Shedding Some Light -- Some Dealers

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PriceRite Photo

Website: priceritephoto.com [taken offline, 1/06]
Address: (original) 1274 49th St., Brooklyn NY 11219 [a mailbox at Brooklyn Mailing Center]
Phones: 888-365-4300, fax888-375-6700

NOTE: PriceRite is not the oldest member of this group, but recent notoriety has made it the most recognizable. It was closed down in the aftermath of a widely publicized incident of inappropriate behavior and its de-listing from at least two prominent shopping comparison sites.

Domain: registrant: PriceRite Photo, 6/22/03; 1274 49th St., Brooklyn NY 11219
        current admin. contact: Eduardo Lopez, 888-365-4300
        original admin. contact: Edward Seek, priceritephoto@aol.com

Physical address: (until late 2005) 254 36th St., Suite 202, Brooklyn NY 11232

NYS: C & A Marketing, Inc., 6/2/03
        254 36th St., Suite 2B, Brooklyn NY 11232

NOTE: This address was first documented by Don Wiss on these pages:

Then, in January 2006, by The New York Times in this article.

NOTE: These three early members of the PriceRite family were sold to a non-affiliated company, Unique Photo, apparently during 2002. The domains currently forward to uniquephoto.com.

The Film Shop

Website: filmshop.com [currently forwards to uniquephoto.com]
Address: 140 58th St, Suite 4E, Brooklyn NY 11220
Phones: 888-345-6476, fax718-491-4499

Domain: original registrant: The Film Shop, 6/20/97; 140 58th St., Suite 4E, Brooklyn NY 11220
admin contact: Aron Stroh, bac@askwebs.com
3828 18th Ave., Brooklyn NY 11218, 718-854-4184

• Humble beginnings...
On the oldest version of what apprears to be the first of this family's websites, in November 1998, the "About Us" page offers a creative introduction by the Film Shop's founder:

So you want to know more about us. Well it all started one day way back when, when my ol' pappy Chaim was sitting on the front porch staring at the corn fields. The majestic yellows of the sun's brilliant rays shining off the stalks. Yes indeed, it all started that fine summer day.

He didn't run a store out of that old cottage, no, but it was all there in his mind's eye, a vision so clear he needed a glass of lemonade just to have him seeing again. "What if we could bring to the world a place where you could get everything a photographer ever needed at the world's lowest prices," he said out loud, though no one was listening. "A place where the crisp clean airy emulsions smelled like the salt in the ocean. Ah, what a refreshing thought," he mumbled as he finished his last gulp of lemonade.

[Entire page saved here.]

Google searches yield these results:
  • from reverse telephone listings: CP Industries, 718-491-4300

  • from the Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation (a business association):
       CP Industries/Film Shop Clipper USA; Mr. Chaim Pikarski; 718-491-4300

     (This name is spelled "Chayim Piekarski" and "Chaim Piekarski" in some other public records.)

  • from government contractor lists in Texas, Maryland, and Virginia:
       CP Industries, dba Filmshop; contact, Morris Teichman; 718-491-4300, 718-491-4488

BBB: Film Shop, Photo Specialists, Camera Zone, and CP Industries are (or were) same company;
        customer service rep: R. Christopher

The Photo Specialists

Website: thephotospecialists.com [currently forwards to uniquephoto.com]
Address: 140 58th St, Suite 4E, Brooklyn NY 11220
Phones: 888-558-4700, fax718-491-4418

Domain: original registrant: The Photo Specialists, 10/31/00; 140 58th Street #4E, Brooklyn NY 11220
         admin. and billing contact: Chaim Piekarski, tu68l@aol.com; 718-491-4300, 718-491-4488
         technical contact: Aron Stroh, Ask Webs; contact@askwebs.com
              504 East 3rd St., Brooklyn NY 11218; 718-686-6601, fax718-686-6604

The Camera Zone

Websites: camerazone.com, thecamerazone.com [currently forward to uniquephoto.com]
Address: 140 58th St, Suite 4E, Brooklyn NY 11220
Phones: 888-405-1500, fax718-491-4418

