Buy new grey import or used UK stock, what would you buy?

[Thomas Westhead]

Hello All,


If you were buying into the Olympus m4/3 system would you buy the following....


New grey import Olympus body or a used UK stock body?


New grey import Olympus Pro lenses or used UK stock?


The Grey importer based in Surrey would be my preferred supplier, they would have a two to three year shop based warranty on the grey and I guess LCE for example would supply a 6 month warranty.



Many Thanks for any input and your thoughts are appreciated.


KR,


Thomas.

[Greytop]

Re: Buy new grey import or used UK stock, what would you buy?

It would depend on personal preference weighing up the relative costs and warranty remaining. I predominately purchase new.

I have purchased mostly new UK Olympus stock and new grey from HDEW (that's who I think you're referring to). I've never had any issues with kit from HDEW by the way.

[MJ224]

[Phill D]

Re: Buy new grey import or used UK stock, what would you buy?

I have the same view as Mark above although I've only bought fairly inexpensive stuff from grey stores. I also bought my latest camera from the NEC Photo Show at a good discount. It's well worth considering if you are not in a hurry. Lenses I've often bought second hand preferably off this forum and always had a good deal on quality kit. My best deal from a main retailer was a 40-150 pro lens and 1.4tc from Amazon in a lightening deal about 3 years ago. It was better than anything I've seen even second hand since! Definitely worth watching Amazon deals, they had a good offer on the 12-100 lens recently.

[TimP]

Re: Buy new grey import or used UK stock, what would you buy?

Similar views to others really, I mainly prefer buying new UK stock but have bought grey in the past (Canon lenses, due to world wide warranty on the white lenses, but not bodies) and probably would again under similar circumstances. Kit can and does fail but maybe I’ve been lucky all these years and never had to call upon a warranty. If I did I wouldn’t want any hassle if I could avoid it, hence buying new UK stock. I usually end up with two similar bodies which would give some resilience if one should fail but nothing I do photography wise would really matter even so. It’s a hobby not a job for me. To answer your question, I’d only be able to say it depends on circumstances, hobby purchase? make a living purchase, affordability, priority (see hobby / make a living), liking for shiny new stuff? happy buying secondhand with any associated risks? I think I’ve mainly bought from Wex and Amazon in recent years, depending on who had best price at time.

[TimP]

Re: Buy new grey import or used UK stock, what would you buy?

Definitely worth watching Amazon deals, they had a good offer on the 12-100 lens recently.

[Shaw]

[Phill D]

Re: Buy new grey import or used UK stock, what would you buy?

I think you can get them to send you notifications but i've never done it myself so not sure how to set it up Tim.

[Thomas Westhead]

Re: Buy new grey import or used UK stock, what would you buy?

Hello guys,


Many thanks for the opinions, start to look around in the next few weeks