A 5D2 for $100 less than others?

Sometimes you really have to wonder what manufacturers are thinking

Ask Cameta for a non-Ebay warranty. Problem solved.

dan

dan j wrote in post #7838003
Sometimes you really have to wonder what manufacturers are thinking

Ask Cameta for a non-Ebay warranty. Problem solved.

dan

You mean a non-Ebay receipt?

nicksan wrote in post #7837891
Cameta is in NY, and I didn't want to pay cash. So I bought it from Norman Camera.

Pay tax you mean?

SteveNC wrote in post #7838012
You mean a non-Ebay receipt?

See! This is why I need more coffee not less!

Yes, non-Ebay receipt

dan

Yeah...that too.

timnosenzo wrote in post #7838063
Pay tax you mean?

Well...that's that, I took the plunge and bought it ...gulp.

perfarny wrote in post #7840315
Well...that's that, I took the plunge and bought it ...gulp.

Let us know how it goes, s/be ok though

perfarny wrote in post #7840315
Well...that's that, I took the plunge and bought it ...gulp.

Congrats! I ordered mine on Ebay from Profeel (pmidigital). Got it for $2,399 when the $200 Microsoft Cashback is factored in. They promptly answered my pre-sales questions and within 40 minutes of ordering I had a PDF of the store receipt (without reference to Ebay) and a tracking number. It will be delivered on Tuesday.

timeasterday wrote in post #7850014
Congrats! I ordered mine on Ebay from Profeel (pmidigital). Got it for $2,399 when the $200 Microsoft Cashback is factored in. They promptly answered my pre-sales questions and within 40 minutes of ordering I had a PDF of the store receipt (without reference to Ebay) and a tracking number. It will be delivered on Tuesday.

I'm a happy customer of pmidigital as well. They had the only domestic 24II on Ebay in the last two weeks - which I snagged while the cashback was still 14%. Arrived with US warrantee (and a brand new UX04xx date code) - no complaints with this vendor.

I bought a lens from them last year when MS cashback was 30% and they were super fast sending it out. Good communication and great service.

justgr8 wrote in post #7849582
Let us know how it goes, s/be ok though

Yeah, I have no concerns at this point. The gulp was more for laying down a bunch cash! ....looking forward to it now, though!

samurai wrote in post #7837385
Just so you know, if you call the Canon service center in NJ, they will tell you that ANY transaction on ebay (even if it is from an authorized dealer) will not have a valid warranty. Canon will refuse to honor warranties on ebay transactions. I spoke to several people at NJ Service Center including some of the higher ups. They all said the same thing...if you bought it on ebay, no warranty. Despite my argument that ebay is just a sales platfrom only, they were not willing to change that stance.

So do contact the seller ahead of time, and verify that they will be willing to give you a receipt that does not mention ebay. I was successful in getting a couple of vendors to cooperate and issue receipts that did not mention ebay at all.

According to Canon's position, all those authorized dealers selling on ebay claiming warranty, are making false claims.

Most reputable seller on Ebay will have an actual invoice from their store. If seller are offering unauthorized warranty on Ebay, Ebay will be the first to fire off posting violation in seconds and have all the auctions removed. I also don't believe Cameta, which has over 300k+ feedback would keep selling on Ebay if they have some sort of warranty issue.

I am in the market for a 5D Mark II and have checked Live many, many times and I haven't seen any cash back with e-bay in months. Am I missing something?

yes. you are. 8% currently (which still gets you the $200 max cashback). I just went to live.com, searched on 'canon 5D mark ii'....first link that comes up is ebay, and away you go.

This is exactly what I have been doing and I haven't and still don't see any mention of e-bay when I do any live.com search. I only see the other companies that are doing the cash back. What's up with that?