Are you honestly telling me that 600$CDN = ~ 450$USD is worth a scrappy little paper saying "warranty"?
We have (officially) purchased thousands of dollars of Pentax equipment from the US, as it worked out cheaper than buing in Australia. We saved at least 40% on photo gear and about 50% on films.
All shipments (even though some were late) got here safe and sound. Very well packed and processed without delays. Australian customs will charge the privilege fee and the GST and once you've paid that (we did over the phone by credit card) you get your gear. If you know your docket number, you can even call them in advance. They were quite efficient in all instances.
If you think I am crazy wanting to pay GST - consider that - we pay 10% tax, then we can claim it on our tax retur as a business expense and get 20-40% back. Ha!
CR Kennedy were unmoved by the fact that we could get it elsewhere for about half price. They considered dropping the price of Z-1p by $50 to have our business.
We got 4-5 bodies, a few lenses, 500ftz flashes and other stuff. Nothing required any warranty repairs. One camera (after a few hundred rolls of film) had to have a winder mechanism part replaced, but it wouldn't be a warranty repair anyway. Warranty does not really stop me from buying overseas. When we got 2 Z-1p's, and we saved over a $1000 on the deal, even if something had to be repaired and it cost $500, you would still be ahead!
---- (*)o(*) ---- Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
