Quote Originally Posted by Bennymiata View Post
Have you ever tried to take a grey-market L lens into Canon for their "International Warranty" lately?
They'll tell you to take it back to where you bought it from if you want it fixed under warranty, and then you can wait for weeks as the lens is returned to its country of origin etc.
Years ago, they would honour the International Warranty, but today......................................................

If you do get hit for GST, then between the GST and freight, it may actually be cheaper in the long run to buy it locally.

As I said, I have bought a lot of stuff grey-market, but if their isn't much difference in the cost, I'll buy locally.
They still honour international warranty from what i understand. As long as you have the old green card, they will honour it, which by now should be almost expired since they stopped issuing it in Aug 2010.