R5 Serial Number is missing some Digits

[alFR]

And you made another thread, but simply won't say you bought it grey market and the serial numbers is different and be done with all this.

Read the thread, he bought it second hand. It says that in the first post.

 

[EricN]

Read the thread, he bought it second hand. It says that in the first post.

Why doesn't he say ebay, keh or whatever?

 

[JDP88]

And you made another thread, but simply won't say you bought it grey market and the serial numbers is different and be done with all this.

I’ve posted in another thread asking if anyone has any information about this type of serial number and the location of where they were issued. The camera was purchased from a trusted store in Graz, Austria, where I live. The store informed me today that they bought it from a long-time customer who had purchased the Canon R5 while on holiday, and sold it to them upon his return.
However, things have become a bit confusing. I received a response from Canon, and they confirmed that the serial number on the bottom of the camera has been forged. I’m trying to piece everything together and figure out what’s going on.

 

[OskarB]

I’ve posted in another thread asking if anyone has any information about this type of serial number and the location of where they were issued. The camera was purchased from a trusted store in Graz, Austria, where I live. The store informed me today that they bought it from a long-time customer who had purchased the Canon R5 while on holiday, and sold it to them upon his return.
However, things have become a bit confusing. I received a response from Canon, and they confirmed that the serial number on the bottom of the camera has been forged. I’m trying to piece everything together and figure out what’s going on.

Ask Canon what they know about the SN in the exif data and base your further steps on that.

 

[EricN]

I’ve posted in another thread asking if anyone has any information about this type of serial number and the location of where they were issued. The camera was purchased from a trusted store in Graz, Austria, where I live. The store informed me today that they bought it from a long-time customer who had purchased the Canon R5 while on holiday, and sold it to them upon his return.
However, things have become a bit confusing. I received a response from Canon, and they confirmed that the serial number on the bottom of the camera has been forged. I’m trying to piece everything together and figure out what’s going on.

My first thought is it's a stolen camera (I'm not saying that the store or person who sold it knew of the possibility).

 

[AlanF]

I’ve posted in another thread asking if anyone has any information about this type of serial number and the location of where they were issued. The camera was purchased from a trusted store in Graz, Austria, where I live. The store informed me today that they bought it from a long-time customer who had purchased the Canon R5 while on holiday, and sold it to them upon his return.
However, things have become a bit confusing. I received a response from Canon, and they confirmed that the serial number on the bottom of the camera has been forged. I’m trying to piece everything together and figure out what’s going on.

Sounds dodgy. The EAC means it was bought in one of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, or Russia.

 

[docsmith]

The camera was purchased from a trusted store in Graz, Austria

I received a response from Canon, and they confirmed that the serial number on the bottom of the camera has been forged.

Unless there is a reason for you to make this your problem, it is not. Canon has confirmed that the serial number is forged. You purchased from a trusted store.

I would return the camera to the trust store while showing them the correspondence from Canon stating the serial number was forged. You have done your due diligence. Let them take it from there.

 

[wildwood]

Sounds dodgy. The EAC means it was bought in one of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, or Russia.

My friend in UK has one of these Russia etc models. She bought it new from Panamoz...

 

[AlanF]

My friend in UK has one of these Russia etc models. She bought it new from Panamoz...

Interesting. The guy who sold it to the trusted dealer must have made a profit!