Have you ever bought something from an over seas retailer?

10 years 5 months ago #317261 by Robert Chen
I just found this site, and granted it's in British pounds, they have some good deals on the site www.jessops.com/ I started searching around and found some other sites in Europe, but this one seems to be the nicer looking site. So would camera gear sold in other countries be considered grey market?

Nikon D300 24-70mm f2.8
70-200mm f2.8
50mm f1.4 & 50mm f1.8
105mm f2.8
2 SB800

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10 years 5 months ago #317279 by John Landolfi
Of course. It would not carry a USA warranty, so...
In addition, you probably won't have any recourse if it's a lemon.


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10 years 5 months ago #317323 by Camera Diva
Now this I never really understood. So people spending $3000 (as example) on a camera let's say in France. If the person is a resident of France, do they have their own warranty for the camera there and would gear purchased from USA becomes 'Grey' market?

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10 years 5 months ago #317351 by garyrhook
You can get warranty coverage for products sold by authorized retailers in the country of purchase. At least, for products from Nikon, for example. So, yes, if you live in France, you buy from a authorized French reseller. All else is gray market.

As for good deals, a quick perusal of Nikon bodies shows that those prices are higher than what you can find on Amazon, given market currency rates as of this writing. E.g. a D3200 body here: $399; there: $470. That's not a good deal in my book.

Buy domestic and save yourself a headache.


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