"Puddin' Man" wrote in message
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On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:45:41 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:



You're asking for a huge amount of information, and it's unlikely anyone
is
going to write a book for you when there's already so much information on
the web.

Start he
http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,2705,5,00.asp

Is indeed helpful.

Take a look at some of the Olympus Stylus models. Some are inexpensive,
and
there's also a way to get a great deal on them, as well as other Olympus
models: Buy a refurbished unit FROM OLYMPUS, via eBay.

Example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/OLYMPUS-Stylus-7...em250194060241

This is the seller's profile:
http://myworld.ebay.com/olympusauctions

I took a peek. Refurb with 3 mo. warranty. I'd rather plunk down a few
more $ ...


Yeah, that's an important factor to weigh. I decided to take my chances, and
I saved a lot of money. Took 3 weeks to actually win an auction, though.
There were lots of morons bidding the prices up to a level higher than the
best legitimate deals on NEW cameras. I finally got mine on Halloween. I
think the dumb bidders were in a candy coma. Nice quiet night on eBay.