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What percent of customers rated firm "superior" on our survey for "overall quality" |
Firm's price index score |
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Best Buy
1490 Fitzgerald Dr Pinole, CA
510-758-0112
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16 ratings |
How does "Best Buy" rate compared to other camera stores in Pinole , CA?
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Sarber's Camera
1749 Solano Ave Berkeley, CA
510-526-0775
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136 ratings |
How does "Sarber's Camera" rate compared to other camera stores in Pinole , CA?
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Looking Glass Photographic
2848 Telegraph Ave Berkeley, CA
510-548-6888
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122 ratings |
How does "Looking Glass Photographic" rate compared to other camera stores in Pinole , CA?
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Ritz Camera
3631 Mt Diablo Blvd #C Lafayette, CA
925-283-1400
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15 ratings |
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Best Buy
3260 Buskirk Ave Pleasant Hill, CA
925-988-0256
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21 ratings |
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Wolf Camera & Video
2170 Contra Costa Blvd Pleasant Hill, CA
925-827-1571
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33 ratings |
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Ritz Camera
5122 Broadway Oakland, CA
510-653-2304
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37 ratings |
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CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).
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As You Can See Below, Some Camera Stores Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Camera Stores.
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Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote about a local photo equipment store:
This store has it all: knowledgeable, courteous, pleasant staff, extensive inventory, decent prices........
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Subscriber from LOS GATOS, CA wrote about a local photo equipment store:
Friendly knowledgable staff, excellent manager........
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Subscriber from INVERNESS, CA wrote about a local photo equipment store:
The advice makes up for the MSRP pricing and lackluster attitudes........
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Subscriber from PALO ALTO, CA wrote about a local photo equipment store:
Excellent all the way.......
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Subscriber from WALNUT CREEK, CA wrote about a local photo equipment store:
Excellent choice options and knowledgeable sales persons. Expensive........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote about a local photo equipment store:
Purchased a digital SLR and tripod. Wanted to go somewhere where I could get advice..........
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Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote about a local photo equipment store:
My Nikon camera had a problem with the stabilizer about 3 months after purchase. It..........
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote about a local photo equipment store:
great photo-geek hangout.......
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Subscriber from ALBANY, CA wrote about a local photo equipment store:
Have purchased several digital cameras from this store, and have found their staff helpful and..........
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