Buying a camera from America

matthewwhitton · 19 Feb 2018 at 09:03

My sister lives in Chicago and is coming over to visit next month, would it beneficial for her to bring me a Sony A7riii? I mean send her the money and her to bring it. Would warranty be an issue?

Zaf · 19 Feb 2018 at 22:35

May also get stung at customs too if she brings it over in all of its packaging, I got an iPad pro from New York in November and binned all the packaging at the hotel so it look like I travelled with it.

Felon · 19 Feb 2018 at 23:21

As above, make sure she ditches the packaging in case she gets picked for a random search (extremely unlikely) but you never know, also the warranty for an A7R iii is US only if it's purchased in the US,

Marzipanogram · 20 Feb 2018 at 00:00

This is the email address of Sony Customer Support for the UK: [email protected]
They'd be able to answer your warranty question.

They usually charge £117 for out of warranty camera body repairs.
So if you've saved more than £117, you've already potentially gained.

If she's coming over with someone else, get the other person to carry the folded down box and manual etc. And walk through Customs first.