My experience is don't buy direct from Canon. Everybody knows it. They sell at recommended retail price and it is usually way off the chart. Try scouting on the local stores. You will likely get a good price. Just make sure that you only buy Canon products with the sticker 'Imported by Canon Marketing Malaysia' and insist upon the green label warranty slip. Don't get the international warranty one...it is considered gray imports by CMM.

Personally speaking, I don't know why they don't honor such a warranty. It the same thing. Probably sales restriction to protect local sales. Maybe CMM's policy.

Any chance they will debut this new model at Midvalley's Gadget Fair this weekend? I read from newspaper they will be spread throughout the whole mall. Canon has a large booth too. Try checking it out. Maybe you can land yourself on a pre-order or something. I know Nikon is showing its D60 liao.

Yes! Hahaha! In fact I saw the booths on Tuesday. One of the attractions is PDA Expert because they are showcasing the Toshiba PDA phone selling at RM2199 complete with full keyboard almost like the TyTn II but without GPS lar...

Yeah thats why. Its a bit stupid though. International Warranty but you don't get it if you're a Malaysian Citizen who didn't buy Malaysian Warranty. The policy is in the warranty slip though. 'Applicable only in Malaysia' or equivalent. I believe they do honor International Warranty for foreigners but I do not know how do they screen for authenticity. I know that they do require proof of purchase and they do screen serial numbers. I guess all products they imported are recorded in terms of their batch serial numbers. So there's a start.

Its actually a form of market protection they implemented though to tackle the gray importers. Believe it or not, Canon products are cheaper elsewhere than in Malaysia due to some form of import barriers the authorities implemented. So Canon Marketing Malaysia must have some form of protection for their sales.

Look through the thread around here, all of them seem to say the same. So its pretty consistent.

Yeah, indeed. Wonder what is the issue?

Better buy 40D new one lar. Hehehehe!

Check out ShutterAsia YL Camera section. Sometimes they have very nice used 5D for sale. 100% perfect. But must be fast because they all get gobbled up in lightning speed.

Yes, as stated by mengsuan it is true. Canon Marketing Malaysia's policy is to see the proof of purchase before providing service to your camera. As long as you have proof of purchase for that camera bought in a foreign country, they have no reasons not to deny you service. Thats the definition of International Warranty. Maybe you need to proof that you're not local or a student there and you're back in Malaysia for holiday or something. But that is easily dealt with.

Grey imports are actually the same product brought in from a foreign market and sold to people here. The proof of purchase (receipt) is usually issued by the local stores here. So that is not legitimate. Not against the law, just not in accordance to CMM's policy. CMM's policy are for items imported in by CMM which is usually denoted by a sticker 'Di import oleh Canon Marketing Malaysia' or equivalent.

Haha! Yeah I do have the same feeling. But the prices are really too much lar. Maybe they can't be competing with their distributors. Its more like a showroom and playground for you and me. Hehehe!

Aiya normal lar. Nowadays very popular. See TV/movie also got people with wives but in working place got gf, every country got one diplomatic officer, and some even got actresses. Some also available in separate pieces. Nothing new lar. Personal friend mah. We even got a handful of role models around.

Its about what do you get from your personal friends. TheVOIP, you should start a new thread about 'What do you wish for if your PERSONAL FRIEND would like to get something for you'.