Anyone ever buy anything from www.hvstar.com ??

 

http://www.resellerratings.com/store/HVStar

Lifetime Rating: 10.00 / 10

seems ok to me.

 

Seems okay for filters, but there are only 6 total reviews on reseller ratings. I'd be cautious of buying any big ticket items.

 

Yeah, I was looking for CP filter.

 

BTW, looks like they got good feedback on POTN

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...ghlight=hvstar

 

I have bought filters from them, and aside from a ridiculous wait at the border (nearly a month) everything went well. Although I can't blame them for the customs issue, I still have a feeling the screwed something up on the customs papers which caused the package to get diverted at the border. The price was right and I wasn't in a hurry, so I don't have much to complain about.

 

I will lbe sure to keep my Chinese CP filter shipment and my Chinese yellow cake orders separated to avoid customs delays!

Thanks guys.

 

I have bought uv and cp filters from them. You can't beat the prices... shipping charges on the other hand? Other than that I have no complaints. As for shipping time, it took about a 10 days.

 

Just got my "center pinch" Canon lens cap from HVStar.com. took about 14 business days, but all was OK. Might try them for filters next, as their prices are a good discount.....

 

I'll give these guys a try as well.

 

The shipping time was the only issue. Oh, and they give you some tracking number that does nothing. Ignore it.

 

I have 3 NG filters one the way from them. Hopefully will be hitting mailbox soon, tracking says left NYC.

 

Nice! My only tracking was a link to the Hong Kong version of DHL, except apparently in Hong Kong, the fun thing to do is to give customers a link to the Hong Kong-ian DHL, but giving them tracking numbers that don't mean anything...

 

I too had to go to a HK website to track, I selected the one for America. Kind of sad, it took two days to get from HK to NYC, but four days from NYC to me today. They gave me a 1gb micro SD card free.

Dan,

Question about the B+W filters you have, did they have the writing (six and model)on the side where it has F-Pro or was it on the front of the filter, on the lip?

 

The model number and filter factor are written on the font of the filter. B+W and "Made in Germany" are written on the sides.

 

I got a little worried, I'd never seen the info written on the front. Thanks

 

ordered a filter from them a few days ago, but haven't gotten it yet. I've heard generally good reviews of them, but a few cases where people think they were given a counterfeit filter.