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😠 Worst customer seevice! I went in, stood in line and waited - mind you, I was carrying my baby. When one of the sales people was done with the client, instead of going to me, he just went to someone else who came in after me totally ignoring me! Wow, seriously? This is how you treat customers? Well,... People often mention Jason, camera, service, shop, lens, friendly, store, customer, staff, helpful,


Address

Queens Arcade Shop 12, Ground Floor/32 Queen Street, CBD, Auckland 1010, New Zealand

Website

www.photowarehouse.co.nz

Contact

+64 9 309 0715

Rating on Google Maps

4.20 (226 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Friday: 9 am to 5 pm
  • Saturday: 10 am to 5 pm
  • Sunday: 10 am to 4 pm
  • Monday: 9 am to 5 pm
  • Tuesday: 9 am to 5 pm
  • Wednesday: 9 am to 5 pm
  • Thursday: 9 am to 5 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: Jason (21) camera (15) service (14) shop (9) lens (9) friendly (8) store (8) customer (7) staff (7) helpful (7)
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  • 1/5 Cammy C. 10 months ago on Google
    Worst customer seevice! I went in, stood in line and waited - mind you, I was carrying my baby. When one of the sales people was done with the client, instead of going to me, he just went to someone else who came in after me totally ignoring me! Wow, seriously? This is how you treat customers? Well, I won’t be coming back.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 william a. 2 years ago on Google
    Excellent customer service from Morro!! If I need any information about cameras and photography, he's always very friendly, knowledgeable, patient and help me find what I'm looking for
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Map M. 4 years ago on Google • 15 reviews
    Good retail setting but customer service. The sale staff treat customer like potential shoplifters! Will ask all my mates to avoid this establishment; we can buy from other camera shops in New Zealand! Just search on google and you have more choices. Why spoil your day by these ignorants when you buy from more pleasant camera shop?
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Kim L. 3 months ago on Google • 35 reviews New
    Avoid this store. It's a shame this store lets the franchise down. The staff are rude and uneducated. They don't honour the advertised window pricing. We were on a cruise ship on Sunday 7-Jan-2024 wanting to purchase binoculars for the $188 advertised in the window only to find out they were another $50 higher without an explanation why! It's illegal to not sell at the advertised price, something the store attendant clearly didn't give a rats a#$* about!! So we simply walked out. NZ clearly doesn't need tourism. Edit...10-Jan-2024. Wow, as you can see from their response, how unprofessional they are. The accusations being made about us is totally fabricated and untrue. I can guarantee if security footage of the said abuse was requested as evidence, it would mysteriously be unavailable. I wish you luck as customer feedback is clearly not important to your business improvement.

  • 5/5 Lizanne G. 5 months ago on Google • 31 reviews
    Fast and very helpful service! I went in to get passport photos done very last minute and they had photos taken, printed and emailed in just a couple of minutes!

  • 1/5 Hui L. 1 year ago on Google
    The staff member is friendly but my shopping experience is terrible. I have been to the shop for 3 times but still didn’t get the camera and lense I wanted. I even missed out the Queen birthday sales and have been waiting for a week for the product transferred from another city to Auckland, then it turns out the camera was sold by another staff to someone else. the staff asked me to go to the competitors, very weird shopping experience…will never visited the shop again…
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 michael “wheelspin” W. 2 years ago on Google
    Dealt with Keith and Jason for a number of years now and when it was time to upgrade to a Nikon Z9 I made the call to Keith and he organised and delivered before the new year, along with the 24-120mm lens and 1.4 converter and ordered the 100-400mm F4 lens. Always knowledgable, friendly and informative. My local dealer, who hardly gives me the time of day, missed out again. All up about $20k. Thanks again. Cheers Mike
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Roberto B. 4 months ago on Google • 12 reviews
    good price, quick, they guy saved my life today! thank you a lot to the guy who helped me Roberto Brogna at 2:30 in the afternoon of boxing day. best quality and friendly

  • 5/5 Dillan P. 4 months ago on Google • 8 reviews
    Jason was such a lovely staff member to deal with. Helped me out on two separate occasions and I ended up purchasing a cleaning kit. Went above and beyond and I'd highly recommend the store.

  • 5/5 Wilson E. 6 months ago on Google • 3 reviews
    Wonderful experience being to this PhotoWarehouse, especially with the help of Jason and colleague they were awesome and kind enough to asisit me in everything that i need. truely appreciate such attitude in service line where we dont usually see it often nowadays. once again thank you Jason will definitely visit again when i am back to Auckland.

  • 3/5 Hannah K. 1 year ago on Google
    Update: Jason was very helpful in following up with my photos and out of good will wanted to give me a refund for one roll that came out blank (was my own fault). So i will upgrade to 3 stars. Thanks Jason. Usually i don’t leave bad reviews but this is frustrating. The photowarehouse i’d been getting films from would take a day max but here I was told 10days wait time as they were quite busy and i was ok but it extended to 2 weeks. I rang to confirm and was told that their scanner broke and there were a few people’s films in the waiting queue before me so I understood and waited and received a text on Tue to wait 24hrs for the digital copies. It’s Friday now and they still said another 24 hours since it’s possible to go into the wrong email. I needed those films for some events and it’s too late now. Not a good experience. Not happy. If the service is good next time i will change the review to 5 stars but today’s not the day. Sorry.

