10-31-2006, 04:42 AM
I had to run to an event in Atlanta this weekend, and had been meaning to pick up a cheap digital camera.
I stopped by an OfficeMax and bought an Olympus FE-170. As I was checking out, I said, and if I don't like this? The salesman said, "Oh, you can bring it back."
Well, I should have checked more carefully. I've been sorely disappointed with the image quality of the photos, and when I tried to return it in Birmingham, the salesperson (manager I think) was very rude and said, we don't take returns on digital cameras. He turned over the receipt to reveal that they only accept returns for defective items. I said, well, this camera takes horrible pictures.
He said that I could exchange it for another digital camera, but that that was my only option.
Now I'm stuck buying another camera from a limited line of digicams. God, I wish I'd gone to Costco.
My choices are:
Olympus FE-170 (hated it - photos are all yellow and icky)
Olympus FE-190
Olympus Stylus 710
Olympus Stylus 740
Kodak c643
Kodak c530
Canon a530
Canon a540
Canon sd630
HP m425
Sony DSC-S500
My priorities are
1. small size
2. good images
...not obsessed with other features or even with megapixels. I want a small point and shoot that delivers as well as my old Canon PowerShot S40 - but was hoping for something much smaller.
I would have been okay with returning for store credit, but the fact that I HAVE to buy another digital camera really makes me mad - especially since it looks like it may be a camera I don't want.
I stopped by an OfficeMax and bought an Olympus FE-170. As I was checking out, I said, and if I don't like this? The salesman said, "Oh, you can bring it back."
Well, I should have checked more carefully. I've been sorely disappointed with the image quality of the photos, and when I tried to return it in Birmingham, the salesperson (manager I think) was very rude and said, we don't take returns on digital cameras. He turned over the receipt to reveal that they only accept returns for defective items. I said, well, this camera takes horrible pictures.
He said that I could exchange it for another digital camera, but that that was my only option.
Now I'm stuck buying another camera from a limited line of digicams. God, I wish I'd gone to Costco.
My choices are:
Olympus FE-170 (hated it - photos are all yellow and icky)
Olympus FE-190
Olympus Stylus 710
Olympus Stylus 740
Kodak c643
Kodak c530
Canon a530
Canon a540
Canon sd630
HP m425
Sony DSC-S500
My priorities are
1. small size
2. good images
...not obsessed with other features or even with megapixels. I want a small point and shoot that delivers as well as my old Canon PowerShot S40 - but was hoping for something much smaller.
I would have been okay with returning for store credit, but the fact that I HAVE to buy another digital camera really makes me mad - especially since it looks like it may be a camera I don't want.