If in the past you searched for cheap prices for cameras online I’m sure you found a bunch of online stores that had really low prices. The problem was that they were just a bunch of crooks that wanted to take advangate of you.

The scam ran this way; You search for your model camera and found  a few stores that had it priced as much as half price off. You order placed your credit card info on their site and order it only to get a phone call from them asking a ridiculous question like “Do you want a battery and charger with your camera” to which you responded; “..uhhh the [insert camera model here] comes with that already….” Then they would say “no it doesn’t come with it and it would cost you $$ to get it.” So at this point you either hung up and cancelled the order or asked for the camera as is to which they would respond sorry out of stock….

Most of these places were in Brooklyn and in-fact they had dozens of online storefronts that were the same company. This happened to me and it really pissed me off, specially thinking that they had my credit card info. I filled a BBB case but nothing came out of it. This week I received a letter from the NY Attorneys office asking me if I dealt with any of these stores and how much did I loose in the process. I’m really happy that they finally got caught. The dozens of offending stores were run by a few retailers:

• 1 Way Photo
• 86th Street Photo Fund
• Best Price Cameras
• Foto Connection
• Sonic Cameras
• Camera Wiz
• Broadway Photo

So if you ever got ripped off by any of these guys contact the NY Attorneys office.

Here’s are some shots of a box of cigarettes that I shot around the same time as the “religious bullets”

Bloody Cigarettes I

Bloody Cigarettes II

The car had $1500 worth of damage (I just paid the detuctable)

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I had made this gallery a while back. I really liked the results but have since lost the LightRoom adjustments so these are not finished.
The first two shots were light paitings.

Peace!

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I’ve always read eBooks on my PDA or Cellphone from early Palm devices,  Microsoft PDAs to the iPhone.  It doesn’t make sense to spend $300-400 to casually read eBooks on a device that can only do one thing. I’ve read dozens of eBooks on my PDA’s for years. There’s a iPhone app that makes thousands of books available to you FREE.

Stanza allows you to download free ebooks online and enjoy them wherever you are:

http://www.lexcycle.com/

I understand that if you read everyday, or if you want a device that can be used for school you would enjoy a big screen like the Kindles or other eBook readers . But for 95% of people their current PDA would be a better solution and wouldn’t create the waste and recycling headache of a separate device.