Factory warranties honored from discount web vendors?

Hi Folks,

After having my wife pawn my Oly OM2, after buying
#4 daughter a Canon S30, after giving my Nikon 6006
to same daughter, I'm about ready to treat myself again
and splurge on an Oly 8080. In researching the purchase
I ran across one pundit warning about buying Olympus
products at less than the manufacturer suggested retail
price lest the factory dishonor the warranty. Further,
they might refuse to repair products even when paid
directly.

Now, to me this sounds like a high-priced retailer trying
to scare customers away from discounters. Does anyone have
any experience in this context?

Second question: Does anyone have any experience with
usaphotonation.com? Their prices seem to be insanely low.
Factory seconds? Rebuilds?

Thanks,
Lew

 

Their prices seem to be insanely low.

They seem to have some factory rebuilds on the website but they seem to clearly
indicate in red font if the item is so, so i guess the $539 price they cite for
the c8080 implies it is for a new item, which completely puzzles me if you
consider that they sell the c5060 for $699. I've never seen the c8080 priced
less than the c5060.

The canon powershot pro1 is quite low-priced too on this site, at $545,
whereas the canon G5 is $539. Very very strange indeed.

 

As the robot in Lost in Space said,"Warning Will Robinson"!!! This place is
a scam,with a capital S!They sell the Nikon D70 with lens for $949,a camera
dealers can't keep in stock at $1299.You should do a little research like I
did,in the photog forums.Not 1 person said they recieved their camera,at
least a dozen posts from people that got ripped!

 

http://tinyurl.com/2cktg

"I've been looking to get a canon digital rebel for a while, and found this
site to sell the camera+lense for $579.
http://www.usaphotonation.com"

If it's true i really fail to understand why they won't put it on ebay where
i'm sure it'd get them a lot more than that.

BTW, Douglas, can you please link to the "photog forums" where you found info
about this site?

 

RUN don't walk and don't send them your money. They just registered their
website ( see poster above) I can find nothing on the web about them not
even under groups in Google. And all legit camera dealers want at least
$777 -www.seewhyelectronic.com or Newegg has it for $820 - for this camera
along with Ebay going for about $800 to $1000.
No way can another legit seller come in at $539!! If you call them I bet
they won't sell it unless you buy hundreds of dollars of add ons like the
stuff that comes with legit stores ie battery, cables, warrantly etc. Go
ahead if you must, but you will regret it. I would lower my sites on the
camera or wait till I could buy it at NewEgg ( one of the best sellers out
there.). In a few months new models will come out driving down prices.

 

<In researching the purchase I ran across one pundit warning about buying
Olympus
products at less than the manufacturer suggested retail price lest the factory
dishonor the warranty.>

Olympus will honor the manufacturer's warranty if the retailer is an authorized
Olympus retailer, no matter what the price. That said, if the price seems too
good to be true, further investigation may be warranted.
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regards,
Henry Posner/B&H Photo-Video
http://www.bhphotovideo.com