Hoya cpl - fake or not ?

Im always sceptical buying from ebay, so do you guys think this is the real deal ?

Hoya HD Cpl 77mm 65pounds = around 98 dollars. he has sold 109 filters though..
LINK

Draw your own conclusions from this:

• The address given is right in the centre of London's West End - the tourist area, very near the British Museum.
  
• The phone number is for OUTER London (BT's official description).
  
• The address is actually that of British Monomarks, who provide a mail forwarding service with a "prestigious London street address".
  
• The price is almost too low to be believable - it's certainly below the official UK importer's trade price!!
  

I wouldn't buy filters on ebay from any seller regardless of feedback. Stick to well known retailers for those. They're easy to fake.

thanks for the help

Whortleberry wrote in post #14568036
Draw your own conclusions from this:

• The address given is right in the centre of London's West End - the tourist area, very near the British Museum.
  
• The phone number is for OUTER London (BT's official description).
  
• The address is actually that of British Monomarks, who provide a mail forwarding service with a "prestigious London street address".
  
• The price is almost too low to be believable - it's certainly below the official UK importer's trade price!!
  

After much research, I bought (a couple of years ago) an official UK import Marumi DHG Super Circular Polariser for about the same price as asked here and it has proved outstanding in every respect. One place you could try http://www.amazon.co.u​k …sing-Filter/dp/B001F7BFNS, or the Norwegian version thereof could no doubt help.

PS: If you look in the postage section of your eBay link, you'll find that he doesn't post to Norway anyway. So that's the end of that!!

I usually send a mail to people that have not listed the country and ask if they send to Norway, i usually get a yes from them

amazon doesnt send to Norway

this looks good? says it stored in UK and sent from UK.

Marumi
Link

Tomme: That's identical to the one I have which is so successful. I know of, but have never dealt with the company in your link. One I have dealt with a number of times is at http://www.fotosense.c​o.uk …ar-polarising-filter.html and yes, they will ship to Norway. As ever, shipping isn't cheap - but then you'd still have a superb polariser at a very decent price.

fotoSENSE have always, for me, been super reliable and unbelievably fast. After over 40 years as a pro. photographer, I've become very, very picky about who I deal with and I can recommend these folks personally - every order has been perfect and quicker than expected.

Tomme wrote:
="Tomme"]amazon doesnt send to Norway

You may find this interesting.http://askville.amazon​.com …wer.do?requestI​d=73584914

I have a similar ongoing problem with a protégé in the Irish Republic - it's amazing how many folks won't ship to Ireland! Goodness knows why, but there it is.

Unfortunately, even well-known retailers get caught out on occasion. For some things it's worth risking if the saving is huge but anything which directly affects optical quality is just like buying a used car with imperfect brakes. You may get lucky, or you may get very unlucky. I do know that fotoSENSE buy from the UK importer so no qualms with the recommendation.

99.9% feedback from over 7000 transactions...speaks well for the seller

I bought from this seller Hoya Pro 1 Digital C-PL, Kenko TC 1.4x, extension tubes
and everything was OK

Whortleberry wrote in post #14569549
Tomme: That's identical to the one I have which is so successful. I know of, but have never dealt with the company in your link. One I have dealt with a number of times is at http://www.fotosense.c​o.uk …ar-polarising-filter.html and yes, they will ship to Norway. As ever, shipping isn't cheap - but then you'd still have a superb polariser at a very decent price.

fotoSENSE have always, for me, been super reliable and unbelievably fast. After over 40 years as a pro. photographer, I've become very, very picky about who I deal with and I can recommend these folks personally - every order has been perfect and quicker than expected.You may find this interesting.http://askville.amazon​.com …wer.do?requestI​d=73584914

I have a similar ongoing problem with a protégé in the Irish Republic - it's amazing how many folks won't ship to Ireland! Goodness knows why, but there it is.Unfortunately, even well-known retailers get caught out on occasion. For some things it's worth risking if the saving is huge but anything which directly affects optical quality is just like buying a used car with imperfect brakes. You may get lucky, or you may get very unlucky. I do know that fotoSENSE buy from the UK importer so no qualms with the recommendation.

Just ordered from fotosense, thanks for the tip

You're welcome, Tomme. Funny thing is, yesterday evening I too ordered more gear ........... from fotoSENSE!

^best part is that the filter was on half price and i dont need to pay the VAT AND the shipping only costed 7pounds, so i payed in total 63pounds i think

Enjoy! Unlike a number of photo press journalists I've known down the decades, I will only ever recommend stuff I trust and use myself.