There is a worrying trend online. Many actually. Some pram sellers seem to have taken on selling cameras. What’s that about? Is it some weird notion of setting up a department store? How long will it be before you can pop into your dentist’s office and at the same time get a new set of Goodrich radials for the 4WD?
We laugh in our office that one of our slogans should be “We don’t sell prams!”
What do you think about non-stockist of goods pretending to stock all things including the proverbial sink? Do you think the bulk of the population are fooled by the facades?
Hmmmmmm
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My interest in photography goes back as far, if not further, than I can remember. My Grandfather had a thing called a box brownie and i remember being amazed at how it recorded history. I was given a 120 film camera when I was about 10 as evidenced by some black and white photos I recently found of my sister when she was 5 or so - she turned 40 in 2008.
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Photography. "For the thrill of it."
Photography. "It's where life is happening."
Photography. "When time stands still."
Photography. "Maybe it's just about being there again." 
Well look, for a while I have not taken the retail industry with their little protected shop-fronts seriously. I just don’t go there anymore, especially when you know they just got another visit from, for example, Nikon Australia, giving you firm advice not to buy online for “obvious reasons”.
The scare tactics are not working anymore.
Besides, why should I put up with a miserable sales-assistant who had a bad weekend, giving me the shits and I still have to pay top-dollar for the treatment?
I say: “Keep the pram and go to sleep in it in peace”!
So let them sell whatever they want.
As long as places like camerasdirect don’t try to sell me prams, plastic fish-ponds or a sex-toy I am not worried.
I want sound advise, friendly service, good equipment at a fair price.
Happy days, Axel
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