Hard Lesson-42nd Street Camera: Hopefully this will save others grief. 42nd Street Camera is NOT an authorized Canon dealer (and probably other brands, too). So no Canon rebate and 20%...

Dlovitt Loc: Texas Hill Country

Hopefully this will save others grief. 42nd Street Camera is NOT an authorized Canon dealer (and probably other brands, too). So no Canon rebate and 20% restocking fee makes it not feasible to return anything to them. Hope you can benefit from my stupidity. DON'T BUY FROM THEM.

traveler90712 Loc: Lake Worth, Fl.

Hate to say this, but if you had researched 42nd St. Camera here or reseller.com, you could have saved yourself a lot of trouble.

tsilva Loc: Arizona

sorry for your misfortune. a simple (insert favorite search engine here) search is always a good idea to research a company before buying from them.

n3eg Loc: West coast USA

50 shades of grey market.

Dlovitt Loc: Texas Hill Country

traveler90712 wrote:

Hate to say this, but if you had researched 42nd St. Camera here or reseller.com, you could have saved yourself a lot of trouble.

Then don't say it.

Sherman A1 Loc: St. Louis, MO

It's unfortunate, but we pay for our education sometimes. I hope that your post helps others as they look to purchase gear.

joe west Loc: Taylor, Michigan

Dlovitt wrote:

Hopefully this will save others grief. 42nd Street Camera is NOT an authorized Canon dealer (and probably other brands, too). So no Canon rebate and 20% restocking fee makes it not feasible to return anything to them. Hope you can benefit from my stupidity. DON'T BUY FROM THEM.

if you bought with ccard do a charge back, will take 30 days, but you will get money back..

ptcanon3ti Loc: NJ

At least with Canon you might be able to have it repaired, if needed, by Canon for a fee.

wtompkins Loc: Northern Michigan

There are numerous threads here on that store, and none of them advise buying from there.

traveler90712 Loc: Lake Worth, Fl.

Dlovitt wrote:

Then don't say it.

Just type "42nd street" into the search box and read a few of the posts there.

jack schade Loc: La Pine Oregon

Thanks for the info.
Jack

Dlovitt Loc: Texas Hill Country

Sherman A1 wrote:

It's unfortunate, but we pay for our education sometimes. I hope that your post helps others as they look to purchase gear.

That's all I was trying to do. Already know I made a stupid mistake-don't need a lot of piling on from people who are so much smarter than I.

ptcanon3ti Loc: NJ

Dlovitt wrote:

That's all I was trying to do. Already know I made a stupid mistake-don't need a lot of piling on from people who are so much smarter than I.

Don't worry about it.

It won't be the end of the world even if the camera is gray market. At least Canon, in the past - no guarantee for the future, has been kind enough to fix gray market items for a fee.

blankmange Loc: down on the farm...

Dlovitt wrote:

Hopefully this will save others grief. 42nd Street Camera is NOT an authorized Canon dealer (and probably other brands, too). So no Canon rebate and 20% restocking fee makes it not feasible to return anything to them. Hope you can benefit from my stupidity. DON'T BUY FROM THEM.

what did you buy from them?

did you receive what you ordered?

does it work properly?

rdrechsler Loc: Channel Islands Harbor, CA

Dlovitt wrote:

Hopefully this will save others grief. 42nd Street Camera is NOT an authorized Canon dealer (and probably other brands, too). So no Canon rebate and 20% restocking fee makes it not feasible to return anything to them. Hope you can benefit from my stupidity. DON'T BUY FROM THEM.

Ditto, it's a bait and switch operation. I ordered my Nikon D850 from them because their website said they had it in stock. Then I get a phone call that it's not in stock. After some chinanagins they told me they could get me the International version without warranty. No thanks. That was fine with them. So I thought they were pretty good, so I ordered a lens from them. I get another call and they said "Did you know you ordered the International version without warranty? It says so right on the website." No, it doesn't. I finally, after declining two bait and switch "offers," got them to honor the original order which was $200 below list. I'll see if I get what I bargained for, a brand new US AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens. I'll be adding to this post if not.