So it seems that for you, there's a certain tradeoff between
quality control and price. Given a sufficiently low price, you'd be
more willing to take chances.
I wouldn't exactly say that. There seems to be a concensus out there that there is a quality control issue with this camera, with that being the case I would like to be able to easily exchange a defective unit if need be. That would be easy enough if I bought locally.
However, I believe that Canadian retailers are gouging the consumer in the area of digital cameras (and likely many other areas) due to a lack of competitiion. Even the prices on "older" cameras are very slow to come down. For example, you would be hard pressed to find the Canon G3 in Canada for less than $899 ($680 US) whereas most retailers in the US are priced below $500US, same goes with the Fuji 602Z, still retailing in Canada for close to $1000 or more CDN, while in the US it retails for around $300 less.
So, back to what you said
"Given a sufficiently low price, you'd be more willing to take chances."
Really, I'm ready to pay the going price for this camera from the US, I just would like a better option in the case I have to return it (preferably local retailers to step up and stop ripping us off). But I doubt that will happen, so I will wait a bit and see if problems get resolved or if I can get a competitive price up here. Either way, by Christmas I will very likely have purchased this camera (unfortunatley I'm sure it won't be from somebody local).
Don't know if that cleared anything up, or just comes off as rambling rant.
But, anyway, take it easy.
