[[We purchased a $700 Nikon digital camera through one of Amazon’s third parties, and it turned out to be a gray market ticket with costly issues]]
I bought a $3600 camera with same issues- was defective- had to have it repaired three times- then they told me they were done repairing it- Still doesn’t work right- and I’m expecting the electronic board in it to crap out again anytime- Worst purchase I’ve ever made- Canon refused to stand behind their product even though the issues were due to known (yet hidden) defective components-
The issues didn’t rear their ugly heads until after the return policy- so i was out that option as well
Gray market sucks
[[ “I bought a $3600 camera with same issues- was defective- had to have it repaired three times- then they told me they were done repairing it- Still doesn’t work right-...” ]]
Oh, dear, that’s a piece of change. Did Canon repair your camera for no charge the first three times?
Ours, too, broke just after the refund period. I sent it to Nikon proper [cost me 20+ dollars] to get an estimate, and they were going to replace the camera with a refurbished one, but after seeing the serial number, she told me it was gray market, that Nikon will not touch it.
She told me to tell Amazon to instruct their 3rd party people to make it very clear what customers are purchasing. I did so, and Amazon dropped the distributor, but never gave me my $$ for defective merchandise that they led me to believe was in good order.
And to think I almost purchased the Ricoh equivalent ::sighs::