What is grey market?
1949770
I don´t know whats is grey market, but i purchased in Amazon and i didn´t have problema with this item
1949771
It's legal selling but they say it's unintended or unofficial selling through the original manufacturer.
1949772
I'm not sure, I referred to is not sold by Amazon, but I had no problem with the purchase.
53142
It comes in two colors from the manufacturers.... ask the seller if they have both. I wanted the grey so I didn't inquire.
587276
These shelves are grey. At least that is the way they came when I bought them a year ago.
1612788
I have bought at buydig.com with USA warranty. You have to ask the company you want to order from. As far as I know many sell grey market items, but to be sure ask them.
1089045
Box says made in japan, Amazon probably does not sell grey market lenses and therefore should have US warranty.Pics with this lens can be seen at my blog: http://carfisheye.blogspot.com/
25708
PinCart shipped me the grey market Chinese versions. They wrapped the brown box in white opaque plastic, which seemed kind of deceptive based on people calling the US retail version the "white box."
596796
Hi, as the other user mentioned, Grey market product is something not authorized to sell in a country but sold. The risk in buying those is, since it was not authorized to sell in a country, you cant claim any support from the manufacturer in that country. If you buy a Grey market Nikon product in USA, you cant get the support from Nikon USA because it was not authorized to sell in USA. They identify this through the serial numbers of the products. These are the only information I know about Grey market products :) The camera and lenses I bought from this seller were NOT grey market products and I was able to register them in Nikon USA website. If it is a grey market serial number and you try to register, you will get an error message saying "Invalid serial number OR grey market product" (I believe that is the only way to figure out, your products are Grey marketed or not). Hope this helps..Please let me know if you have any further questions. Camera and lenses are still working great and I took some good pictures.
1361703
as i understand grey market it is a sale without the backing of the original company. in this case tokina. this looks legit to me and all warranties should apply.
2178927
New, gray market (not for sale in the US), no manufacturer warranty, on the four drives I purchased. Returning them - the price break is not worth the potential headache for me.
1566762
Check out Tamron's website. They offer a 6-year warranty on all their lenses...parts and labor regardless of where you buy it. Just have to show proof of purchase (original invoice). Don't know if this is true for grey market as well, but worth a phone call to Tamron.
722293
"Gray Market" typically means the market in the US for products produced for sale in countries other than the US (or another country). Importers purchase these products more cheaply in those markets and then import them into the US to sell them at prices lower than the same or similar items produced specifically for the US market. These products may be of different quality, than versions produced for US markets - either better or worse. If a producer no longer provides a specific product to the US market, the "gray market" is often the only way to get that specific item in the US.
487011
Gray market means that this lens is not distributed officially by Canon in the USA, so you don't have warranty of Canon USA, that's why is cheaper.The lens is the same lens, so if you don't care about the warranty go for it.Good luck!
1316836
"Gray market" units. Pioneer only honors the warranty when bought from authorized pioneer retailers. Go to their website for the authorized retailer online list.
722290
amazon knowingly allows sellers such as SSE Electronics to sell grey items. If you notifiy AMAZON they will blow you off!!!!! Contact me for details!!!! You have little recourse and AMAZON'S reps don't even know what GREY MARKET is!!! BTW SSE ELECTRONICS, ARE LIARS!!!!!! THEy CONTRADICT themselves!!!!
2283910
Amazon does not source gray market items, so it would come with a USA Warranty. However, if you are buying from any other sellers make sure you verify.
2077827
The gray market lens is shown in the title as gray market and costs only $1500. The $2699 is USA version and will include the certificate for 1yr + 4Years of warranty. Regards.
726053
This is made for the USA market. NOT "grey market". Not made in the USA. I think the warranty is the standard USA warranty. - one year.