  • 5/5 Velimir G. 1 year ago on Google
    Very good service and got the exact products I was looking for on sale with tax free pickup arranged at the airport.

  • 5/5 Arnab R. 6 months ago on Google
    Dominic and chris are legends. Thats the best way to describe my experience at the store today. Amazing Thanks a lot guys.

  • 5/5 Zaw Myo A. 9 months ago on Google
    I visited Photo Warehouse at Queens Arcade today to buy a Nikon AF-P Dx 18-55mm lens and a Kase MCUV Ii Ultra Slim UV filter. I met Jason Webb who was very helpful. Thanks Jason.

  • 5/5 he g. 10 months ago on Google
    Much appreciated for your professional, experiences and patient today Jason:) Without your help, I believe I won’t get the photos on time.

  • 5/5 Angela T. 1 year ago on Google
    This store saved the day for me. I was looking for high quality photo papers and they had like the good ones $50 for 50 sheets.

  • 5/5 Nick W. 1 year ago on Google
    Jason is an absolute legend. Last night while setting up to film a project for uni, my tripod fell and my camera landed right on the lens, dislodging it and locking the zoom. I tried to fix it myself but couldn't, so I went in with the lens this morning and left with it fixed in under 5 minutes. Excellent service, thank you

  • 5/5 Carla F. 1 year ago on Google
    Thank you, Jason, for your assistance this morning! Jason was able to remove a stuck filter on my lens. He also explained proper use of the filter. His service was exceptional and very professional,. I highly recommend this camera store. Cheers, Carla Francis

  • 5/5 Lara S. 1 year ago on Google
    Great shop. We searched for a lense for our Sony Alpha and Jason was very friendly and helpful. We can fully recommend this shop.

  • 5/5 renee l. 1 year ago on Google
    Great experience! The guy answered a few of my questions and was happy to help me, it was great to try out the lens on my own camera too. Thank you!

  • 5/5 Sarah M. 1 year ago on Google
    Really friendly staff who helped me with my reusable Kodak film camera (film, batteries etc). Definitely will go back when I get to the developing stage.

  • 1/5 Famishedgoat 1 year ago on Google
    What is it about cameras thats makes people think there in another world. Either way service is very rude. I can’t express enough simply their loss. Its the universe speaking. Turns its the most expensive camera place in all Auckland.

  • 5/5 Nicole D. 1 year ago on Google
    Jason is incredibly knowledgeable and friendly. Nothing was too much trouble, and they had a really wide range in stock with all the accessories I needed. Thankyou!

  • 5/5 Kevin D. 1 year ago on Google
    Couldn't find this camera in the States anywhere. Keith held this camera for over 3 weeks even though their policy is 7 days. Thanks Keith! We'll take great pictures! Cheers

  • 5/5 Marco M. 2 years ago on Google
    Great costumer service, and great range of high quality tripods and cameras on display to look at. Highly recommend :)

  • 5/5 Alana P. 1 year ago on Google
    Jason was an absolute icon. After a tragic accident that left our camera lens in a less than desirable state, Jason came to the party with his surgeon hands and fixed this puppy in one fell swoop. Cool, calm and collected, Jason is the absolute man - thanks a million. Xoxo - Tessa & Alana

  • 5/5 Jane Y. 1 year ago on Google
    I was in a rush to have my photos printed for a visa application, and the guys working in this shop were so helpful. They were short staffed for sure but the whole photo printing process was so smooth and helpful. And I made it to the embassy 15 mins before they close thanks to these guys. Definitely saved me another trip to the embassy. 🙏

  • 5/5 Guo Wei L. 1 year ago on Google
    Had a walk through. Jason in the store was super helpful

  • 5/5 Fernando S. 3 years ago on Google
    This guy Jason have the best customer service ever! As soon as you get there he will provide you with the fastest and the best service! If you ever wanted to get your photos printed for such an affordable price come to this place!! 👍👍👍👍

  • 5/5 Ad W. 8 months ago on Google • 1 review
    I've been looking for shop that can take passport photo urgently.. I'm grateful that it opens in the weekend.. It was my bad day, but thankfully Chris was really friendly guy, he takes my picture nicely and offers affordable price for the service. I promise him to leave good review for him XD recommended 👍
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Celine Du p. 8 months ago on Google • 1 review
    The shop manager, Jason helped me with my new camera that got sand in the lens, he was knowledgeable and kind and i would high recommend him for anyone looking for any camera equipment. He managed to get the camera working again where as before it kept having faults and turning off. Thank you for helping me out of the kindness of your heart.

  • 5/5 Aurora M. 5 months ago on Google • 2 reviews
    I highly recommend this shop, such a beautiful people and the customer service was on top notch. They helped me to get the passport photo done quickly even there was a problem on my attire they lend me a jacket just to get through. Such a saviour and lovely people.

  • 5/5 Felix H. 2 months ago on Google • 2 reviews New
    Jason helped me clean my alpha 7 Mark 2 which a little dust spot. Great Store


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ In-store pick-up
    • ✓️ On-site services
    • ✓️ In-store shopping

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