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Eduardo B.

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  • Deals All Year

7/7/19

This is going to be a lengthy, honest, unpaid, legit review of my experience with Deals all year buying a Canon 5D Mark 4, so please read all of it! It all started when I ordered this camera through amazon via a third party seller. I was going out of the country and needed it here by the weekend. Amazon shipped it with UPS and it was going to arrive on time, but the UPS near me is full of idiots and the camera got delayed, at which point i canceled the order, on a FRIDAY. After this I frantically looked on Amazon for a new seller which could get it to me FAST. Sadly, no one had 1 day shipping, so I took to google and found deals all year. I really didn't trust them, BUT remembered seeing them on Amazon as a seller, so I thought whatever, maybe they are legit. I put a 5d on my shopping cart and proceeded to checkout just to see the shipping options, and saw that they had rush overnight shipping. This was perfect, but they didn't generate an estimated delivery date so I just backed out of the purchase and lost all hope. Fast forward an hour and I receive an email that says "Hi, We are Deals All Year Camera and Photography. We seeing that you were trying to place an order on our website, but for reason the order stop it. Did you have ay issues placing the order or something went wrong? Please let us know to help you. Best, Ricardo Zaragosin" Notice the bad spelling. That worried me, but i sent them an email simply saying that I needed it here by Monday and was unsure of the shipping time so I didn't order. They emailed me back asking me to call them since they can do it for me on time. I thought ok, lets try this out. I call, and a man with an accent called Kevin answers. I had read about him in other reviews and knew who I was speaking with already. We talked about shipping times, products, and who they were. They are located in New Jersey, and Kevin explained to me that Amazon works 2 day shipping prices into their final price, which is why the camera would still cost the same rush shipped through them vs normal Prime delivery times bought through Amazon. After a bit of talking and price quoting he then made me some other offers on carrying cases, extra batteries, straps, and product protection warranties etc. I kindly refused and said just the camera would be fine, only if it comes on time. He guaranteed that it would and then I said ok. I also asked about return and stuff, and they said they charge a restocking fee based on shutter count and time owned. But if its a defect, they can replace it for something else. I dont think they like to give you money back, but would rather give you a new product. A few minutes later a PayPal invoice comes through to my email. It stated everything that would be coming, and in the notes it said, saturday deliviry. Delivery was misspelled so that worried me too, but I paid it and didn't look back. Forward to the next morning, the morning which the camera is supposed to arrive from New Jersey to Florida, in a day, after being bought late the day before. I said to myself, i am surely not receiving this camera. I was stressing so much, reading all the good and bad reviews, it was bad, really bad. I finally called Kevin back, on a Saturday morning mind you, and he picks up, talks with me some, calms me down and sends me a photo of my tracking number. Sure enough, the camera came at 11:30 am. Heres where it gets interesting. The camera was listed as an import model, but the Cam came like perfect. I mean perfect. The box, and every little addon were legit canon products, not gray market or aftermarket things. Even the camera had a legit serial at the bottom. The only thing that might have been aftermarket was the battery charger but I am not sure tbh. The camera was brand new, unused, unopened, 0 shutter count. I truly cant be happier. Finally, Kevin asked me to write a review for him on 4 separate links. He of course asked me nicely and sugar talked me, but he did not say to make the review nice or to fake anything. I see why they have so many reviews now, because they ask the customer to write them. So, heres the final verdict. They are very legit, have legit products for excellent prices, but their methods will 100 percent strike any normal consumer as shady or unprofessional, IE they didn't send me a tracking #, but I called and Kevin texted me it which was funny yet comforting to have his number in my pocket. Not every business can have a whole customer service department or a big enough budget to deal with all the **** that happens, or have the time to be super professional when it comes to customer relations. This is a small business no doubt. My experience was scary at first, but I stuck through it and got an incredible deal. So, my new "Import Model/Gray Market" 5D has no issues, cost me $2200 overnighted and I got mostly original canon equipment save for the battery charger. Gotta give it to them, they delivered! Thanks Kevin. GL with your orders guys. Attached pic of yorki with 5D and 70-200mm lens

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