Quote Originally Posted by damian View Post
Ubernoob: to each their own. My kit was half the money I'd pay in aus for the same thing. If my tools break down I'll either pay for repairs myself or post them to the USA for warrantee.
Yep. I never imported tools but I used to buy a lot of gear from O/S for my other hobby (photography). Some brands like Fuji honor their warranties worldwide, some others like Canon don't, and try to force you to pay a lot more to buy locally. I never worried about their warranties, it got to a point where I had saved so much from ordering directly from retailers in Hong Kong and US that I could put my next two cameras straight in the rubbish bin and I'd still be ahead. Plus in my experience cameras generally don't break easily, I bought my first SLR used in 1992 and it still works.