Grey Market Equipment
May 10, 2016 08:20:20 #
I'm looking to buy a Nikon D7200 and leaning towards the grey market to save money.
Has anyone had experience with grey market purchases and besides the warrantee issues what are the other cons?
Has anyone had experience with grey market purchases and besides the warrantee issues what are the other cons?
May 10, 2016 08:29:06 #
There are tons of posts about grey market. Just use the search tool and type grey market.
Mark
Mark
Moomoo48 wrote:
I'm looking to buy a Nikon D7200 and leaning towards the grey market to save money.
Has anyone had experience with grey market purchases and besides the warrantee issues what are the other cons?
Has anyone had experience with grey market purchases and besides the warrantee issues what are the other cons?
May 10, 2016 08:33:15 #
markngolf wrote:
Just use the search tool and type grey market.
Mark
Mark
Or gray market.
May 10, 2016 08:34:52 #
Moomoo48 wrote:
I'm looking to buy a Nikon D7200 and leaning towards the grey market to save money.
Has anyone had experience with grey market purchases and besides the warrantee issues what are the other cons?
Has anyone had experience with grey market purchases and besides the warrantee issues what are the other cons?
The only difference is repair work, but recalls would be covered. Independent shops can get minor parts, but Nikon sells parts only to authorized shops.
Try used or refurbished.
May 10, 2016 08:39:27 #
Check with Nikon. They may no longer sell parts to non-authorized dealers and forbid authorized ones from service gray market. You are better off buying used from a reputable dealer. What you save with gray market may be less if you have a major repair. Think very carefully about this.
May 10, 2016 08:41:14 #
Moomoo48 wrote:
I'm looking to buy a Nikon D7200 and leaning towards the grey market to save money.
Has anyone had experience with grey market purchases and besides the warrantee issues what are the other cons?
Has anyone had experience with grey market purchases and besides the warrantee issues what are the other cons?
I worked for a retailer for years. The important distinction, and the reason it's cheaper, is that it's a direct import. The USA distributor is bypassed. As such, they are not obligated to honor the warrranty. Some companies have been rumoured to make exceptions. I have never encountered this.
May 10, 2016 08:58:29 #
May 10, 2016 08:58:38 #
Moomoo48 wrote:
I'm looking to buy a Nikon D7200 and leaning towards the grey market to save money.
Has anyone had experience with grey market purchases and besides the warrantee issues what are the other cons?
Has anyone had experience with grey market purchases and besides the warrantee issues what are the other cons?
I think what you may find is that some gray market dealers won't let you have the camera for the advertised price. They try to 'upsell" you and if you don't take extra stuff at a higher price, the camera suddenly becomes "out of stock" for a long period of time.
Don't ask me how I know....😡
May 10, 2016 09:18:08 #
Moomoo48 wrote:
I'm looking to buy a Nikon D7200 and leaning towards the grey market to save money.
Has anyone had experience with grey market purchases and besides the warrantee issues what are the other cons?
Has anyone had experience with grey market purchases and besides the warrantee issues what are the other cons?
Some non-authorized dealers may be OK to do business with if they're "up-front" about an item. In which case you can purchase an optional warranty.
I never had the experience of buying grey market but I know they usually offer this.
May 10, 2016 09:26:35 #
Bmarsh wrote:
I think what you may find is that some gray market dealers won't let you have the camera for the authorized price. They try to 'upsell" you and if you don't take extra stuff at a higher price, the camera suddenly becomes "out of stock" for a long period of time.
That is a new twist on bait and switch. A new caveat emptor.
May 10, 2016 09:40:54 #
What is peace of mind worth for you when you buy a camera? With gray market you need to send it back to where you bought it and then they usually send it out to a repair place,etc,etc. Two months later you get it back and it still is not fixed. To me buy from an authorized dealer.
Here is a refurbished from a reputable dealer.
http://www.adorama.com/INKD7200R.html
Here is a refurbished from a reputable dealer.
http://www.adorama.com/INKD7200R.html
Moomoo48 wrote:
I'm looking to buy a Nikon D7200 and leaning towards the grey market to save money.
Has anyone had experience with grey market purchases and besides the warrantee issues what are the other cons?
Has anyone had experience with grey market purchases and besides the warrantee issues what are the other cons?
May 10, 2016 09:41:53 #
If you are willing to overlook the warranty issues and the "hard sell" by many of the gray market retailers, go ahead. It's likely you'll save a few hundred dollars going gray market.
You pays your money and takes your chances.
Have you checked Nikon's refurb site? They are currently advertising D7200 (body only) for $1,000.
You pays your money and takes your chances.
Have you checked Nikon's refurb site? They are currently advertising D7200 (body only) for $1,000.
May 10, 2016 09:52:42 #
May 10, 2016 10:04:09 #
Moomoo48 wrote:
I'm looking to buy a Nikon D7200 and leaning towards the grey market to save money.
Has anyone had experience with grey market purchases and besides the warrantee issues what are the other cons?
Has anyone had experience with grey market purchases and besides the warrantee issues what are the other cons?
Nikon won't fix it period. In or out of warranty.
May 10, 2016 10:13:58 #
Moomoo48 wrote:
I'm looking to buy a Nikon D7200 and leaning towards the grey market to save money.
Has anyone had experience with grey market purchases and besides the warrantee issues what are the other cons?
Has anyone had experience with grey market purchases and besides the warrantee issues what are the other cons?
Warranty? There is none. But, chances exist that you'll need to get it repaired/calibrated at some point in time. Where? Nikon won't do it.
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