Internet shopping and grey imports

[satans worm]

Ok, my 3rd thread on buying a camera, so sorry for this.
However the decision gas been made and I'm going for a EOS 6D.
So the question is where from, prices seem over the shop from less than a grand to over1400.
Whilst the luxury of walking into a shop and buying one is great, paying 400 notes more for the pleasure is too rich for me.
So what's the issue with Hong Kong grey imports? Is there really an issue with these?
Anyone know a good ( read cheap but reliable!) website to buy from?
Thanks

[Gemm]

No UK warranty for grey imports. You'll have to send it back to the retailer if anything goes wrong. There are HK sellers who have UK reps though.....

This is the place to check for prices... http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/Canon/Canon-Dig...

[Malx]

I've used DigitalRev for lenses and my Nikon D7100. Cannot fault them at all.

That said, nothing has ever broken so I've not had to ship it back to them for repair

[GhostDriver]

Panamoz,

have spent over £7k with them in the last couple of months, including a 6D.
No problems whatsoever.

[nellyleelephant]

Try HDEW. UK based seller of grey goods with 3 year warranty.
Ordered from them before, would order again.

[jurbie]

+1 for HDEW.

[The_Jackal]

+1 for HDEW, UK Based and the same with their returns.
Just as many people these days seem to complain about the Nikon service anyway, so are you really losing anything without a Nikon warranty, especially when HDEW repairs are UK based.
As far as I know HDEW is a long established family business too, so not a fly by night faceless web company.

[...Mole...]

anyone bought anything from Panamoz recently?


they currently have the A7R at a very very tempting price.

[mrdemon]

I also use hdew, great service.