IS anyone familar w/ this

[steve garza]

vendor? http://www.freetradephoto.com
They're prices seem awfully nice. 900 bucks for a Summicron makes me a little suspicious. Anyone know them? Please advise!!

 

[Kyle]

They have no history on resellerratings.com, I don't think I'd ever trust them.

Also, it seems to good to be true.

http://www.resellerratings.com/seller6202.html

 

[kbg32]

They are based in Brooklyn. Another fly by night photo store that just takes your money and you never get the item. If you do, it's grey market.

 

[lubitel]

What exactly is a grey market item? I never really understood this term. A summicron is a summicron right?

 

[Rich Silfver]

What exactly is a grey market item? I never really understood this term. A summicron is a summicron right?

http://www.leicagallery.com/greymarket.htm

 

[Dougg]

Gray market items bypass the authorized importer/distributor, and clearly no part of the price contributes to the importer's warranty repair shop, so the item may have only an international warranty or store warranty. The item itself is usually identical, though some camera models have different designations or feature sets, digital menus may default to difficult languages, same with manuals. Savings, but at a cost. 🙂

 

[steve garza]

I've decided not to use them. They do seem a bit iffy.

 

[Photog9001]

that gray market "speech" rich linked to was what sounded iffy to me! making it sound that every company, person or store selling gray market products is evil itself....