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I'm seriously considering buying a parallel imported digital camera
from e-Top Online http://www.etop.co.nz

It appears they offer their own 12 month warranty on all the cameras
they sell. Has anyone had to return a camera to these guys? How quick
did they turn around the repair?

Also, if your camera came with a charger did you have to buy an adapter
to plug it into a NZ mains socket?

On 28 Dec 2004 14:22:45 -0800, had this to say:

>I'm seriously considering buying a parallel imported digital camera
>from e-Top Online http://www.etop.co.nz
>
>It appears they offer their own 12 month warranty on all the cameras
>they sell. Has anyone had to return a camera to these guys? How quick
>did they turn around the repair?

Don't know about these guys, but most of the other parallel importers
will then return the camera from whence it came, meaning a delay of
weeks or months.

Worth asking the question.

Other thing is, you want to make sure they're going to be around to
honour the warranty, as the local distributors wont want a bar of it,
leaving you PC Company'd if they quietly disappear.

>Also, if your camera came with a charger did you have to buy an adapter
>to plug it into a NZ mains socket?

Again, worth asking the question.

On 28 Dec 2004 14:22:45 -0800, had this to say:

>I'm seriously considering buying a parallel imported digital camera
>from e-Top Online http://www.etop.co.nz
>
>It appears they offer their own 12 month warranty on all the cameras
>they sell. Has anyone had to return a camera to these guys? How quick
>did they turn around the repair?

Don't know about these guys, but most of the other parallel importers
will then return the camera from whence it came, meaning a delay of
weeks or months.

Worth asking the question.

Other thing is, you want to make sure they're going to be around to
honour the warranty, as the local distributors wont want a bar of it,
leaving you PC Company'd if they quietly disappear.

>Also, if your camera came with a charger did you have to buy an adapter
>to plug it into a NZ mains socket?

Again, worth asking the question.

I have fired off an email and will let everyone know the answers.

I'm looking at a Nikon Coolpix 3700 - a nice simple point and shoot
ultra-compact camera. $360 for the parallel imported jobby; $449 is the
cheapest price for one sourced via the NZ distributor. I've spent hours
reading reviews so don't try and change my mind

I have fired off an email and will let everyone know the answers.

I'm looking at a Nikon Coolpix 3700 - a nice simple point and shoot
ultra-compact camera. $360 for the parallel imported jobby; $449 is the
cheapest price for one sourced via the NZ distributor. I've spent hours
reading reviews so don't try and change my mind

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:41:01 -0800, "James West" <> wrote:

>hmm
>
>$499 from Noel Leemings
>
>free case and 128MB CF card not to be sniffed at
>
>14 days no reason money back or 30 days exchange
>
>James



You can haggle with them as I got $100 off a $700 camera.


><> wrote in message
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>>I have fired off an email and will let everyone know the answers.
>>
>> I'm looking at a - a nice simple point and shoot
>> ultra-compact camera. $360 for the parallel imported jobby; $449 is the
>> cheapest price for one sourced via the NZ distributor. I've spent hours
>> reading reviews so don't try and change my mind
>>
>

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:41:01 -0800, "James West" <> wrote:

>hmm
>
>$499 from Noel Leemings
>
>free case and 128MB CF card not to be sniffed at
>
>14 days no reason money back or 30 days exchange
>
>James



You can haggle with them as I got $100 off a $700 camera.


><> wrote in message
>news: roups.com...
>>I have fired off an email and will let everyone know the answers.
>>
>> I'm looking at a - a nice simple point and shoot
>> ultra-compact camera. $360 for the parallel imported jobby; $449 is the
>> cheapest price for one sourced via the NZ distributor. I've spent hours
>> reading reviews so don't try and change my mind
>>
>

writes:

>I'm seriously considering buying a parallel imported digital camera
>from e-Top Online http://www.etop.co.nz

>It appears they offer their own 12 month warranty on all the cameras
>they sell. Has anyone had to return a camera to these guys? How quick
>did they turn around the repair?

>Also, if your camera came with a charger did you have to buy an adapter
>to plug it into a NZ mains socket?

I was looking at this a few months ago, while it's been a long-established
rule that the prices for flash memory in NZ are exactly twice the US prices, I
didn't expect this difference to carry over to cameras as well. The one I
wanted was $300 cheaper from Amazon (which isn't even the cheapest source)
including shipping and tax, that's 40% less than the best NZ price (e-Top).
If you're going to be getting a parallel import (where you're likely to get a
US or Asian manual and power adapter anyway, the ones I've seen are usually
Asian-sourced) you may as well do it yourself and save another few hundred
dollars.

(I've always wondered why there isn't at least one NZ vendor who sells flash
memory at realistic prices, they'd make an absolute killing).

Peter.

writes:

>I'm seriously considering buying a parallel imported digital camera
>from e-Top Online http://www.etop.co.nz

>It appears they offer their own 12 month warranty on all the cameras
>they sell. Has anyone had to return a camera to these guys? How quick
>did they turn around the repair?

>Also, if your camera came with a charger did you have to buy an adapter
>to plug it into a NZ mains socket?

I was looking at this a few months ago, while it's been a long-established
rule that the prices for flash memory in NZ are exactly twice the US prices, I
didn't expect this difference to carry over to cameras as well. The one I
wanted was $300 cheaper from Amazon (which isn't even the cheapest source)
including shipping and tax, that's 40% less than the best NZ price (e-Top).
If you're going to be getting a parallel import (where you're likely to get a
US or Asian manual and power adapter anyway, the ones I've seen are usually
Asian-sourced) you may as well do it yourself and save another few hundred
dollars.

(I've always wondered why there isn't at least one NZ vendor who sells flash
memory at realistic prices, they'd make an absolute killing).

Peter.

On 29 Dec 2004 08:24:59 GMT, (Peter Gutmann) wrote:

> writes:
>
>>I'm seriously considering buying a parallel imported digital camera
>>from e-Top Online http://www.etop.co.nz
>
>>It appears they offer their own 12 month warranty on all the cameras
>>they sell. Has anyone had to return a camera to these guys? How quick
>>did they turn around the repair?
>
>>Also, if your camera came with a charger did you have to buy an adapter
>>to plug it into a NZ mains socket?
>
>I was looking at this a few months ago, while it's been a long-established
>rule that the prices for flash memory in NZ are exactly twice the US prices, I
>didn't expect this difference to carry over to cameras as well. The one I
>wanted was $300 cheaper from Amazon (which isn't even the cheapest source)
>including shipping and tax, that's 40% less than the best NZ price (e-Top).
>If you're going to be getting a parallel import (where you're likely to get a
>US or Asian manual and power adapter anyway, the ones I've seen are usually
>Asian-sourced) you may as well do it yourself and save another few hundred
>dollars.
>
>(I've always wondered why there isn't at least one NZ vendor who sells flash
> memory at realistic prices, they'd make an absolute killing).
>
>Peter.



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