I should've been more clear with my original post regarding the details to the location of this pricing.gmark2000 wrote: ↑SENSEI, your initial reply implied that G9s were to be had everywhere and anywhere for under $400.
The fact is, no legitimate reseller is selling below $450 right now. Quite often these "brand new" G9s appearing on eBay or BST are stolen goods or gray market/black market dealers. The warranty may be intact but your bill of sale is not from an "authorized dealer". We are talking about new merchandise, not open boxed, "retail rental" or buyer remorse quick sales.
Your initial reply was practically boastful, in the new context you've provided.
And boasting your credentials of joining RFD six years ago hardly gives you laurels over the five year members.
Some people are still messaging me about these BST forums as some are truly interested in not paying full retail. For those that were looking for New Merchandise from a retail store, it wasn't my intention to mis-direct you.
The point I brought up about the year I joined, was to merely state that although I joined early, I do not frequent the boards as much as others with higher post counts. This was an attempt to explain why my response to my original post had such a delay. It appeared that some were discrediting me because I didn't explain my response within an alloted time frame. There was no other intention behind it.
You are correct, even on the BST forums that I buy from, you CAN get full warranty, and you CAN get receipts from legit authorized dealers. But in these cases they are most likely "buyers remorse" as you said. But you do no forfeit any existing warranty from buying from here. You just need to be careful and do your research before making such a purchase, just as you would anywhere online.
Again, my intention wasn't to misdirect anyone. Even though it may have come across as boastful, I am not hiding where I got these prices...in fact I want to openly share where others can get great deals and beat the ridiculous taxes and over pricing of camera gear in Canada compared to the US.