Hot, Still Live: 5D Mark III (Import) for $1999 BigValueInc eBay


This hot deal is still live, now with over 200 bodies sold: BigValueInc via eBay has the Canon EOS 5D Mark III for $1999.00. Between this deal and last week’s deal 600 bodies have been sold at this under-$2000 price.

We have gotten numerous reports from readers who purchased the 5D Mark III + 24-105L deal from the same seller: they received cameras with Canon USA Warranty cards. This suggests the camera bodies are of North American origin.

BigValueInc via eBay is not an authorized dealer. As they are not authorized, a Canon USA warranty is not guaranteed (the store provides a warranty instead). Historically Canon USA has provided warranty service on all bodies anyway — but this is at the discretion of Canon USA, and can change at any time.

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36 comments on “Hot, Still Live: 5D Mark III (Import) for $1999 BigValueInc eBay

  1. DB
    February 24, 2015 at 9:04 pm EDT

    Mine got shipped today just two days after ordering.

  2. February 24, 2015 at 11:32 pm EDT

    Nick Sellers

  3. Mike
    February 24, 2015 at 10:45 pm EDT

    Mine shipped too! No up-sell call or anything. Pumped to get it.

    1. DB
      February 25, 2015 at 1:01 am EDT

      Yeah, I was expecting a Bait and Switch call…keepingh finger crossed to get the Canon Warranty card..

  4. February 25, 2015 at 12:45 am EDT

    Sonnee Miriam

  5. DocMo
    February 24, 2015 at 11:51 pm EDT

    Bah. I had to suffer through 3! up-sell spiels from getitdigital before they finally shipped my camera today (after ordering it 7 days ago). I’m really hoping that I receive a brand new body and not some repack. I don’t want to finagle around with those guys. I kind of wish I had cancelled and went with this BigValue deal instead. We shall see.

    1. DocMo
      February 27, 2015 at 8:05 am EDT

      Just wanted to follow up… Once I finally got the body shipped, it arrived FedEx in 2 days. Everything is spot on. The body came in retail kit box (with lens removed). Everything wrapped as expected, all accessories included. 0 Shutter count. Very relieved!

  6. February 25, 2015 at 2:41 am EDT

    Is this import?

  7. February 25, 2015 at 5:54 am EDT

    It says import right on the image link

  8. February 25, 2015 at 8:07 am EDT

    Tim Riley

  9. February 25, 2015 at 9:16 am EDT

    Do not buy import canon
    Something goes wrong it’s hard to get it fixed in us. Ebay sellers crewed me said us
    But received gray market import

    1. mike
      February 26, 2015 at 9:47 am EDT

      You must have had bad luck. I’ve had Canon fix a gray market no questions asked.

  10. February 25, 2015 at 10:19 am EDT

    Canon always has and still honors the imports.

  11. February 25, 2015 at 2:20 pm EDT

    Someone buy me one? K thanks!

  12. February 25, 2015 at 6:43 pm EDT

    Stephen ‘Squints’ Quint

  13. mike
    February 26, 2015 at 11:35 am EDT

    Just received it. Brand new. 0 clicks. Only body box. No warranty card. Registered on Canon USA’s site no problem.

    1. DB
      February 26, 2015 at 11:44 am EDT

      Since you can register online, does that mean you are eligible for 1 yr warranty support from Canon??

  14. February 26, 2015 at 1:40 pm EDT

    Coupon code CLC10OFF knocks off another $50 making it $1949. Just pulled the trigger on this with the coupon.

  15. Jae
    February 26, 2015 at 9:15 pm EDT

    When did you order Mike?

    1. mike
      February 26, 2015 at 9:59 pm EDT

      I ordered on Monday night.

      1. Arielle M.
        February 26, 2015 at 11:46 pm EDT

        Dang. I ordered it the next day. I WISH I got it today. I have a tracking number but nothing has shown up yet. It hasn’t been picked up by UPS.

        1. Connor M
          February 27, 2015 at 11:03 am EDT

          I am having the same issue as you Arielle, Ebay says it has shipped and has a tracking number that matches what UPS says but they haven’t picked it up yet so I guess that expected 2 day delivery was wrong. I am hoping it gets here before Pax East next week, It would be nice to break it in there.

