Go-Pro 3 deal...probably too good to be true

[muscleflex]

A work colleague has just told me about this:
[url=http://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/national-deal/photo-direct/24121450]GoPro Hero 3 Camera[/url]
£269

but googling the store gives bad reviews.. so probably best ignored.

[muscleflex]

here's the thread I'm reading altho this is from last year: [url=http://goprouser.freeforums.org/where-is-the-serial-number-t5491-40.html]GoPro User Forum • View topic - Where is the serial number?[/url]

[Mark_T]

This is another of these grey importers unfortunately.

It is not UK stock and they are trying to avoid VAT liability by making you responsible for paying it as the 'importer'.

Edit: need to modify that slightly, they clear and pay the VAT on your behalf, so you shouldn't actually have any further liability, but it is not UK stock so you won't have much luck with a warranty return to the UK distributor.

[muscleflex]

Yeah, I got interested for a second but decided to sit back down and ignore it.

[Mark_T]

Digging around a bit, they are trying to look like a UK supplier but at the same time they are avoiding all the usual costs for an actual UK supplier and just running the volume through their USA organization.

I've yet to find any genuine UK supplied stock anywhere close to those prices. Plenty of others at a similar price point, but not one of them actually selling UK stock ...