Wawadigital.com (and its pseudonyms, Stop4Camera.com, Starlight Cameras, Stargate Photo, and probably half a dozen others) is a complete and utter scam, apparently. They are one of many online companies that sells the camera for below cost, but cancels the order on you unless you buy hundreds of dollars of over-priced accessories.
They are also, apparently abusive to their customers, according to the following couple of sites:
Leeholmes.com: Customer Service at WaWaDigital รข.. "I'm going to break your neck."
Abusive New York Camera Store Threatens to Break Customer's Neck (thomashawk.com)
Boing-Boing: WaWa Digital cameras threatens to break customer's neck
Update:
Here are some more reviews. I wanted to see if I could find a balanced set of reviews for this company (I couldn't):
A CNET Forums posting by mabi in Forum Digital cameras
WawaDigital.com ripoff Brooklyn New York (badbusinessbureau.com)
Epinions Review of WawaDigital.com
Resellerratings.com review of Stargate Photo/Wawa Digital/wawadigital.com
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I just ordered a camera today, and they emailed me to say that I had to call to confirm the order. They asked about memory, but I said we already had some. They then told me that the camer was refurbished and it would be another hundred dollars to get the new camera. He was very rude and then cancelled the order. What a scam!!!
Called WAWA today, their web site says available. Salesman says unavailable when I don't want extras and hang up. Beware
I ordered a digital camcorder on Feb. 6,2006 and never received it. They never answered my e-mails. I read all the reviews online so I decided I better buy the camcorder elsewhere if I wanted it at all. DO NOT BUY FROM WAWADIGITAL!!!