I'd been told by a few people that the B&H camera shop was worth going to both because it's cheap and for the experience. I'd been told that it was all run by Hasidic Jews and had a weird conveyor belt system, so I was picturing a small family run shop somewhere in New York...
I found it today, it's HUGE and has all sorts of crazy chutes and runners, rollers and conveyor belt things running all round the shop, in the ceiling, under the counters, around the walls.
I found it today, it's HUGE and has all sorts of crazy chutes and runners, rollers and conveyor belt things running all round the shop, in the ceiling, under the counters, around the walls.
About 90% of the people who work there are Jewish (not sure what the connection is with cameras and the Jewish), all smartly dressed in their waistcoats and wee hats.
It's a bit of a confusing system, but it's a really efficient one, you go to one counter and tell them what you'd like - they find it for you and give you a ticket to take downstairs (but they don't give you the item you want to buy), so you take the ticket down to the checkout and pay for the item, but they don't give you the item either, they give you another ticket... then you go to the pick up counter where your item is waiting for you, already in a bag on a hook! Quite amazing really.
It's a bit of a confusing system, but it's a really efficient one, you go to one counter and tell them what you'd like - they find it for you and give you a ticket to take downstairs (but they don't give you the item you want to buy), so you take the ticket down to the checkout and pay for the item, but they don't give you the item either, they give you another ticket... then you go to the pick up counter where your item is waiting for you, already in a bag on a hook! Quite amazing really.
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