Talk:B&H Photo Video

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[edit] Copied Text

I don't know how much of it, but at least fairly long sentence is copied word for word from the news articles it references. The one I noticied specifically was "B&H opened as a storefront film shop on the Lower East Side run by Herman Schreiber and his wife, Blimie (the store's name comes from their initials)."(http://www.nysun.com/article/48034?page_no=2) Yincrash 21:50, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notability

Notable store. Re-created by me from scratch, rewritten to eliminate A7 G11 G12 issues, after several COI-laden attempts by new users evidently affiliated with the store. - crz crztalk 17:12, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

How is it notable? There a thousands of stores like it, which pros use. No references, therefore by policy it is NOT notable. As a business, fails WP:CORP
Good questions for AfD... not CSD G11. Or A7. Or whatever. You must be kidding... - crz crztalk 17:19, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
No, I'm not kidding. Have you read the letter from the Foundation? Spam is to be aggressively attacked. Akradecki 17:20, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Yes I have. HAVE YOU READ WP:CSD? [obscenities removed]!! - crz crztalk 17:22, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Yes, I have. Before Nawlin got to it and dramatically improved it, it looked, to me, like it fully met "Pages which exclusively promote a company, product, group or service and which would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic." Akradecki 17:33, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

If I might re-start this conversation as a disinterested third party, I can say that this is a notable store for the many reasons cited in the article (predominantly Jewish workforce, unorthodox Orthodox workdays, unrivaled sales volume). Further, the article doesn't taste like spam, it tastes like information. Anybody who says otherwise should go pick on the Sears and J.C. Penney articles. Edited to add: I see my contribution to the discussion is moot since the article has been improved much since the above discussion took place. Robert K S 15:29, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

And even the first revision which Akradecki attacked was spam-free! - crz crztalk 19:23, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Possibly" largest in the United States

The article says it is "possibly" the largest but the source cited has no support for this. Frankly I don't know of any stores that could possibly be larger--the only one that comes to mind in L.A. is Samy's Camera, but I think they're more of a rental house. My fix would be to delete the "possibly" and simply cite a sales volume number. Robert K S 15:29, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

It may not be available, since it's closely held. However Mosherosen (talk · contribs), who probably works there, will be feeding me whatever WP:RS he has, so we may find an approximation there. See his talk page and my talk page. - crz crztalk 19:24, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Can someone mention that the store's website is also closed on holidays?

In response to this unsigned comment. The line "The online store is also closed during these times. " has been added to the article. It's also worth mentioning that the website features a count-down timer as to when online orders will be processed, which is 6:30 P.M. Eastern time on Saturday. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 16:27, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Overhead conveyor system

The wiki page should mention something about the famous overhead conveyor system at the Manhattan store. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.149.184.134 (talk) 05:37, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RE: external links #3 & 4 have absolutely nothing to do with B & H Foto and Electronics Corp.

B&H is a privately owned company, so Google earnings has nothing to do with it. The other article is also pointless, because it has nothing to do with the store.

B & H Foto and Electronics Corp is the largest photo store in THE WORLD! not just the country. It's 70,000 Square feet and covers the entire block on 9th avenue from 33rd to 34th street. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.109.208 (talk) 02:33, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Do you mean references? Enigma message Review 02:36, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Did you even read reference three? It very clearly supports the in article claim which it is referencing. "The men, meanwhile, board yellow school buses every morning and ride to New York City, to jobs in the diamond district or at B & H, the photo and video store near Herald Square." Many who live in Kiryas Joel, New York bus into work at B & H AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 04:45, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
And regarding the google reference - again, it clearly supports the claim that B & H uses the google checkout. Which was high profile at the time. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 04:48, 22 April 2008 (UTC)