To buy or not to buy Mavic 4 pro

[CraigVMN]

I have an opportunity to buy a Mavic 4 pro bundle with the extra batteries & all, never flown. The person selling it bought it from Ebay, and it was sent from South Korea. He said DJI won't honor the warranty, nor sell him a Care Refresh since we're in the states.

My concern is no warranty, and what if I need to buy parts if something breaks. Also, will there come a time in the near future when the drone will be rendered useless because of the ban?

It's a good price and I would love to have it, but...

 

[Cafguy]

will there come a time in the near future when the drone will be rendered useless because of the ban?

If it will fly now it will fly in the future BUT regulations change all the time. are you planning on getting your part 107?

what if I need to buy parts if something breaks.

That's a good question but parts wont be available for quite some time from now. DJI is going to make getting OEM parts on the secondary market tougher in the future so there is no telling when or if you will find parts for that model and how easy it will actually be to get them.
I would love a new PRO 4 myself but no warranty and no care refresh would be a deal killer for me.

 

[mavic3usa]

I have an opportunity to buy a Mavic 4 pro bundle with the extra batteries & all, never flown. The person selling it bought it from Ebay, and it was sent from South Korea. He said DJI won't honor the warranty, nor sell him a Care Refresh since we're in the states.

Your potential new drone has a South Korean warranty so don't plan to use it effectively from the US. Same with the Care Refresh, you'll need a South Korean/regional address to activate it. DJI says both the warranty and the Care Refresh must originate from the country where the drone was originally purchased.

 

[GadgetGuy]

I have an opportunity to buy a Mavic 4 pro bundle with the extra batteries & all, never flown. The person selling it bought it from Ebay, and it was sent from South Korea. He said DJI won't honor the warranty, nor sell him a Care Refresh since we're in the states.

My concern is no warranty, and what if I need to buy parts if something breaks. Also, will there come a time in the near future when the drone will be rendered useless because of the ban?

It's a good price and I would love to have it, but...

Buy it.

Parts availability is completely irrelevant.
DJI does not repair drones any more.
They replace them with brand new so called "Refurbished " stock.
As long as Refurbished units are available in Canada, you are golden.
Same risk everyone buying one from Adorama or Canada is assuming in that respect. We are all dependent upon Refurbs sourced from DJI Canada by DJI USA.

If you call DJI USA, they will tell you that they will service and support your new acquisition, but you will have to pay for all repair bills regardless of whether otherwise covered under warranty or not. You will then receive a refurbished replacement sourced from DJI Canada, which likely will actually have a warranty because all the Canadian DJI drones have warrantees facilitated by DJI USA.

Bottom line, warranty issues requiring use of a warranty are few and far between, so consider the discounted price as sufficient to be able to pay out of pocket for any unlikely needed warranty repairs through DJI USA, and then receive a new refurbished one from Canada that will likely have a warranty.

 

[akdrone]

Or check to see if you can get something like State Farm insurance on it which is what I did. I would probably only use that in the case of complete destruction/loss but for a gimble repair or some such thing I'm willing to cough up the cost of repair. Mine is grey market also. It all depends on your willingess to gamble and pay for repairs if necessary.