E-Vision

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E-Vision is my new favorite place to shop for electronics in Panama City. The store I use on Via Espana is fairly small, but they still have a fantastic selection of items available on their excellent web site.

The web site really shines, especially when compared to clunkers like Panafoto.com. These guys seem to get it. Most products have an associated details page, and most products list the prices. The site is easy to navigate and it responds very quickly.

Service seems to be excellent at E-Vision. I walked in looking for a home theater system with wireless rear speakers. I easily found an english speaking sales rep, and he brought another guy over who really knew the various products inside and out. He helped with translations when I had questions that he couldn't answer. Top notch, friendly, and informative.

They were also willing to deal on the prices. I've noticed that in Panama, most stores won't negoatiate much. I was buying a tripod for my Canon DSLR at Sanborn's at MultiPlaza Mall, and they only had the display model of the one I wanted to buy. The little feet on the bottoms of the tripod legs were falling off, there was no packaging, no manual, and the tripod had a couple of minor scratches. They refused to discount the price at all. Needless to say, I walked away. At E-Vision, they readily gave me a 10% cash discount on a brand new, unopened product, and even carried it out to the car for me. They offered to send a guy over to help set it up if I had any problems, at no charge, if I would just tip the guy a little bit.

They care about satisfying their customers, and it really shows.

As I said above, the store is fairly small. However, you can browse on their web site and send an e-mail to the store, and they will have it pulled and ready to take home, assuming they have it in stock. If not, they'll confirm your order and bring it in. The web site doesn't allow building a shopping cart, but the facilities are there and I'm assuming the functionality will be added soon. It would be very nice to be able to see the amount of stock on hand in real time, as I usually prefer to order on line and pick it up later that same day.

If you like to browse products in the store, PanaFoto still stands out as the best place to do it. To be fair, I have not been to E-Vision's other store in Los Pueblos, but I also know that I have no desire to drive that far out of the city.

All in all, E-Vision meets my buying needs, as I generally research products online before making a decision. Once I'm ready, I check the E-Vision web site, and call to place the order. Simple, efficient and quick.

Address: Vía España, beside Gran Morrison
The Panama Address: Find the Rey Supermarket on Via Espania, across from Plaza Concordia. E-Vision is right next to Gran Morrison in the next shopping center directly to the West, right next to Rey's upstairs parking garage entrance.
City: Panama City
State: Panamá
Country: Panama
Phone Number: Panama City: 264-2239, Los Pueblos: 217-7649

Submitted: 08/23/2009 (Edited 10/26/2009)
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