Buying Grey Market Dslr's In Thailand Seems Common

[nokbird]

Buying Grey Market Nikon DSLR Equipment in Thailand, Southeast Asia

This guy indicates the Nikons sold at Big Camera in Thailand are grey Market.

Anyone wish to comment who actually know about this? I travel allot and this would really annoy me.

http://www.thaipulse.com/blog/technology/buying-grey-market-nikon-dslr-equipment-in-thailand-southeast-asia/

[FracturedRabbit]

A local warranty does not mean grey market. Canon, for example, sells cameras with a Thailand-only warranty: http://www.canon.co.th/personal/web/buying/warrantyterms?languageCode=EN

If you live in Thailand, then a local warranty from the manufacturer should be acceptable, if you don't live here, then make sure the product comes with a worldwide guarantee. I believe Nikon offer local warranty on their cameras and worldwide on their lenses (as an example, I have no Nikon gear). A grey import has no warranty from the manufacturer; just the dealer saying "bring it back here if it goes wrong".

With reference to the link provided, I doubt that Big Camera would sell grey imports. They are one of the major chains and certainly every camera and lens I have bought from them has been "proper". You will find grey market items in some of the smaller shops in Panthip for example; usually at much lower prices than the main stores. Save some money and hope nothing goes wrong; or stick to the more established shops.