Hello
Having just found this forum I am pleasantly surprised at the love given to the two noted dealers
I have typically dealt with Jessops or JL in the past. Whilst having good enough service and support, if and when needed, the potential for cost savings can't be ignored when thinking about buying a D500 and 16-80mm lens.
If I understand what I have read in this forum HDEW seem to already have the stock in the UK and so it ships from there. With Panamoz you will take delivery of the item from HK, typically.
The D500 kit seems to be around £150 cheaper at Panamoz than HDEW, but both are considerably cheaper than the almost identical prices from typical UK retailers.
I did give HDEW a ring, always nice to talk, and got some assurances about their service - not having used them before, or Panomoz. I have tried to ring Panamoz over the last few days, and left my contact number on their messaging service, but have not had a response from them as yet.
After the chat with HDEW, the phone was answered quickly and I did feel assured, it did make me wonder if that should be reason enough to spend another £150 or so as both companies do seem to offer good service when selling cameras and other equipment. Also, perhaps just as importantly, good after sales support.
I was also impressed that the person I spoke to at HDEW told me that the first year warranty would be with Nikon themselves, via HDEW and that the remaining two years with HDEW. I was also told that the warranty is with the initial purchaser only, I assume that would be the same at Panomoz...?
I just feel a little concerned about the lack of a returned call from Panamoz, but understand that not all companies are setup to deal with such enquiries over the phone - even if they do advertise their number.
So for those who have recently used these companies would the thoughts be that they are both equally as good with what they offer...?
As well as the above being my "first" I could also be using MPB, rather than Jessops, to sell my kit to. They do seem to offer the better price over that of Wex or Jessops. I take it that apart from selling private, would sooner avoid eBay, MPB are pretty well respected...?
Thanks for any advice
Having just found this forum I am pleasantly surprised at the love given to the two noted dealers
I have typically dealt with Jessops or JL in the past. Whilst having good enough service and support, if and when needed, the potential for cost savings can't be ignored when thinking about buying a D500 and 16-80mm lens.
If I understand what I have read in this forum HDEW seem to already have the stock in the UK and so it ships from there. With Panamoz you will take delivery of the item from HK, typically.
The D500 kit seems to be around £150 cheaper at Panamoz than HDEW, but both are considerably cheaper than the almost identical prices from typical UK retailers.
I did give HDEW a ring, always nice to talk, and got some assurances about their service - not having used them before, or Panomoz. I have tried to ring Panamoz over the last few days, and left my contact number on their messaging service, but have not had a response from them as yet.
After the chat with HDEW, the phone was answered quickly and I did feel assured, it did make me wonder if that should be reason enough to spend another £150 or so as both companies do seem to offer good service when selling cameras and other equipment. Also, perhaps just as importantly, good after sales support.
I was also impressed that the person I spoke to at HDEW told me that the first year warranty would be with Nikon themselves, via HDEW and that the remaining two years with HDEW. I was also told that the warranty is with the initial purchaser only, I assume that would be the same at Panomoz...?
I just feel a little concerned about the lack of a returned call from Panamoz, but understand that not all companies are setup to deal with such enquiries over the phone - even if they do advertise their number.
So for those who have recently used these companies would the thoughts be that they are both equally as good with what they offer...?
As well as the above being my "first" I could also be using MPB, rather than Jessops, to sell my kit to. They do seem to offer the better price over that of Wex or Jessops. I take it that apart from selling private, would sooner avoid eBay, MPB are pretty well respected...?
Thanks for any advice