Domain: original registrant: The Camera Zone, 3/27/00; 140 58th St., Suite 4E, Brooklyn NY 11220
        admin. and technical contact: Aron Stroh, Ask Webs; contact@askwebs.com
               504 East 3rd St., Brooklyn NY 11218; 718-686-6601, fax718-686-6604
        billing contact: Chaim Piekarski, The Film Shop; contact@askwebs.com
               140 58 St., Suite 4E, Brooklyn NY 11220; 718-491-4300, fax718-491-4488

Empire Photo

Website: empirephoto.com
Address: not on website
Phones: 888-894-3700; cust. support 888-365-4300 [PriceRite]

Domain: registrant: Empire Photo, 1/23/98
        current admin contact: John Smith, 1357 Broadway, New York NY 10018 [mailbox at The UPS Store]
              888-894-3700, webmaster@empirephoto.com
        original admin. contact: Marvin Weiss, film4less@aol.com

        registrant, .net domain [inactive]: Jacob Roth, 3/14/01, 5702 17th Ave., Brooklyn NY 11204
              718-234-2330, jacobro@netzero.com

The Camera Mall

Website: thecameramall.com
Address: 924 Bergen Ave., Suite 160, Jersey City NJ 07306 [mailbox at The UPS Store, 2 mi. from Brooklyn]
Phones: 888-912-7300, fax888-915-6300

Domain: registrant: The Camera Mall.com, 1/3/00
        current admin contact: Eduardo Sanchez, 924 Bergen Ave., Suite 160, Jersey City NJ 07306
              888-912-7300, fax888-915-6300, webmaster@thecameramall.com
        original admin. contact: Harry Klein, Brooklyn NY 11219, 718-928-2251

Edigix

Website: edigix.com [active 11/02-11/03; then intermittent to 9/04]
Address: 199 Lee Ave., Brooklyn NY 11211 [a mailbox at Lee Avenue Shipping]
Phones: 877-433-4449, 718-246-4100, fax718-504-6232

Domain: registrant: Baruch Spung, 10/24/00; 199 Lee Ave., Suite 272, Brooklyn NY 11211
              212-202-5147, baruch010@yahoo.com

        registrant of .net domain [inactive]: Baruch Spung, 3/14/01
        registrant of .org domain [inactive]: Jacob Roth, 3/14/01
              admin contact: Baruch Spung

Digital Goodys

Website: digitalgoodys.com, and eBay Store
Address: not on website
Phones: 800-517-8365; from eBay store, 347-417-7974; cust. support 888-365-4300 [PriceRite]

Domain: [registration revised in early 2006 to remove original references to PriceRite]
        original registrant: PriceRite Photo, 12/20/04
              1274 49th St., Brooklyn NY 11219 [mailbox at Brooklyn Mailing Center]
        admin contact: John Smith, 1357 Broadway, Manhattan NY 10018 [The UPS Store], 888-894-3700
        tech contact: PriceRite Photo, Eduardo Lopez, 1274 49th St., Brooklyn NY 11219
               888-365-4300, webmaster@priceritephoto.com

Barclays Photo

Website: barclaysphoto.com [replaced PriceRite on eBay in 12/05; website online since 2/06]
Address: not on website
Phones: original, 866-663-7100; new since 4/06, 866-668-1800
        customer service 888-365-4300 [PriceRite's phone]

Domain: registrant: PriceRite Photo, 12/8/05; 1274 49th St., Brooklyn NY 11219 [Brooklyn Mailing Center]
        admin contact: John Smith, 140 58th St., Brooklyn NY 11220 [address of CP Industries]
              347-417-7990, webmaster@digitalgoodys.com
        tech contact: Eduardo Lopez, 1274 49th St., Brooklyn NY 11219
              888-365-4300, webmaster@priceritephoto.com

   DEALER NOTES:  photos of these locations at http://donwiss.com/pictures/BrooklynStores/
                             Resellerratings.com has reviews here, here, and here
   Authorized dealerships: (none that we could find)