Aviator A1 Travel Jib Mag Aloy Aluminum Kit - 24" Long - Extends to 6'

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Price: $497.00    

Product Feature

• Aviator Travel Jib - Mag Alloy Kit (A1)
• Weighs less than 3 ¾ lbs.
• 24 inches long - Extends to 6 feet!
• Sets up in under 1 minute
• Easy Set Up - Pro Features

Product Description

The Aviator Travel Jib compacts down to 24 inches, extends to 6 feet, weighs less than 3 ¾ pounds (supporting cameras up to 6.5lbs!) and sets up in under a minute. That makes it the perfect camera motion accessory whether you're shooting on the other side of town or the other side of the world. Use it to shoot weddings, extreme sports, documentaries, indie films, music videos, real estate, travel, commercials, corporate, and more to dramatically raise your production value. The Aviator kit comes complete with a fluid pan base, a high end padded bag, mounting hardware, bubble levels, monitor/accessory mounting ports, and ballast bag. Thanks to the included fluid pan base, The Aviator works great with any photo or video tripod rated to support 17lbs or more.

Aviator A1 Travel Jib Mag Aloy Aluminum Kit - 24" Long - Extends to 6' Review

I am clearly unhappy with the product I received!

First : I ordered the Jib from ADORAMA CAMERA, it was supposed to be brand new, however when I received it I discovered the Jib had already been used and not just once. The knob's screw of the jib was making an horrible noise that caught up my attention so I checked about it and I saw that it marked the jib with white marks of use that shows it has been over used and probably over-tight. There were multiple scratches on the jib in different places and in a particular place I saw even some kind of black paint like to cover the scratches . The leglocks showed some used marks as well, and also a deformed shape for one. It is clearly unacceptable to receive this kind of product that has surely been rented or tested multiple times.

Second: Before even discovering about the used state of the product, I had to pay 119 euros (about 160 USD) of Taxes, customs, insurance upon delivery to UPS (delivery in Europe). These were additional to the 454 euros (About 600 USD) I had to pay for the Jib and its shipping to Adorama! ( really high shipping price without a cheaper option...)
There were nothing explained about these taxes, insurance before purchasing and shipping the Jib!
Normally Amazon sellers are used to that and don't declare full value of products or explain if they take an insurance or if you should expect huge taxes !!! So be Aware of that before buying this jib from ADORAMA CAMERA...

Third: I sent several complains to ADORAMA CAMERA, requesting from them to act accordingly in response for their mistake, so either a replacement of the Jib by a real NEW one with full reimbursement of taxes to make sure I pay only taxes once.
if replacement was impossible, a full refund of the Jib + Shipping cost + taxes/insurance...
They took more than 4 days to send me a kind of automatic response telling me that taxes were my concern (country-wise), and that they were okay for a return and refund (excluding taxes) process but I had to tell them the price for shipping for validation first and check about UPS where I live...

ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE, I didn't receive any consideration for their mistake, I didn't saw any real professional apologies, and I could forget about my 119 euros of taxes even if I was to return the Jib... and Finally they asked me to "work for them" by saving costs in checking shipping prices and find a UPS branch...

Fortunately Amazon is a great platform that back up the buyers with an excellent customer service.

To conclude I think my problem was not the Aviator travel Jib itself but the seller that made a mistake. I do think this jib is really an amazing product from Aviator Camera Gear, I was unlucky and so I would advise to not buy it from ADORAMA CAMERA !

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