Tips > Buy > Caveat Emptor!

(Buyer Beware!)

If the price is too good to be true, do the following:

• Check the business at ResellerRatings.com.

• Check the business at the national and local Better Business Bureau organizations.

• Use a search engine.

Enter the name of a business, plus the word problem.

Then do another search substituting complaint for problem.

Also, try adding forum to the search string, to locate forums in which people are discussing their camera-buying woes.

• ebay:

ebay Advice Matt Denton

• Michael Zhang: