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For these reasons I see grey market as being tinted with black because not all is made clear and / or transparent.

This means they'll open the camera (or lens) themselves, voiding any warranty in the country where the equipment was originally sold, any unsuccessful repair attempt could cause further damages in the camera (a real case I've encountered personally). " Warranty via seller": this is where the biggest difference with an official product is: the seller's own repair team of technicians fixes your camera if it has any problem. This seller lists the camera as "Import Model 1 Yr Parts & 30 Day Labor Warranty via Seller" The time spent waiting for such parts to arrive from overseas will likely also extend your camera's down time in the repair shop. These parts, just like the original items, may be genuine or they may be cheap third party versions or even counterfeit. via official Canon USA sources, then your repair house is likely to turn to a parts supplier in the same country (most probably Hong Kong) in which your camera was originally sold to the reseller who sold it to you. If Canon parts aren't available to them in the U.S. But such facilities are limited by the availability of the parts they might need to repair a 'grey market' item. Some of them are very good and have excellent reputations. There are third party repair facilities in the U.S.But there would be nothing to stop them from deciding to begin strictly enforce it the day before you need to have your camera fixed. Anecdotal evidence suggests they rarely, if ever, enforce this policy. They also reserve the right to refuse to service, even for a fee, 'grey market' items. Canon USA's official stance is that they do not honor warranties on 'gray market items' purchased in the United States.After that, you might never receive anything. If you hold out for the originally ordered product they'll string you along until your credit card charges are over 30 days old and you can't reverse the charges. By the time you pay their "upgrades" you'll have spent more than if you'd just bought the camera from a legit authorized dealer. They'll try to get you to "upgrade" to a "better" version ( with 'metal' instead of 'plastic' parts for something that Canon doesn't even make in a plastic version).

They'll tell you the exact model you ordered is 'temporarily out of stock' or 'backordered'. They'll go ahead and charge your credit card.

Lots of sketchy camera dealers will advertise a product at a price they have absolutely no intention whatsoever of selling to you at the advertised price.

There's probably a way to hack it, but in a commercial setting that would likely cost more to do than the amount of savings from buying the gray market item. firmware update to an Asian model - the camera won't allow it to be installed. Such models are 'locked into' that region's firmware and can only be updated with firmware versions written for the same region.

Some Canon models intended for different world areas have different firmwares that limit, for example, the available language options.

Or you might not get some accessories (camera straps, cables, etc.) at all.

Even if you get a genuine Canon camera body, often the accessories such as batteries and chargers will have been swapped for generic third party versions that are typically inferior.

Even if a dealer is an authorized Canon dealer in the U.S., they're not authorized by Canon to sell imported gray market items in the U.S. That's the risk you take any time you buy from a non-authorized dealer. Or it may be a total counterfeit (such cameras are usually assembled from at least some surplus and/or rejected parts made by Canon suppliers).

The 'gray market' camera may be a genuine Canon product from the same factory as the U.S.

Regional differences in pricing and constantly fluctuating currency exchange rates can often make it attractive to buy products in one country (other than the country of origin) and ship them to another country to be resold as "new" at lower prices than the same product sold through official channels in the destination country or market. Items intended to be sold in one market or world area that are shipped to a different market or world area are often called 'grey market' items. What issues should I be aware of around buying an import model camera?