Comments on: Buying Digital Cameras In Thailand

By: Anver

Anver — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:03:25 +0000

I bought a Nikon D70 a few years ago in Malaysia.
After a while it developed a problem called the BGLOD (blinking green
light of death)
I sent it to a camera shop on a Monday, they returned it to me on
Thursday all fixed by Nikon, no charge.
I am in South Africa.
I guess, Nikon honours all warranties worldwide without any need for
papers.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:08:37 +0000

Hi there,

I was in Bangkok the other day and went into
Foto File as I’m currently shopping around
for a Nikon D300 DSLR. Every shop I went to
in Bangkok sell it for the same price –
65000 THB. The lenses did differ in price
quite a bit – up to 9000 THB in some cases.

Here’s where it gets interesting though.
I don’t live in Thailand so I wanted an
international warranty. Not a single shop
in Bangkok could provide one – not even
Foto File in MBK. The Nikon shop on the
3rd floor of MBK said the same thing – you
just can’t get an international warranty
on a DSLR in Thailand. Another random shop
in MBK said the same thing.

Do you have any thoughts on this? The lack
of an international warranty has made me
stop looking in Bangkok which is a shame as
their prices are very good. If you can
advise where I can get a DSLR with an i’tl
warranty you would make my day!

Cheers

By: Sanka

Sanka — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:02:16 +0000

Hi,

I am Sanka from Sri Lanka & will hoping to visit Bangkok on 24/25/26/27, September 2007 & looking forwared to buy a Digital Camera. Please send me the details where could I found a place to buy them with the prices & the specifications.

Thanks & Regards,

Sanka.

By: cronan

cronan — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:49:03 +0000

i was told they buy off the black market in china town in bangkok i am in bangkok at the moment and REALLY need advice sooner the better . where can i buy a 350 dslr .
ps in foto file today less than price in picture
for that camera ….

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By: Yogesh

Yogesh — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:40:44 +0000

hmmm.. I travel to Japan, Hong Kong, Dubai etc. several times a year and have NEVER seen anything being particularly cheap in Japan and wonder why I read this above. In my opinion both Hong KOng and Dubai seem to be the cheapest places to buy.

But then again, I am just a frequent traveller who knows nothing about cameras.

I am however curious to know which items you find cheaper in Japan…

By: Ray Walton

Ray Walton — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:12:10 +0000

Just want to endorse you opinion about fotofile in Bangkok, they ar eexcellent and for those interested they DO sell good warranted second hand lensws and cameras too and offer trade-ins and well looked after gear. Also they have non warranted second hand items they sell on behalf of their customers.

I live in Thailand so use Fotofile a lot and brought my Canon 350D from them and Canon 70-200mm f4 L lens too.

Canon lenses area lot cheaper in thiland then in England. VAT here is also only 7% and not 17% as in the UK.

By: Gokhan

Gokhan — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:08:09 +0000

Hi mate,
thanks for the nice post. I was considering to have an vacation in Thailand and buying a digital camera in the mean time. Your article helped me a lot.
I live in Turkey and have business trips to Germany often. I guess I’ll buy it from Germany.

Cheers

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By: Clark D

Clark D — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:08:58 +0000

I dumped my brand new canon 750 i in water at beach.. now it works not that good anymore but is not totally dead it closes and opens etc ..is it possible to get it fixed somewehere in Bangkok

I bought the camera in Belgium but did nt bring my warranty but maybe better pay a high repair bill than a probably more expensive bill for a new camera purchase?!
please in need of help on this issue.. email damadjunglist@hotmail.com
staying in thailand for about 5 months. Dave Clark