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Aug 23, 2017 17:41:17   #
FishingLarry Loc: Shreveport, LA
 
Painful??????

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Aug 23, 2017 18:48:05   #
Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)
 
dcampbell52 wrote:
It will also be VERY difficult to sell because not only is there no warranty but Nikon and Canon may refuse (probably will) to repair it if necessary. Also, Nikon does and Canon may refuse to provide parts or independent repair facilities if they choose to repair. With Nikon especially and Canon and others sometimes, they are very adamant about stopping grey market. Its not only about the cost of repairing something they didn't get a piece of the sale on but also because their customers (the camera stores and department stores) that do play by the rules demand that they also observe the rules. If you owned Joe's Cameras or some other camera company that worked hard to get approved to sell Nikon, Canon or other brands and jumped through the hoops to purchase through authorized Nikon suppliers to maintain the proper credentials and Mike's camera clothing and liquor store opened across the street selling grey market (non-warranted or questionable merchandise for 25% less than you, you'd be demanding solutions from your suppliers too.
It will also be VERY difficult to sell because not... (show quote)


International versions are not necessarily gray market, and they do have international warranties, and Nikon, Canon, Tamron, Sigma etc will fix international gear with the supporting paperwork. Typically international warranty is 1 year, and the the domestic warranties can be up to 5 or 6 yrs on lenses, and 1 year on camera bodies. What you are referring to is gray market - which is what you buy when a company like B & H makes a deal with a importer in a different market to buy stock at a deeper discount and import it from that importer, bypassing the domestic, approved importer - like Nikon USA. It's misleading to state that only stores that are not authorized are the places that sell gray. B&H and Adorama do a brisk business with gray market stuff, right alongside their authorized inventory. And they've been doing it for years. Just sayin'

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Aug 23, 2017 20:18:54   #
Photocraig
 
FishingLarry wrote:
I knew about the warranty. I read online ......a couple of people stated that it was probably worth it to buy the International version because of all the money that is saved......and that lenses very seldom had warranty issues.
And.....I know that one can read anything online!!

Just wanted to know if experienced and seasoned photographers agreed. How are you feelings on that?


Back in the day of totally manual lenses, the thought that not much goes wrong with lenses had merit. But, today, with auto focus and image stabilization there are more things to go wrong. Many of them electronic, another way to spell expensive. And another way to spell VENDOR only repairs. I suggest re-thinking your vintage idea about lens maintenance and repairs.

C

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Aug 25, 2017 08:07:05   #
insman1132 Loc: Southwest Florida
 
I would guess that my first consideration would be the cost savings by buying International. How much are you saving? I would bet that most of us on here that have purchased International have never had a problem that the Mfg warranty would have handled. Hence money truly saved. Now, resell issues? That may be a different problem. Do you do a lot of buying and reselling? Is that a true concern for you?

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