San Jose Digital camera & Video, a Campbell enterprise with practically a 100-year historical past of serving the South Bay group, was damaged into and looted earlier this week.
Thieves reportedly rammed a automobile into the entrance of the shop, situated on South Winchester Boulevard, after which stole merchandise early within the morning on March 5.
“We have been serving San Jose, and the South Bay for almost 100 years and would love to for another 100,” in keeping with a put up on the enterprise’ Fb web page. “The damages were pretty extensive and while insurance does help cover some of the cost to repair things, it won’t completely cover operational fees, lost wages, replacements and repairs etc.”
The shop reportedly sustained damages to the entrance entrance — together with the gates, doorways and home windows — in addition to to the fixtures and cupboards. Additionally, each new and used digital camera gear was taken.
The enterprise is now turning to the group for assist in getting via this troublesome scenario and has began a GoFundMe web page https://www.gofundme.com/f/san-jose-camera-rebuild-after-robbery.
“So, we are reaching out to the community for your continued support. May it be choosing us as your local camera store to shop at, sharing this, to donating,” the put up reads. “Many of you may know that we have been robbed in the past and it’s hard to keep afloat and compete with the likes of Amazon.”
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Initially Printed: March 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM PST
