Beware - Fake "DJI Official Store" on Amazon

[DesertWindAero]

H/T to dronedj.com...

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

 

[AeroMirage]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[msinger]

@ckizer, see my post above.

 

[bump]

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

 

[msinger]

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

 

[bump]

 

[ckizer]

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

Yup you are right. It's official store

 

[msinger]

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).

 

[Anthony Viscomi]

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

Seems to be a lot of his links around here lately...

 

[dvarapala]

Glad to hear this is Fake News. My MPP FMC was purchased from the DJI Official Store on Amazon last November.

 

[msinger]

It looks like the guy behind DroneDJ concluded his investigation. The page has been removed from his website.