sjms Offline Buy and Sell: On
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bobbytan wrote:
And where does it say the Feisol warranty is 1 or 3 years?
You have to also take into consideration the resale value too. The resale value of a Gitzo is like an L lens. It holds its value rather well I must say. Can't say the same thing about Feisol or Benro.
only if you treat it like a museum piece. its a tool that is used around on the ground and various other places. if i run by your set of values on it i will beat the feisol even more because it won't loose that perceived value for some it doesn't have.
but then again it not so true because the starting price on a feisol and its quality would still allow a reasonable resale value if kept in good shape. this is because it original purchase price is still lower then the resale price one would want for a used gitzo. working from there opens lots of opportunities for some. yet another reason is i have no real reason to want to sell what works very well.
i have even modded my 3371 to accept Gitzo spikes vs the not so good feisol ones. thanks to another FM friend here it turned out perfect.

on the warranty right from the feisol site:
" Within our three years warranty period, if there is any damage due to manufacture defect or parts defect, then the user will be responsible for return shipping cost only. For other damages, the user is responsible for roundtrip shipping cost and also for parts and labor cost. Our factory is located in Taiwan. All tripods requiring service and repair have to be shipped back to Taiwan only. So if you check your local post office, you can probably estimated the shipping cost.
For small parts damage, we usually ship replacement parts to our customers free of charge even it's passed warranty period. If carbon fiber tube is damaged due to cause other than manufacture defect, then we will charge the material cost for replacement tube. All parts are ship from us directly to our customers and also give them instruction on repair.
Basically, we will try our best to fulfill our customers' needs, no matter purchasing new items or repair old items."
http://www.feisol.com/english/feisolen.htm (see left side where it says warranty its a lot shorter the bogen/gitzo warranty and easy to read too)
the one spare part i did order from them direct came in 5 days. it was a replacement top stage or platform. cost w/shipping $15
anymore questions or corrected info?
Edited by sjms on Apr 09, 2008 at 05:35 PM GMT
Edited on Apr 09, 2008 at 10:35 PM
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