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1StopCamera fam.
Abe's family
Adorama
AllStar family
B&H
Broadway family
Butterfly family
CCI family
CentralDigital fam.
DigitalDelivered f.
Express family
Focus family
MarinePark family
MrAccessory family
One Call
PriceRite family
PricesRite family
RadioActive family
Samy's
Starlight family
Stop4Camera fam.
Tri-State
Unique
US1 family

• index to dealers

• a request for help

• Dealer strategies:
a few examples

• All those
pretty logos

• The fine print

• Relevant reading

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Radio Active Deals, Radio Active Electronics
Website: radioactivedeals.com
Address: 164-15 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica NY 11432
Phones: 800-526-8080, 718-732-2404
Domain: registrant (.com domain): Radio Active Deals, 11/11/03
164-15 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica NY 11432; 718-526-8080
(original): admin. contact: Eli Hazan; billing contact: Max Zalta; both at 718-739-1268
Domain: registrant (.net domain): Radio Active Deals, 11/11/05
Eli Hazan, eli@radioactivedeals.com
1554 61st St., Brooklyn NY 11219; 347-394-1390
NYS: Radio Active Deals, Ltd., 11/20/03
registrant Spiegel & Utrera PA PC [Manhattan accountants]
BBB: Max Zalta, president
718-739-1268, 718-739-1556
a.k.a. MZ Distributors, Inc.
NYS: M.Z. Distributors, Inc., 2/11/94
164-15 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica NY 11432
CEO: Max Zalta
USA PhotoNation
Website: usaphotonation.com
Address: 164-15 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica NY 11432 [not on website]
Phones: 800-872-3143, 718-526-8080, fax208-979-3102
Domain: currently anonymous
718-526-0321
original registrant: Max Zalta, 2/17/04;
718-526-0321, fax208-979-3102;
NYS: USA Photo Nation, Inc., 2/27/04
registrant: Spiegel & Utrera
PA PC [Manhattan accountants]
RainbowTronics
Website: rainbowtronics.com
Address: shipping warehouse, 1554 61st St., Brooklyn NY 11219
Phones: 800-355-5041, 347-394-1399, fax ("legal department")
208-979-3102 [same as USA Photonation],
billing department 800-984-1167
Domain: registrant: since 1/06, anonymous
(original) RainbowTronics, 11/2/05; 1554 61st St., Brooklyn
NY 11219
[same address
as
registrant
of radioactivedeals.net]
admin.
contact: feedback@usaphotonation.com,
same address; 347-394-1300
NYS: RainbowTronics, Inc., 11/3/05
registrant: Spiegel & Utrera
PA PC [Manhattan accountants]
Family Ties: the Heffez-Zalta Nexus
The domain of the PricesRite family's newest
member—Howard
Pierce's
Direct
AV—was registered by Max Zalta, the principal figure
behind the Radioactive family. But evidence shows
that the dealer is managed by the PricesRite family, whose principals are Gabriel
Heffez of Heffco Technologies
and other members of his (actual) family.
This is not the first visible connection between Zalta and Heffez. When Don
Wiss photographed the PricesRite store
in 2001, this sign showed among
the occupants a company called "Heffez, Heffez, Heffez & Zalta."
Only insiders know the actual business relationship between these families
or the extent, if any, to which thei-r principals share credit for
both groups' operating methods.
But many reports on the photography forums and shopping sites reveal a distinct
similarity
in their practices and sales techniques. |
Expecam
Website: expecam.com
Address:164-15 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432 [not on website until 12/07]
Phones: 800-984-6485, sales reps & customer service 800-872-3143 [same as USA Photonation],
718-526-8080 [same as USA Photonation]
Domain: registrant: Expecam, 5/22/07; 1554 61st St., Brooklyn NY 11219
admin. contact: Max Zalta, eli@finalitsolutions.com, 347-394-1301
Note: The administrative contact's email address actually belongs
to Eli Hazan, founder of Final IT Solutions and the original administrative contact
of radioactivedeals.com. His Linked In profile shows
that he was a buyer for Abe's of Maine from 2003 to 2005.
DEALER NOTES: photos of these locations
at http://donwiss.com/pictures/BrooklynStores/
Resellerratings.com has reviews here
and here
Experiences of customers from Photo.net here.
Authorized dealerships: (none that we could find)
We neither encourage nor discourage purchases from any company mentioned
here.
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