        2. Eric
          February 27, 2015 at 2:09 pm EDT

          Same here. I ordered on 2/24 and it ‘shipped’ 2/25. I contacted them via eBay to see what’s up since I’m starting to get suspicious.

  16. Jae
    February 27, 2015 at 2:19 pm EDT

    Same here. Ordered 23rd. Label created. No shipments yet. Hope to see some changes…. pretty soon.

  17. Eric
    February 27, 2015 at 4:28 pm EDT

    Hmmm…

    To BigValueInc: Hey there. I just wanted to double check that this shipment went out. I checked the tracking number but it still shows the package hasn’t reached the carrier yet.

    Their reply: Your order is approved and scheduled for shipping. The tracking number will be emailed to you shortly. Thank you

    They already sent me the tracking number though. To me this sounds like they don’t actually have the camera in stock. They created the label to make it look like they’re on top of it but can’t actually send it out.

    1. Arielle M.
      February 27, 2015 at 5:28 pm EDT

      Maybe they don’t have it in stock. OR they scheduled one bulk pickup on a specific day. Who knows. But I’m already selling off my old 5D classic bodies so I hope this comes soon. Or I’ll be stuck shooting with a Rebel lol.

      1. CanonPriceWatch
        February 27, 2015 at 5:30 pm EDT

        Hmm. Hang tight. They probably sold way more bodies than they were expecting to. They have a track-record of delivering (but perhaps they are waiting for *their* shipment to come in.)

        1. Eric
          February 27, 2015 at 5:49 pm EDT

          Let’s hope so. If they said that, I would be much more ok with it. But marking it as shipped and providing a tracking number means its either on the way or leaving very soon (as a consumer I would expect the next business day). At 3 days now of it saying ready for UPS it’s mildly concerning.

        2. Eric
          February 27, 2015 at 9:08 pm EDT

          Just checked the tracking again and it shows the package was picked up around 7pm ET. Yay! Unfortunately the estimated arrival date has shifted from Tuesday to Friday :-/

        3. March 1, 2015 at 10:02 pm EDT

          CPW, Have you heard any more on about the shipping delays? I ordered mine on Tuesday and I am in the same boat as Eric where I have a tracking number but it’s “ready for UPS” and starting to get concerned as if this was a scam or not.

        4. CanonPriceWatch
          March 1, 2015 at 10:04 pm EDT

          I haven’t heard anything from readers or the store, other than what’s been posted here. I wouldn’t be concerned about it being a scam, they have thousands of positive transactions, and you have eBay / PayPal protection.

          It’s most likely they didn’t have enough stock on-hand to fill all orders. (If I were to guess, their operation is probably just a revolving door of importing stock and shipping it out.)

  18. Peter
    March 2, 2015 at 9:13 pm EDT

    +1 same boat… ordered tuesday .. estimated delivery 3/2 …got tracking number but still says ready for ups.. Let’go bigvalueinc!

    1. Connor M
      March 3, 2015 at 3:30 pm EDT

      Well my expected delivery date has come and gone and there is no camera. This is very disappointing, I have to leave for an event tomorrow and I will need to either rent a camera when I arrive or loose revenue from this job. I will contact the company for a 3rd time to see if they can once and for all provide me with some sort of expected date because this “ready to be picked up by UPS” is getting annoying. I am glad that some people have received their camera. However I will be leaving a poor review for them because of their inability to either control their stock or “over promise/ under deliver” and communicate that to the people that have already paid them a substantial amount of money.

      1. CanonPriceWatch
        March 3, 2015 at 4:37 pm EDT

        You’re not alone — at least 5 or 6 readers have e-mailed me to tell me about this. Great price… too bad they didn’t tell us about this delay…

        1. Peter
          March 3, 2015 at 10:14 pm EDT

          FYI – I called bigvalueinc’s customer service this morning complaining about how my tracking number was still showing “ready for pick up”. The customer service rep promised that the tracking info will be updated this evening.
          It updated this evening. Looks like it was finally picked up by UPS today. Ships out of New Jersey with delivery date of 3/9/2015 (Southern California). Ordered on 2/25/2015 with original delivery date of 3/2.

  19. Arielle M.
    March 4, 2015 at 9:41 am EDT

    Thank heavens. My original delivery date was 3/2 as well. Now it’s 3/6. It’s about dang time though. This is a great deal, it’s just such a shame with this whole shipping situation. I’ll be glad to have a new body in my hands though.

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