Thanks all of you for very extensive answers! Really appreciate it!
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by BigKing:
Unfortunately I don't know if either of these stores accept DC - But with respect to your planned purchases, there is a Bose store in a shopping complex called Pacific Place downtown (near Nordstrom) and one of the best camera stores in the city is Glazers, and they have a separate digital photography shop across the street from the main store.</font>
Could you please advice me on how to find Glazers and Pacific Place? Will stay at HGI Renton for the first night and Hampton Inn Downtown the following two nights.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by yanxfann:
By the way, as of just recently Best Buy DOES now accept the card - you should be able to get competitive prices on electronics there (you can go to www.bestbuy.com and see if they carry the items that you will be shopping for).</font>
Great! Looks like a reliable dealer! Will check them out, seems like they have shops on several locations around Seattle.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Stefan Daystrom:
A couple things to keep in mind (though not DC specific): (1) You generally won't get a warranty that's usable in Sweden if you buy something in the US, so at least make sure you have time to verify the product you bought works fine before you leave Seattle. (2) Make sure you choose a reputable dealer. I don't know if this was ever a problem in Seattle, but it's a longtime widely-known scam with SOME mail-order camera stores that they can pull tricks like show you a great price on a lens, and then when you buy it at that price it turns out it didn't include the case, lens cap, etc, even though everywhere else that's included in the price (ie, they would take some accessories out and then charge you extra to add them back in!). It's also been another common camera/etc semi-scam to sell "grey market" stuff which doesn't have a valid US warranty, tho in your case that might not matter much (given my first point). But anyway, make sure you're getting a better price in the US just because the store is competitive or because of exchange rates or import fees and not for some less-desirable reason.</font>
Thanks for the advices! Regarding the warranty, according to Canon –all their products comes with a world wide guarantee, not as extensive as the warranty but it should be good for hardware failures not caused by the user.
BTW, the Canon 300D is the name for the European market but sold as the “Digital Rebel” in the USA, though exactly the same thing, that’s why you couldn’t find it on Amazon, sorry for not being clear on this from the beginning.
[This message has been edited by Gustaf (edited Feb 05, 2004).]