also sells used equipment on Amazon. There are no stores on the ground level. They must be upstairs. Security is very tight and one must be invited to get up. |
| 58 |  |
Kurland Photo, d.b.a. KurlandPhoto.com 670 Broadway #501, Greenwich Village Address on web site. Sells Hasselblads, Leicas, Rollei, and other high end cameras. See sign on building front and door to the store. |
| 38 |  |
Olden Camera 1263 Broadway, 4th fl. No web site. Known for its used cameras. For many decades they were at 1265 Broadway, 2nd Floor. They had a large sign visible from the street. But that building has been renovated. Mr. Olden owns this small building next door. Inside Earrings Plaza there is and elevator that takes you up to Mr. Olden. |
| 57 |  |
Photo Gizzmo, Inc., d.b.a PhotoGizzmo.com 134 W 26th St., 10th Fl. Specializes in medium format and large format equipment. Web site invites you to the store. See the door to the store. (The paint is really white, but the white balance got thrown off.) |
| 40 |  |
Photo Habitat, Inc., d.b.a. PhotoHabitat.com 928 Broadway, Suite #707 Address from web site. Building entrance picture. See picture of door. |
| 42 |  |
Photo Tech Camera Repair Service Inc., d.b.a. PhotoTech.com 110 E. 13th St. |
| 43 |  |
Photo Village Inc, d.b.a. PhotoVillage.com 1133 Broadway, Suite 824 Address from web site. Building picture. Also see picture of door. |
| 45 |  |
Skynet, d.b.a. LCDTVs.com 462 7th Avenue, 4th Floor Address was on web site. They are now in NJ. Neither Skynet or LCDTVs is listed in the tenant directory, or on any door on the 4th floor. There are some accountants on the 4th floor, and possibly one of them is Skynet's. |
| 15 |  |
Supreme Video, d.b.a. Etronics.com 37 Essex St. Retail location. Web site has inside picture and encourages visits. Also see Brooklyn warehouse location. |
| 16 |  |
Supreme Video, d.b.a. Etronics.com 31 Essex St. Original location. Now filled with cubicles for telephone sales. |
| 53 |  |
Tamarkin New York, Inc., d.b.a. tamarkin.com 215 Park Avenue South, Suite 1914 Specializes in Leica cameras. Outside picture. Also see picture of door. Many years ago they also used the web site LeicaCenter.com. |
| 46 |  |
Techpro Warranty, d.b.a. TechProWarranty.com Empire State Building 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3304 #5N Address from web site. Suite 3304 is the Empire State Office Service, Inc., a maildrop used by dozens and dozens of businesses. Actual location is here in Brooklyn. |
| 47 |  |
The Lens and Repro Corp., d.b.a. LensAndRepro.com and LensRepro.com 33 W. 17th St., 5th Floor Website welcomes people to stop by for a visit. These people also rent cameras. A building picture. See next for front door. |
| 48 |  |
The Lens and Repro Corp., d.b.a. LensAndRepro.com and LensRepro.com 33 W. 17th St., 5th Floor Entrance picture. I wanted to take a picture inside (instead of this). With their rental business the place is full of neat studio equipment. But the owner said no. I couldn't get their door, as they have the entire floor and the elevator opens into their vestibule. |
| 17 |  |
Trio Computers, d.b.a. TrioComputers.com and TrioInternational.com 242 W. 38th St, Room 502 Address on web site. See picture of tenant listing. |
| 51 |  |
TriState Cameras, d.b.a. TriStateCamera.com, a.k.a. TriState Computers, d.b.a. TriStateComputer.com 338 8th Ave. at 27th St. Current address of retail store. From web site. Before this they were at 50 W. 20th St. Back in 2004 their servers were hosting Digital 4 Less Inc., d.b.a. Dig4Less.com. Along with Digital 4 Less using a post office box very near to here, the evidence is Digital 4 Less is a "subsidiary" of TriState. The address 650 Ave Of The Americas is used in the TriState whois registrations. It may have been a warehouse/office of theirs, but the building is now residential condominiums. The current whois record also has the address of 150 Sullivan Street, Brooklyn which is their current warehouse. |
| 49 |  |
Willoughby's, d.b.a. willoughbys.com 298 5th Ave, at 31st The oldest camera dealer in Manhattan. Storefront picture is on website. |
| Moved to Brooklyn | ||
| 8 |  |
Cambridge Camera Exchange (CambridgeCamera.com), AAA Camera Exchange (aaacamera.com) & Seymours Camera Store 119 West 17th St. Now in Brooklyn using CambridgeWorld.com. A furniture and home decorating store is now at this location. Both these domain names are no longer in use. AAACamera.com used 113 W 17th St. Interesting thing: On their Repair Page they still have this address. I checked and they clearly are not here anyplace in the building. Probably an oversight. |
| Out of Business | ||
| 3 |  |
Best Stop Digital, d.b.a. BestStopDigital.com 12 Warren St, 5th fl, Tribeca Building entrance. Now out of business. This and the next were my first storefront pictures and the ones that started it all. This taken 22-Apr-2000. Then a 10-Jun-2000 picture shows the graffiti cleaned off the door. |
| 4 |  |
Best Stop Digital, d.b.a. BestStopDigital.com 12 Warren St, 5th fl, Tribeca Tenant listing. Now out of business. |
| 5 |  |
Best Stop Digital, d.b.a. BestStopDigital.com 12 Warren St, 5th fl, Tribeca This taken 10-Jun-2000. Now out of business. |
| 7 |  |
Best Stop Digital, d.b.a. BestStopDigital.com Entrance to 5th Fl at 12 Warren St. Now out of business. |
| 56 |  |
Big City Direct Inc., d.b.a BigCityDirect.com 161 Hudson Street, Tribeca Address from Shopzilla; not at web site. Whois was an address in Hillside, NJ. |
| 29 |  |
Cassandra Miller, d.b.a. www.CassandraMiller.com 498 West 159th Street Apt 5E Address on web site and in whois record. Does not take credit cards, only eGold. [Paying by eGold gives you no recourse if what you ordered isn't shipped.] Now out of business and web site is a link page. |
| 24 |  |
Digital Dog, d.b.a. DigitalDog.com 29 John St. This was a mail drop they used. Digital Dog, based in Brooklyn, now out of business. |
| 22 |  |
entore, Inc. a.k.a. Zero Delivery Inc. 214 W. 29th St. Now out of business. |
| 11 |  |
H&B Cameras, d.b.a. Turboprice.com? 21 West 46th St. Note play on B&H's name. I found no TurboPrice on the tenant listing so I'm just assuming this is TurboPrice. Turboprice.com domain no longer active. There is a jewelry center now in this storefront. |
| 37 |  |
HighDefOnline.com, a.k.a. Prestige Plasma (PrestigePlasma.com) and Rapid Plasma, d.b.a RapidPlasma.com Gold Shot Studios Inc. 7 West 45th St. Suite 302 This is the address now used on the web sites. See explanation of connection between addresses on the picture for their Brooklyn address. All web sites now down. |
| 23 |  |
Pricecomm.com 170 9th Ave. Now out of business and a new store has moved in. |
| 13 |  |
RRComputer.com 7 Laight St. No longer in business. |
| 14 |  |
Smile Photo & Video, d.b.a. SmilePhotoVideo.com 29 W. 35th St. Now out of business. A Korean book store is now at this location. |
| 20 |  |
U Save Gelt Ltd., d.b.a. USaveGelt.com 245 West 29th St. Also see closeup of sign on window. Now out of business. A "Dry Nature" store took over this location. |
