ebay group deals - Canon 5D Mk 3

[iceman]

Wow, didn't know ebay had a 'groupon', 'catch of the day', 'scoopon' type setup now.

http://groupbuy.ebay.com.au/

A Canon 5D Mk 3 for < $2500.

I so wish I could click that button!

[Octane]

Must be grey import stock. It's just a couple of hundred dollars dearer at D-D. :)

B&H has got some crazy deals on at the moment, too.

H

[RB]

Disable your firewall, should work.

:P

[Danack]

The seller is in Hong Kong so the import should be subject to GST - so the price is actually $2697.

That's still cheaper than the price I paid for mine at JBHifi ($3200) but not quite as dramatically cheaper.

[mithrandir]

:rofl:I think he means "the management" would have a problem with it, not that the button won't click.

I find a lot of buttons won't click because NoScript has disabled the JavaScript that drives them.

[RB]

:thumbsup:

Yes I know, I didn't want to go there.

:lol:

[h0ughy]

hey RB can you order 2 for me please ;)

[h0ughy]

Actually Mike with the world ending on the 21st you could order it and not have to pay the CC off ;)

[acropolite]

There's little visible difference between two black Canon Cameras, go on Mike push the button, you know you want to....:rofl:

[h0ughy]

bugger they are all sold out

[iceman]

I'd be happy enough to pick up another 5D Mk 2 at a cheaper rate :)

[Dennis]

A guy in the UK purchased a 5D Mk III from a HK dealer and it developed a problem, so he sent it to Canon UK for a service/repair. Canon UK informed him that they would not be able to perform the service /repair because the Canon serial number on the physical label on the bottom plate did not match the serial number displayed in the EXIF data i.e. the software serial number.

It seems that someone, somewhere along the distribution line has “updated” the label on the baseplate of the camera to fool or bypass the Canon export rules.

It seems that it may have been a distributor rather than a dealer practice, so the dealers were also an unwitting victim of this practice. From what I understand, the camera was a brand new genuine Canon product, but with the OEM label replaced so it would not be traceable back to the naughty distributor.:shrug:

Needless to say, I confirmed that my DDP supplied model had matching serial numbers.:)

Cheers

Dennis.

[trek1701]

From what I read here http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=100677 wouldn't the 6D be a better option?

Cheers Mark