✦ Why StudioSai ✦
Not the same camera.
Every listing here is one physical object that passed through our hands — photographed, graded, charged and boxed. Here is what that actually changes.
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StudioSai
Our promise
Vinted · eBay · Depop
Japanese import shops
Models that never left Asia
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Sourced direct from Japan and Korea, including runs sold nowhere else
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Whatever happens to turn up locally
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Yes — that is their whole catalogue
Cosmetic condition
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Scored out of 100 and graded unit by unit, body, screen and lens separately
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“Good condition”, and good luck
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Graded, often only in Japanese
Tested before it ships
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Every unit switched on, shot, cleaned and charged
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Sold as seen, from a bedroom
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Usually, depending on the shop
Warranty
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Four months, on a camera older than most buyers
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None
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None
What is in the box
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Card, battery, charger, reader, pouch, bracelet, stickers — free, worth $75+
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The camera. Sometimes not even a battery
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The camera, and a charger if you are lucky
How it arrives
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Zip pouch and tissue, ready to hand over as a gift
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Padded envelope, maybe bubble wrap
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Brown box, customs sticker on the front
Customs and duty
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Ships from France — nothing to pay anywhere in the EU
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Depends where the seller is
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Import duty plus a handling fee on delivery
The photos you are looking at
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The exact unit you will receive, scratches included
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Usually the real one
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Stock images of the model
When something goes wrong
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A person answers within twelve hours
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If the seller still reads their messages
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Eight hours of time difference and a language gap