Ritz Camera files for chapter 11

11 years 10 months ago #235888 by John37
Just heard on the news. It's apparently their 2nd time around. They're basically a glorified pitcure developer in my opinion. At least the stores are. They have always seemed to be a little overpriced and never really offered anything competetive.

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11 years 10 months ago #235897 by Baydream
They did seem a bit pricey in-store and some of their salesfolks didn't have much of a clue. Does this affect their on-line business (which I believe was/merged with/bought/affiliated with) cameraworld.com where I bought my first Canon.)

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11 years 10 months ago #235910 by Nod
I hadn't seen anything on their filing but it wouldn't surprise me, our local Ritz has been stocking less and less items and you need a 4-wheel drive vehicle to get into their parking lot. I figured it was just a matter of time. I will be watching for close out sales though.


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11 years 10 months ago #235932 by Joves
It does not surprise me because they were always expensive and never carried good accessories. When I was living in Flagstaff the store that was there died in the first round. When I first got into digital I wanted the D50 to try it out and the sales guy kept trying to push me into a Canon, so I left and went to Rollies in Sedona. I was planning on buying at Rollies anyhow and was giving them a chance to price match they would not. When the liquidators came in the prices were posted even higher on the gear, and there rock bottom prices what what they were selling for previously. I personally do not think they should get another Chapter 11, I think they should be flat closed and liquidated. They and Wolf have always been the worst stores to deal with for anything at all.


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11 years 8 months ago #245539 by fbicking
The one near me does great prints if you get the color right yourself other then that the store is useless. I have found there is no real selection and I think some of the sales people have never really picked up a camera.
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