how do i look out if its a grey set or not?
What do you mean by Grey sets? I'm intending to buy a Sigma 150-500mm, how do i look out if its a grey set or not?
Just look at the warranty card. If it is not issued in Singapore but is, instead, from HK or somewhere else then the chances are it is a grey set.
It means it's neither black nor white.
You could ask them... :think:
if the shop is selling gray set but claim it is a local set, is consider cheating, I'm sure you will know what to do next.what if some shops that are selling grey sets to unassuming customers? for nikon's case, if it comes with the card with "nikon singapore" printed on it, is it counted as local set?
Most major camera stores won't sell gray sets..... if a stores tell you a camera or lens has two prices, the lower one is the gray set, or you notice the price is much lower than known price, the shop maybe only offer gray sets.Curious... where to find grey sets(beside the BnS in CS) in SG? :think:
Most major camera stores won't sell gray sets..... if a stores tell you a camera or lens has two prices, the lower one is the gray set, or you notice the price is much lower than known price, the shop maybe only offer gray sets.
Grey sets are still manufacturered by the original manufacturer so from the look of it, it will be exactly the same. However, for a particular model such as Canon XXXD, if it was imported from Japan, it will be called KISS and if the same is from USA, it will be branded as Rebel XT/XTi/Xsi etc...
When people mentioned grey set, they usually refer to the shop warranty instead of manufacturer local warranty. Cameras from Canon and Nikon come with local warranty so if the warranty card shows Canon HK or Nikon HK, then you can consider these grey sets.
It does not apply to the lenses as Canon and Nikon lenses has international warranty so even with a Canon HK or Nikon HK warranty card, you can still get warranty service from Singapore service centre. For the lens to be consider grey set (Canon and Nikon), they will not come with any warranty card, instead, the shop that sells you the lens will provide shop warranty so if there is a problem, you have to go back to the shop for servicing. The risk is that when you need to claim shop warranty, the shop might not be there to honor their shop warranty.