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Good bye Penn Camera
Posted by:
Penn Camera Chapter 11
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Date: January 04, 2012 02:21PM
http://www.penncamera.com
Penn Camera Exchange Inc., with eight retail stores in the Washington DC metropolitan area, and fixture since 1953, regretfully announced on Wednesday January 4th 2012 that it has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
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What other products will be doomed to the smartphone?
watches, video cameras, alarm clocks, dvd players, televisions?
Penn Camera Exchange Inc., with eight retail stores in the Washington DC metropolitan area, and fixture since 1953, regretfully announced on Wednesday January 4th 2012 that it has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
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What other products will be doomed to the smartphone?
watches, video cameras, alarm clocks, dvd players, televisions?
Re: Good bye Penn Camera
Posted by:
legs
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Date: January 04, 2012 02:24PM
uhh who the fuck cares? never even heard of that place. no wonder they're GOOB
Re: Good bye Penn Camera
Posted by:
former customer
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Date: January 04, 2012 03:05PM
That's really sad! I remember back when they had the best people working there. They gave great advice and really knew about photography. Recently I went back for a little project I was doing and saw that it had been taken over by low class blacks who were not interested in customer service at all. I needed prints made from some old negatives. They gave me the wrong price and the quality was piss poor. At least they are being put out of their misery now.
Re: Good bye Penn Camera
Posted by:
SoA Print Studio
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Date: January 04, 2012 03:31PM
The news about Penn Camera is sad indeed for all photographers in the DC area. They had some of the best service I've ever experienced.
I wanted to let readers know about George Mason University's School of Art Print Studio, which has been in business for about two years. The studio is an on-campus non-profit operation, offering many of the high quality services that Penn Camera did.
Because we are a non-profit, we work hard to keep our prices affordable for students and artists in the community. The lab was founded by photographers, and is staffed exclusively by artist technicians such as myself.
Some services we offer:
-archival-quality fine art inkjet printing
-high quality laser proofs
-digital chromogenic prints (digital c-prints)
-medium and large format color film processing
-film drum scanning
-high resolution flatbed scanning
-color-calibrated previewing stations
-monitor profiling and calibration services
We want to spread the word to other artists, photographers, and community members that some the services they were able to receive at Penn Camera will still be conveniently available right here in Fairfax, Virginia.
Our website is http://soaprint.gmu.edu.
I wanted to let readers know about George Mason University's School of Art Print Studio, which has been in business for about two years. The studio is an on-campus non-profit operation, offering many of the high quality services that Penn Camera did.
Because we are a non-profit, we work hard to keep our prices affordable for students and artists in the community. The lab was founded by photographers, and is staffed exclusively by artist technicians such as myself.
Some services we offer:
-archival-quality fine art inkjet printing
-high quality laser proofs
-digital chromogenic prints (digital c-prints)
-medium and large format color film processing
-film drum scanning
-high resolution flatbed scanning
-color-calibrated previewing stations
-monitor profiling and calibration services
We want to spread the word to other artists, photographers, and community members that some the services they were able to receive at Penn Camera will still be conveniently available right here in Fairfax, Virginia.
Our website is http://soaprint.gmu.edu.
Re: Good bye Penn Camera
Posted by:
doa
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Date: January 04, 2012 03:52PM
They couldnt last. People would go there for advice and to pick out a good camera, then go to Best Buy for a better price.
Re: Good bye Penn Camera
Posted by:
Numbers
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Date: January 04, 2012 04:38PM
That is sad. I knew many of the people who worked there and we would spend lots of time talking shop.
They were the last camera store left and when they close, that's it.
Best Buy is for amatuers and dummies and don't sell pro gear at all.
Thanks for posting this. I'll call someone I know that still works there and get the details.
This really sucks!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/04/2012 04:39PM by Numbers.
They were the last camera store left and when they close, that's it.
Best Buy is for amatuers and dummies and don't sell pro gear at all.
Thanks for posting this. I'll call someone I know that still works there and get the details.
This really sucks!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/04/2012 04:39PM by Numbers.
Re: Good bye Penn Camera
Posted by:
Faggy Bar Mitzvah
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Date: January 04, 2012 04:41PM
I shuddered when I heard the news.
Re: Good bye Penn Camera
Posted by:
raheem stiglitz
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Date: January 05, 2012 02:05PM
do they plan to reorganzie or go out of business?
been to dominion Camera in Falls Church. What happened to all the old guys working there. Just middle eaterners now
Is Fuller d'Albert still in business?
been to dominion Camera in Falls Church. What happened to all the old guys working there. Just middle eaterners now
Is Fuller d'Albert still in business?
Re: Good bye Penn Camera
Posted by:
Clawback
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Date: January 05, 2012 03:19PM
raheem stiglitz Wrote:
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> do they plan to reorganzie or go out of business?
>
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> been to dominion Camera in Falls Church. What
> happened to all the old guys working there. Just
> middle eaterners now
>
> Is Fuller d'Albert still in business?
Did you know that if you are a vendor that did business with a company filing for Ch. 11, that the Debtor in Possession can clawback money you received from the bankrupt company? For example, if you were a local business that sold auto parts to a GM dealership pre-bankruptcy, they could legally come back and make you return money you received from GM for goods you sold them (within the previous few months). Dont mention that the bankrupt company can escape any and all debts they owe.
Chapter 11 is great! I love America!
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> do they plan to reorganzie or go out of business?
>
>
> been to dominion Camera in Falls Church. What
> happened to all the old guys working there. Just
> middle eaterners now
>
> Is Fuller d'Albert still in business?
Did you know that if you are a vendor that did business with a company filing for Ch. 11, that the Debtor in Possession can clawback money you received from the bankrupt company? For example, if you were a local business that sold auto parts to a GM dealership pre-bankruptcy, they could legally come back and make you return money you received from GM for goods you sold them (within the previous few months). Dont mention that the bankrupt company can escape any and all debts they owe.
Chapter 11 is great! I love America!
Re: Good bye Penn Camera
Posted by:
justsayin
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Date: January 05, 2012 07:38PM
Sad, gone in a flash. Had the store more exposure maybe it would have developed into something bigger.
Penn Camera employees are now sadly ISO new positions and need to focus on finding a new home, worth a shot, shouldn't be hard with the depth they have in that field.
Penn Camera employees are now sadly ISO new positions and need to focus on finding a new home, worth a shot, shouldn't be hard with the depth they have in that field.
Re: Good bye Penn Camera
Posted by:
OldtimeResident
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Date: January 05, 2012 10:39PM
raheem stiglitz Wrote:
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> do they plan to reorganzie or go out of business?
>
>
> been to dominion Camera in Falls Church. What
> happened to all the old guys working there. Just
> middle eaterners now
>
> Is Fuller d'Albert still in business?
I suspect they're using chapter 11 to shed the leases on 5 of their retail locations.
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> do they plan to reorganzie or go out of business?
>
>
> been to dominion Camera in Falls Church. What
> happened to all the old guys working there. Just
> middle eaterners now
>
> Is Fuller d'Albert still in business?
I suspect they're using chapter 11 to shed the leases on 5 of their retail locations.