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> I will go out of my way to be sure I never purchase a scrap of camera gear on Amazon again. If you're still making large-ticket purchases on Amazon and haven
by throwanem 4y ago
> I will go out of my way to be sure I never purchase a scrap of camera gear on Amazon again.
If you're still making large-ticket purchases on Amazon and haven't yet gotten ripped off, you're amazingly lucky. I've been applying this rule since 2017, when I paid full retail for what turned out to be a gray-market (thus not covered by warranty) Nikon 200-500mm.
- snapetom 4y agoHoly hell, this is true. Amazon is notorious for scammers. It's great if you want to buy a jug of dishwashing gel, but for anything risky like cameras, stick to a specialist. B&H is especially good with their fast and free shipping.
- themagician 4y agoI stopped buying pretty much anything over $50 from Amazon years ago. A few months back I was looking for a B+W lens filter that was discontinued. Couldn’t find it anywhere… except Amazon. They had one. It was about $140. I figured what hell and bought it. Not only was it a fake, it was a horrible fake. Cheap fake box and the filter itself… it wasn’t even glass. It was a cheap piece of acrylic in a metal ring. It had no use. It was garbage. Amazon gave me my money back, but I can’t imagine how fakes this bad get into the pipeline. It’s such a joke.
- KingOfCoders 4y agoI've stopped buying cameras from Amazon 5y ago, when in Germany I mostly got used stuff (people using something 30 days and then sending it back is "used" to me, just as a car becomes used the first day you drive it, and the used car market shows in a price drop) sold as new. With fingerprints on lenses and all. I got off prime sometimes later, and now need to jump through hurdles and find the small "No thank you I don't want free shipping" link everytime I buy something.