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TeamPooka

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19. this about the internet not walmart....

Reply to Kindly Refrain (Original post)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 03:28 PM

Sep 2012

Ritz is a specialty camera shop.
specialty shops like this once were the only place to find "the hard to find"
They now have to compete with the internet more than a general retailer like walmart in selling special filters. lenses and such.
Now you order those online easier and cheaper than from a Ritz.

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Ritz Camera is going out of business [View all] Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 OP

Well, that and the fact film photography is mostly a thing of the past. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2012 #1

They pretty muched stopped selling film a while ago. Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #4

Then it make sense. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2012 #12

Plus, film puts a lot of people to work Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #14

Too bad NV Whino Sep 2012 #2

Hey, they survived Blockbuster. Barack_America Sep 2012 #3

the whole company or just your local store? nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #5

The whole company Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #7

I hate to say it nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #10

The good stuff was only 15% off Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #15

Yeah but that is the tax and a little more nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #17

same with the Wolfe Cameras around here Skittles Sep 2012 #6

I noticed that, too derby378 Sep 2012 #24

I believe Wolfe and Ritz were the same company... regnaD kciN Sep 2012 #30

I used to order equipment from their NYC store. MineralMan Sep 2012 #8

Saw the writing on the wall here a couple of months ago Proud Public Servant Sep 2012 #9

Website says reopening under new management Nov. 1st - lynne Sep 2012 #11

Yeah, no more Kodachrome either RoccoR5955 Sep 2012 #13

Well...would you go back to chemical photography? Taverner Sep 2012 #16

I do all sorts of chemical photography... hunter Sep 2012 #25

Tell me, as a journalist nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #18

That depends on who you shoot for RoccoR5955 Sep 2012 #21

Most reporters don't get paid much nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #22

Quite true. The only thing you forgot was RoccoR5955 Sep 2012 #23

True, very true burrowowl Oct 2012 #33

this about the internet not walmart.... TeamPooka Sep 2012 #19

Tourist rip off place, won't be missed DainBramaged Sep 2012 #20

"Ritz Camera Liquidation Approved After Second Bankruptcy" kwassa Sep 2012 #26

Well, most photographers are going out of business too. robinlynne Sep 2012 #27

it seems like everyone is a photographer these days JI7 Oct 2012 #32

I was a photogrpaher for 38 years. looking to retrain into a new field. jobless. robinlynne Oct 2012 #35

The name evokes a time long gone. Like "Fotomat." MADem Sep 2012 #28

Ah, good ol' Fotomat jsr Sep 2012 #29

Those are both cool and creative~! nt MADem Sep 2012 #31

They had a better printer than I do OriginalGeek Oct 2012 #34