experience with Curry's?

[jahoojoe]

I live in the USA. I know Currys is based in the UK. I was thinking of buying the 30D through them, but I dont see anywhere on the site if the product is NEW, Refurb. or used. Does anyone know about this?
Thanks for any responses.
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Brandon

 

[roblo]

They are like an english version of Best Buy, the people that work there are useless but they have large stores and sell a lot of tvs, dishwashers, fridges etc. and therefore prices are pretty good. Unless otherwise stated all products from there will be new, but they wont have a high turnover of (camera) stock like B & H or a dedicated camera shop. I would have throught after postage if would be far cheaper to get one from the states. I avoid the store because their staff are so clueless it frustrates me, but if you must buy from them, theres no reason not to.

Rob

I live in the USA. I know Currys is based in the UK. I was thinking
of buying the 30D through them, but I dont see anywhere on the site
if the product is NEW, Refurb. or used. Does anyone know about this?
Thanks for any responses.
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Brandon

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Robbie Latchford, London, UK

 

[eyecatcher]

Hi .....What you may want to do is to check their returns policies on returned items.....The last time I used their parent company Dixon's, I had a two weeks to take the Item back,as long as I did not open the box!!They didn't put to camera where I told them to put it.........Bryon

 

[iancrowe]

I have to ask why B & H is at least $246 cheaper. Currys are asking £899 (= $1666 at the interbank rate of $1.85/£1.00) in store (their website will only ship to a UK address) for the 30D with 18-55 lens. B & H list it on their website at $1399.95 + $20 shipping call it $1420 in round numbers. If you claim the VAT back you get the price down to $1417. Of course your credit card won't give you interbank rates and may also charge a fee on top.

So you want to save $3 at best, have the problem of getting it into the states without paying any duty and being stuck with a UK warranty if there is any problems with the camera.

I'm somewhat confused, please explain?

Ian

I live in the USA. I know Currys is based in the UK. I was thinking
of buying the 30D through them, but I dont see anywhere on the site
if the product is NEW, Refurb. or used. Does anyone know about this?
Thanks for any responses.
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Brandon

 

[jahoojoe]

Thanks for your replies. After reading deaper into their policies, it turns out they dont ship to the states anyways. Thanks though.
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Brandon

 

[pyrie]

Why buy from the UK? The US always seems cheaper to us...and you havent got to pay import Duty

..for what its worth - Currys are just one of those "mega electrical stores" ...not a good camera retailer..

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Steve

 

[katieshipmate]

I can understand the logic in buying the camera in the US and bringing it here - because, like all the replies have said, it is ALOT cheaper in your country. but not vise verse

Is there any particular reason you want to buy it in the UK - for example, are you buying it as a gift for someone who lives here? In that case, curry's do have a pretty good deal on line at the moment (as i've mentioned before in the forum the CURRYS20300 code for a discount). Thats £875.25 which amounts to $1,621.99 excluding delivery

Other than that reason, I can't see why you'd want to buy it here.
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K
'hoping to be the proud owner of a 350D shortly'

 

[TonyHowell]

Dont Bother with Curry's it would be like buying you house from Wall Mart!

T4 in swindon is your best bet : http://www.t4cameras.co.uk/index.asp

new 300D's available here: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Canon-EOS-UK1