Beware - Fake "DJI Official Store" on Amazon

DesertWindAero · Jan 30, 2018

H/T to dronedj.com...

Buyer beware: don’t buy your DJI Mavic Air from the fake “DJI official store” on Amazon

AeroMirage · Jan 30, 2018

I deal with Florida Drone Supply. Definite

Official DJI dealer.

I learned my lesson buying a Phantom 4 from a 3rd party seller on ebay. It was broken right out of the box. Seller told me I was stuck with DJIs warranty. I contacted DJI, they told me to return it to the 3rd party seller I got it from. PayPal and eBay buyer protection made this guy take it back and give me full refund. But my money was tied up for 2 weeks in the process.
Never again!!!

msinger · Jan 30, 2018

DesertWindAero said:
H/T to dronedj.com...

A hat tip? Or is this their ploy to get unsuspecting people to visit a DroneDJ page that's chock-full of affiliate links?

The "DJI Official Store." seller is definitely not a scam. When ordering from that seller, the products are shipped directly from the DJI Store. How do I know this? Well, I ordered from them before.

Here's my Mavic Pro order (note the name of the seller):

And here's my FedEx tracking information showing my order being fulfilled directly by the DJI Store:

With that said, I think we should start advising people to beware of DroneDJ. It's quite sad to see so many spammy drone websites on the Internet these days.

DesertWindAero · Jan 30, 2018

msinger said:
A hat tip? Or a ploy to get unsuspecting people to visit DroneDJ's page that's chock-full of affiliate links?

The "DJI Official Store." seller is definitely not a scam. When ordering from that seller, the products are shipped directly from the DJI Store. How do I know this? Well, I ordered from them before.

Here's my Mavic Pro order (note the name of the seller):

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And here's my FedEx tracking information showing my order being fulfilled directly by the DJI Store:

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With that said, I think we should start advising people to beware of DroneDJ. It's quite sad to see so many spammy drone websites on the Internet these days.

Aha, so the message about the fake was fake!!! Sorry for the post then...!

msinger · Jan 30, 2018

No worries. I realize you were just trying to be helpful.

msinger · Jan 30, 2018

@ckizer, see my post above.

bump · Jan 30, 2018

Anything on Amazon or eBay with the words "Original" or "Official" or "Best" needs to be subject to considerable doubt.

msinger · Jan 30, 2018

@bump, as does information from unreliable sources on the Internet

bump · Jan 30, 2018

ckizer · Jan 30, 2018

msinger said:
@bump, as does information from unreliable sources on the Internet

Yup you are right. It's official store

msinger · Jan 30, 2018

Below is a post from DJI's Twitter feed (from back when I ordered my Mavic Pro) telling people to go order from their Amazon store. The DJI Store was down for some reason, so they were recommending people go order from them on Amazon (which is why I purchased there).