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  • Dealer strategies:
       a few examples


  • All those
       pretty logos


  • The fine print


  • Relevant reading



 


    Starlight Camera, Starlite Camera

Website: starlightcamera.com [no longer active]
Address: 295 Avenue O, Brooklyn NY 11204
Phones: 866-722-7209, 718-621-3111, 718-621-5005, 718-621-9009, 718-627-7111, 718-259-4353

BBB: 83 Avenue O, Brooklyn NY 11204

Domain:  current registrant: "Eric Anderson"
         "295 Ave.", Brooklyn NY 11204; starlitecamera@aol.com
          original registrant: Salim Kabariti, 8/5/02
          6010 20th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11204; starlitecamera@aol.com, also mddosk@aol.com
          866-621-9009, 718-621-3111

         (Note: starlitecamera.com has an unrelated Canadian registration)

NYS: Starlight Camera & Video, Inc., 8/14/02
        registrant: Noah Stengel, 79 Webster Ave., Brooklyn NY 11230

    Regal Cameras   (not the same as Regal Camera)

Website: regalcameras.com [no longer active]
Address:
Phones:

Domain: registrant: Regal Cameras, 6/13/02
        79 Webster Ave., Brooklyn NY 11230
        917-541-4241, mddosk@aol.com


In the News...

Recent years have seen unfavorable press accounts of Wawa Digital and its siblings.

In November 2005 there was a widely circulated online report of one customer's experience, complete with audio. And in July 2006 this article appeared on a consumer-oriented website, followed in August by a New York Daily News story about alleged credit card infractions.

    WaWa Digital

Website: wawadigital.com   [inactive; website apparently taken down about mid-June 2006]
Address: [formerly] 295 Avenue O, Brooklyn NY 11230
Phones: 866-722-7209, 718-627-7111, fax718-627-7981; all emails: wawadigital@yahoo.com

BBB: 83 Avenue O, Brooklyn NY 11204

Domain: registrant: "Eric Anderson", 12/29/04
        295 Avenue O, Brooklyn NY 11230
        718-627-7111; wawadigital@yahoo.com

Alexa: contact: starlitecamera@aol.com

    INS Digital World

Website: insdigitalworld.com (a Yahoo Store) [no longer active]
Address: "Brooklyn NY 11204" on website
Phones: 866-621-1697, 866-621-9009, 718-621-1564; support & email: insdigital@aol.com

BBB: 83 Avenue O, Brooklyn NY 11204

Domain: registrant: anonymous, 11/1/02

   The Camera Whiz

Website: thecamerawhiz.com [now active; previously forwarded to insdigitalworld.com until early 2006]
Address: not on website
Phones: 866-712-0536

BBB: 83 Avenue O, Brooklyn NY 11204

Domain: registrant: "noah", 11/7/02
        6010 20th Ave., Brooklyn NY 11204
        718-621-3111, thecamerawhiz@aol.com

NYS: The Camera Wiz, Inc. [not "Whiz"], 11/14/03
        Noah Stengel
        295 Avenue O, Brooklyn NY 11204 [wrong zip]

    Accessoriesland

Website: accessoriesland.com
                 [active through early 2006, then briefly forwarded to stargatephoto.com; inactive as of 9/06]
Address: 295 Avenue O, Brooklyn NY 11230
Phones: 866-722-7209

BBB: 83 Avenue O, Brooklyn NY 11204

Domain: registrant: starlightcamera, 4/11/03
        6010 20th Ave., Brooklyn NY 11204
        718-621-3111, fax718-621-5005

    Stargate Photo

Website: stargatephoto.com [offline since late 2006]
Address: [formerly: "295 Ave ave", Brooklyn NY 11230]
Phones: [removed from website: 866-722-7206, 718-627-7111, fax718-627-7981]
              800-958-0054 [as of mid-2006], fax718-253-4030

BBB: 83 Avenue O, Brooklyn NY 11204

Domain: registrant: "Eric Anderson", 7/27/05
        295 Avenue O, Brooklyn NY 11230
        718-627-7111; mddosk@msn.com

   The Digital Expo

Website: thedigitalexpo.com
Address: not on website
Phones: 800-957-6628 [used 866-712-0536, same as thecamerawhiz, prior to 8/06]

Note: several reports (including this and this) place them at 83 Avenue O, Brooklyn NY 11223

Domain: registrant: Jeffery Ling, 1/10/06
             1755 Ocean Pkwy., Brooklyn NY 11223
             admin. contact: same name & address, 917-852-6536; jejj221@yahoo.com

   Digital Superdeals

Website: digitalsuperdeals.com [online since 1/07]
Address: not on website
Phones: 800-958-0054 [stargatephoto's most recent number; also used by thedigitalnerds]

Note: Two customers report another number, 718-943-3750, which shows up as "J&J Digital" on caller ID.

Domain: registrant: "Johnny Humpher", 9/27/06; deve19812000@yahoo.com, 212-563-2569
             2596 Main St., New York NY 10002 [a phony address]

Note: As of 4/15/07 this dealer has a rare perfect rating of zero, with 16 reviews , on resellerratings.com.

   The Digital Nerds

Website: thedigitalnerds.com [online since 4/07]
Address: not on website
Phones: 800-958-0054 [stargatephoto's most recent number; also used by digitalsuperdeals]

Domain: registrant: "Frankie Humber", 10/26/06; deve19812000@yahoo.com, 732-258-5452
             2586 Main St., Edison NJ 10253 [a phony address]
        
Note: Within a week of their debut online, this dealer had 5 stars and 2523 reviews on Everyprice.com.

   Tech On Digital

Website: techondigital.com
Address: not on website
Phones: 877-425-9933

Domain: registrant: Eric Tursan, 7/20/07; 83 Avenue O, Brooklyn NY 11204
             admin. contact: Azmat Tursan, same address; info@techondigital.com,
               718-259-4353 (one of Starlite's numbers, still listed on AOL Yellow Pages and others)

Note: techondigital.com and digitalebuys.com share the same IP address and SSL certificate

   Digital eBuys

Website: digitalebuys.com [a mirror of techondigital.com since mid-2007; separate site before that]
Address: not on website
Phones: 877-425-9933

Domain: registrants: digital ebuys.com, Brian Peterson, 8/4/05; joelew29@aol.com, 718-232-2749
              7012 20th Ave., Brooklyn NY 11204




   DEALER NOTES: photos of these locations at http://donwiss.com/pictures/BrooklynStores/
                            Resellerratings.com has reviews here, here, here, here, and here
                            BBB lists some complaints here

   Authorized dealerships: (none that we could find)



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