Why Canon & Nikon don't offer International Warranties like Apple does?

I am just wondering... life would have been so much easier if Canon and Nikon offers International warranty just like Apple does...

any thoughts?

My sister just bought a Macbook Pro in Singapore, knowing that it has International Warranty... but I can't do the same for my gears as Canon and Nikon won't honor gray units.

Perhaps so that you can't go to another country where the items are much cheaper and bring them back, thus taking profit away from your local Canon outfit...

photoPanda wrote in post #10546445
Perhaps so that you can't go to another country where the items are much cheaper and bring them back, thus taking profit away from your local Canon outfit...

I am not really sure if thats the reason though... wherever, whenever you buy a canon, it is still a canon...

You do realise that you probably got it cheaper due to taxation and that you are supposed to pay the duty when you arrive back?

neilwood32 wrote in post #10546850
You do realise that you probably got it cheaper due to taxation and that you are supposed to pay the duty when you arrive back?

Things are done differently in the Philippines. Citizens tend to take pride in dodging custom charges and **** about tax evaders. Double standards? )

neilwood32 wrote in post #10546850
You do realise that you probably got it cheaper due to taxation and that you are supposed to pay the duty when you arrive back?

well we could just ditch the boxes and not declare the item to the custom as newly bought...

and singapore is doing tax refund on electronic items too...so whatever taxes you are going to pay coming into the philippines will likely be offset by the tax refund

dolina wrote in post #10546901
Things are done differently in the Philippines. Citizens tend to take pride in dodging custom charges and **** about tax evaders. Double standards? )

shhh.... hehehehe of course we do..

but that's not the point of the thread though... sometimes we can't find the gear we want in our homeland, but we can't buy at B&H, Adorama or anywhere else because of warranty issues. Unlike Apple, you can certainly buy from anywhere you want and still have warranty covered when you go back home.

monk3y wrote in post #10546513
I am not really sure if thats the reason though... wherever, whenever you buy a canon, it is still a canon...

While true the cost difference is pretty substantial. I figure I saved almost $1100 CDN on my 5DMk2 buying it in Beijing. I may not have an "international" warranty but thankfully my local camera shop and myself have a good relationship to iron those things out.

The other thing is can you imagine what it would be like for the repair center in say New Jersey to get bombarded with all these Chinese warranty cards and try to process them?

smcclelland wrote in post #10550791
While true the cost difference is pretty substantial. I figure I saved almost $1100 CDN on my 5DMk2 buying it in Beijing. I may not have an "international" warranty but thankfully my local camera shop and myself have a good relationship to iron those things out.

The other thing is can you imagine what it would be like for the repair center in say New Jersey to get bombarded with all these Chinese warranty cards and try to process them?

so how does apple deal with it?

monk3y wrote in post #10550838
so how does apple deal with it?

Apple doesn't have to deal with the whole grey market issue

smcclelland wrote in post #10550859
Apple doesn't have to deal with the whole grey market issue

coz they issue international warranties, so there are basically no apple gray units right ?

In a sense yeah but the mobile phone industry has the same thing where you can usually get a phone over in Asia 3-5 months before it lands on the shores of North America but you'e SOL warranty wise.

I'd be willing to bet if you rang up Canon and said you purchased a camera overseas when you were on A) business B) school or C) military assignment and now you've moved back they'd probably check the S/N and say you're fine if you're under the warranty period.

smcclelland wrote in post #10550947
In a sense yeah but the mobile phone industry has the same thing where you can usually get a phone over in Asia 3-5 months before it lands on the shores of North America but you'e SOL warranty wise.

I'd be willing to bet if you rang up Canon and said you purchased a camera overseas when you were on A) business B) school or C) military assignment and now you've moved back they'd probably check the S/N and say you're fine if you're under the warranty period.

uhhmm maybe yes on some occasion... but I doubt Canon Philippines will do that, specially in a market where consumer rights are not really the #1 concern.

monk3y wrote in post #10551091
uhhmm maybe yes on some occasion... but I doubt Canon Philippines will do that, specially in a market where consumer rights are not really the #1 concern.

Call them up and ask

monk3y wrote in post #10547231
shhh.... hehehehe of course we do..

but that's not the point of the thread though... sometimes we can't find the gear we want in our homeland, but we can't buy at B&H, Adorama or anywhere else because of warranty issues. Unlike Apple, you can certainly buy from anywhere you want and still have warranty covered when you go back home.

Everything's available here... you just need to wait for days, weeks or even months for it to arrive. And the prices defy logic.

The segmentation's more to protect markets than anything else.

Apple on the other hand really takes their company motto seriously. What's Apple's company motto you may ask?


"delighting you always"

I recently purchased a Canon 550D and two lenses in St. Maarten, in the Caribbean. It does come with an international warranty. My warranty is issued through Canon Latin America division, whose address is located in Miami, Florida. I haven't needed to use it yet, (hopefully won't). I am assuming that I would probably have to mail my equipment to wherever they service Latin American purchased Canon cameras if needed. I have to think that there are camera purchasers all over the world that get a warranty when they purchase abroad.