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An investigative article from PC World -- http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,107855,00.asp

Advice and general info from a prominent photographer -- http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/buy.htm

Tricks of the trade -- http://webpages.charter.net/bbiggers/DCExperiments/html/body_buying.html

Shop smart... without getting burned, from Imaging Resource --
                      http://www.imaging-resource.com/arts/scams/smartbuyer.htm

Online buying tips from the NY Attorney General --
                      http://www.oag.state.ny.us/consumer/tips/online_buytips.html
             and -- http://www.oag.state.ny.us/consumer/tips/buying_online.html

Caveat Emptor: article from Photo.Net -- http://www.photo.net/equipment/caveat_emptor.html

A good article surveying the issues, from bit-tech.net -- http://www.bit-tech.net/feature/76/

Photo.Net members' personal experiences with specific dealers:
                      http://www.photo.net/neighbor/subcategory-index?id=2

One person's buying advice -- http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/mani/equip/mmshops.html

And another person's -- http://rayref.blogspot.com/2005/05/beware-of-camera-scams.html

And still another's -- http://www.viewonline.com/pages/editorials/cameraincident.htm

Guide to "Avoiding Scams," from the Medium Format website: http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/scams.html

Don Wiss' informative photographs and research -- http://donwiss.com/pictures/BrooklynStores/
                                                and -- http://donwiss.com/pictures/ManhattanStores/