Abuttolph Offline Upload & Sell: On
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Danpbphoto wrote:
Adele, did you post negative feedback on YELP? OR Resellerratings.com? Everyone has to do that. Both were not around when I bought from them.
Tony...would love to know if those positive reviews are real customers!
Dan
Dan - yes, I posted reviews on both Yelp amd Resellerratings.com. I even went to the government's fraud website and reported it there (not sure if that will help, but it probably won't hurt).
I suspect that some of the positive reviews are real. There are lots of people who purchase items either not knowing or not caring about the whole gray market issue and when they are pleased with the equipment itself and don't think that they have any issues with the order, then they post positive reviews. Undoubtedly though, some of the reviews are bogus. I tend to think that the bogus ones all tend to be similar - fairly short and praising the people who took the orders, fast shipping, and possibly loving the gear.
mikeinctown wrote:
First, i feel your pain and anger. I've been burned by companies like this before, though thankfully not with anything photographty related, and not with anything of great value.
One of the things I've learned over the last few years with photography equipment, and especially with the Canon rebates I seem to frequently get is that if you want something to be from an authorized seller, that you check their seller list and go off that.
I've also learned that for some reason Canon is better about servicing their gear that may be grey market than any other company is. Nikon and Tamron seem to refuse to even service these products even when you are paying for the work.
If you post in the Nikon area here I'm hoping you can get some suggestions for a place you can send your camera to in order to get some work done on it. The alternative is to see if a relative, friend, or maybe an outgoing member out of the US would be willing to have you ship them the camera for them to take in for repair.
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I totally agree about purchasing from an authorized seller. My husband did not know to do that, and I suspect that many other people don't either. This is something that 42nd St counts on, I am sure
As far as the repair goes, I took the camera into a reliable camera store (came highly recommended - Bozeman Camera) and the tech there is sending it a place that he is confident will repair it. I have to wait a while to find out because the camera has to be returned from Nikon first and then reshipped to the other repair shop (I don't know yet who it is).
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