Panamoz.com?

[MaddAussie]

Has anyone used them?

Thinking of getting this from them:

http://panamoz.com/index.php/lens/si...r-cameras.html

as its 75 quid cheaper th

[Elmo]

I was tempted, but I was suspicious and read somewhere that all the reviews were by Panamoz themselves! Ended up not going with them. It was about a year ago, but I can't find the "real" reviews I read.

[Barakka]

I'm always hesitant around companies that do not list their address anywhere on the website, and the registered address that shows up is a residential house in South East London. The only telephone number listed is an 0871 number that's a free 0871 from FlexTel.

I certainly doubt they stock all the lenses they list on the site, even people like Calumet would have to order in some of the items they list.

I suspect it's an individual running from their home address and ordering grey imports as and when they are ordered off the site.

[Saracen]

As with Barakka, I have a problem with a company that won't list an address. Though I only looked briefly, I couldn't even find a statement of which country's laws applied. Their returns policy doesn't comply with the Distance Selling Regs, which means they're either not UK-based, or not complying with UK law, and in either case, I lose interest.

Most significantly, if parting with a lot of money, I want to feel reasonably secure about the firm I'm dealing with. If they're Hong Kong based, I want to know that, and be able to get reassurance from a lot of satisfied customers.

If you buy from this company, are you buying from a reputable and established company that just happens to be in Hong Kong, or a sold and stable German company, or a bloke selling grey market imports from his bedsit in Abuja? I've no idea, and because I've no idea, I wouldn't be prepared to part with a large sum of money, no matter how good the prices look.

What warranty do you get? Do you risk import duties and/or VAT being added? Do you still have the consumer rights you think you have? Are you prepared to risk £500+ for the saving you hope to make?

I'm not, which is why I wouldn't risk buying here.