"The worst rip-off scheme ever!
I ordered a Canon L lens from sonic camera at a really great price.The next day I received a phone call asking me to verify the card number.Then The guy asked me what camera I ordered the lens for.
He then proceeded to try to convince me to buy a sigma instead. I insisted on not changing my order. He then asked me which mount I would like on the lens.He explained that the lens is wholesale, not retail and only retail lens come with mounts.He said The Canon L lens with a mount for the camera is 600 dollars more. I told him to cancel my order.He told me there would be a 25 percent "re-stocking fee", because they already prepared my order for shipment. I told him "I'm not paying a re-stocking fee" He hung up. We're sweating it out now, because these scumbags have our bank card info and we can't cancel our bank card now because my husband is about to leave on a business trip. I am kicking myself for not investigating sonic cameras before giving them my bank info. It's difficult to believe the legal system has not caught up with these crooks."

"TOTAL SCAM ARTISTS!!!!!! STAY FAR AWAY!!!

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"I placed an order on 2/13/2009 for the Nikon D700 camera and memory card, however the website advertised a GREAT price, but never mentioned ANYTHING about if it was in stock or not...So after placing the order the next day I received an e-mail from the "shipping" department saying that I had to call and confirm my shipping address, so I did that, during that phone call the guy never mentioned anything to me about in stock or not. The following day I received another e-mail stating "the product was no longer in stock, so your order was cancelled". I called the company and asked if it was in stock or not. Our credit card was never charged, however we did cancel the card and had to get a new one. But BEWARE of them and their "buddies", they will scam you!!!
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"This is a Total Internet Scam, I ordered Nikon D300, was emailed to call to confirm purchase
I was then told I did not know what I doing, my order for the D300 was the Body only, no battery or other items included unless I ungraded at great expence, I told the guy that Nikon do not sell the Body only, he became very abusive and slammed down the phone, I am watching daily to ensure my credit card is not charged, if it is it will be charged back and further steps taken
Tom
Orlando"

"COMPLETE SCAM!! I ordered the canon Rebel xsi for the advertised 299, as well as a wide-angle lens. The total price was 498. I then waited (and was in a hurry to receive this camera since I was buying it for a relative who was traveling to Africa in 3 weeks) They sent me an email notifying me that I had to call them and confirm my order. I called 3 times before someone answered, and when I finally got ahold of them, the following conversation occured.
Him: We don't take American Express so you'll have to give us a different credit card.
Me: then why doesn't it say that on your website?
Him: I don't know, but could you give us a different credit card?
Me: i guess, (then i gave him my visa details)
Him: Oh, it turns out they don't make that brand of lens anymore.
Me: Then why is it advertised on your website?
Him: I don't know. but We can sell you the Canon version which is normally $350, and just charge you for the same lens you ordered ($190).
Me: Fine
Him: And the camera body you ordered won't be there for about 6-8 weeks since it has to be shipped from china.
Me: That is unacceptable. I need that camera in 3 weeks.
Him: I could sell you a package which includes a battery, battery charger and the usb cables for that same camera and we can ship it today.
Me: How much?
Him: your total would come to $790
Me: (after doing some quick math 790-190=500!!) You are charging me 200 dollars for a battery and a charger? That is insane.
Him: (Growing very upset) You aren't letting me help you!!
Me: Helping me by charging me 200 dollars for a battery and charger?

Finally, i told him to just ship it from china, and I'd pay 500 like i originally agreed and said goodbye. I figured I could just loan them my camera for their trip and trade them when they returned home.

The next day I get an email saying
"Unfortunately we are currently oversold on the item you have ordered, and it is currently on a backorder for 6-8 weeks. Therefore, your order has been canceled. Please note, your credit card has not been charged."
So I called them back to ask if the camera or the lens was out of stock, and why they couldn't still ship whichever product was still in stock. The man who answered the phone was incredibly rude, and the conversation went like this...
Me: I received an email saying my order was cancelled, but I ordered more than one product and was wondering if both orders were cancelled?
Him: We don't have your product
Then HE HUNG UP!!
I continued to call throughout the day, and was blatantly hung up on 5 times, placed on hold indefinately 4 times, and 8 times i was unable to even get someone to answer the phone.
I checked my credit card activity online, (luckily finding nothing out of order) and changed all of my card numbers immediately. After finding out more about SONIC CAMERAS online, I am amazed that a company can consistently rip people off and continue to operate without facing some legal intervention. DO NOT BUY FROM THESE PEOPLE!! They don't actually have the products they advertise, they simply try to talk you into things after you place your order.
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"Avoid this seller. Worse experience I have ever had shopping anywhere.
I checked with the sellers via email and I didn’t get a response. Then 12 days after the order I called the customer service number to find my self talking to a very rude and unprofessional rep that told me that they cancel my order because they ran out. When I told them why did I not receive an email or a call (especially that I send an email inquiring about my order)? The guy started to yell and all he could of come up with that his busy and he doesn’t know what else to tell me. I don’t know who is running this site. But I hope they run out of business soon.
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"I ordered a Nikon D300 camera package online at soniccameras.com. Shortly after ordering I received an email saying that I needed to call the company to confirm my order. The salesman told me that I had forgotten to put the pin number of my credit card on the order form. He told me that he was going to do me a big "favor" and upgrade all of the lenses in the package for me because I had just missed a big sale they had. He kept telling me things I needed and ran up my previously $2200. bill to $3495. I told him that before the order was placed, I would like a detailed invoice of everything I was buying. He said he would send it. I recieved an email with a ton of stuff on it totalling $8346.99. Even the camera I had ordered had been changed to a lower model, the D90. I called to immediately cancel my order. I was hung up on 3 times before reaching the salesperson I had talked to, he told me that he had not adjusted my order yet, and that he would send me a detailed invoice. It never came. The next day I called to see what was going on and was told that my order had been shipped and I had been charged $3495. I had been told the order would not ship until I received the email. The package arrived at my house, UPS left it on my porch. The package included the correct camera and a bunch of grey market junk. The lenses had been changed to an off brand, I was sent the wrong card for the camera, some things were missing. I was charged $3495 for a $900 camera body and about $200 worth of off brand lenses, filters, etc. Some of the stuff was in packaging that looked like it came out of a gumball machine. Horrible quality. I have called to get an RMA to return the stuff. Everytime I give them my order number, they hang up on me. They are a total scam! "

"WARNING WARNING WARNING!!! DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY!!! Once they have your $$$ you will never see it again. This company does not send you what they sell on the phone and they also do not give you anything in writing of what they are going to send you when they charge your credit card. I told him I was going to write a bad review for his company he said he "would do everything in his power to blacklist my name." Could be a terrorist organization. These people are not reasonable. "

"Complete fraud, scam, and credit card felony - they are the culmination of the worst imaginable and described in all previous reviews. It is hard to believe yet true that they are somehow still online and robbing innocent people.

I too have to cancel my credit card and quickly try to protect myself against this criminal activity."

"OMG!-I sure wish I'd seen this site prior to placing my order. I experienced the same thing--call to confirm; told this is not the Japanese-made lens, but one from China; must buy the mount too. I cancelled the order, but was nervous that my credit card would be charged, so I closed that account and opened a new one. What a pain. These are the kinds of businesses that give ecommerce a bad name. Thanks to all who have posted before. "

"Thank you all I did not order because of you!!!!"

"This site is a scam. Don't but from them."

"I ordered the Panasonic DVX100b from Sonic Cameras for the bargin price of $1840.00 on line. With in minutes of my order I received a call from Peter reguarding my order. First he was asking why I ordered this model and not an HD camera and I knew that I was in trouble. I told him I was not interested in HD to get him off my case and that's when he decided to review with me what came with my camera with the
'Presidential Package".

He read off everything it came with the camera such as tripod, battery, lenses, filters, etc... Then he told me that one thing the camera does NOT come with is a charger for the battery. That was and extra $350. I asked him if there was anything else that didn't come with I would need, he mentioned the filters that came with the package were plastic and cheap, that he could sell me the professional ones for andther $200. When I told him I was purchasing on a budget, and didn't have the $$$$ for "extras" he tried to sell me a whold other camera, HD, with all professional filters for $2,000.

By now my stomach was in my shoes and I knew I was benig swindeled. I told him I needed to think about it and would call him back. I was on my way to school at the time so I went to talk with one of my film professors and research this camera he was trying to sell me.

We noticed that all the products were WELL below the competitors and so we researched the company. Once I saw ALL the complaints filed with the BBB and other complaints I decided to cancel my order ASAP. I called Peter back and told him I wanted to cancell my order. He wanted to know why. At first I didn't give him a reason, i just said "I want to cancel my order". He kept asking me why I didn't have a reason and was being a real condescending a-hole. Finally I told him, "I don't trust this company and do not want to do business with you". There was silence for a few seconds, no response. I said "hello, is anyone there?" No response. Peter hung up on me. So the next call I made was to my bank to cancell my card because the charges had not been submitted as of then. I dodged a bullet and have learned you get what you're willing to pay for!!! "

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"I recently had the displeasure of placing an order with this company.

First they have the annoying sales practice of forcing you to call and confirm your order, but in this case I was glad to see it. After about 5 minutes on the phone something didn't sound right so I asked about the product warranties and found that they were not the manufacturers warranty. As I tried to pursue this matter further the salesperson kept trying to get me to complete the order.

I refused to complete the order and told the salesperson to cancel the entire order at which time they actually started yelling at me. I waited until they were done and very calmly asked for the salespersons name. It was at this time that they hung up on me.

I canceled my credit card immediately in case they tried to complete the charge without my authorization. 2 days later I received a bogus email indicating that they had to cancel my order due to out of stock issues."