I think it is awesome that you got your money back. Damn thieves! UPS problems…lol yeah right. You get a tracking number immediately from UPS. There is no reason why he should have had problems with UPS. One thing I have noticed about this and all the Brooklyn camera shop places is that none of them carry any stock. They wait until the weekend to go pick up their orders from warehouses and such and then they ship it if they can find it at a price where they can turn a profit. If they cannot find it after a few weeks, they say that they are on backorder or that they sold the last one and they are waiting on the next shipment. Meanwhile, you sit and wait week after week in hopes that after 30days pass and you can no longer get your money back. Do a search on Brooklyn camera shops on Google and will find the actual addresses of these shops, the pictures of the buildings that they do business out of, and the web addresses that they use.

So that leaves us back at square 1 with no reliable reasonably priced places to buy a Z1?

reasonable? 1500 is reasonable. it may be too much for you but it sure is reasonable for what it is and does

tillithz said:

reasonable? 1500 is reasonable. it may be too much for you but it sure is reasonable for what it is and does

Where is it $1500? The lowest I have found is $1900

I would agree. $1500 is not bad at all for a unit that retails for $2250!

Juice925 said:

tillithz said:

reasonable? 1500 is reasonable. it may be too much for you but it sure is reasonable for what it is and does

Where is it $1500? The lowest I have found is $1900

use froogle or pricegrabber to find a good price.

where do people usually buy theirs?

I didnt want to advertise a site thats why I havent mentioned who I buy my units from. I buy about a dozen navi's a month, mixed between the d2, n3, and z1. Heck today I installed 2, and have 2 more for tomorrow. But you can find them on the net for 1500.. maybe even less.. if not Ill tell you who I go to as they are reliable, but again I didnt want to advertise them just yet.

Juice925 said:

where do people usually buy theirs?

Bought everything from Crutchfield. Maybe a little more expensive than some places but I had a 15% off coupon for everything. And with the free dash kit which fits perfectly for my car and the wiring harness, the deal was even better. You get free support if you have any install questions and it is Pioneer authorized. Is only 1899 over there right now. I am sure you find many places that sell for quite a bit less using the search engines above.

try mytaxfree.com. They have some good prices. I was looking this past weekend and they had a deal of $1449 + free shipping, and it included 2 years of warranty by some 3rd party electronics tech people (had a lemon policy as well!).


If you want to buy from an authorized dealer, 6ave.com is authorized. They had a deal a few weeks back for the Z1 @ $1600-ish.

I purchased from Abes of Maine and received the unit already and had it installed yesterday. Unit works great and there was nothing wrong with the product. Paid $1,561.00.

Has anyone tried thecamerapros.com to purchase their z1? They have it for $1399.99 online and if you camm to order it, they would take off an extra $25.00 making it only $1374.99.

OK, I just found out they do not take the $25.00 off because it excludes receivers??? Thats weird. Also, the free shipping doesn't apply because it excludes receivers also. So total is $1449.99 including shipping.

Wireless King said:

Has anyone tried thecamerapros.com to purchase their z1?

Please please please read this about thecamerapros.com!

http://www.resellerratings.com/seller11495.html

Resellerratings.com could be your best friend!

Great Find! Has anyone actually taken advantage and tried out the "repair tech" warranty these sites are talking about? I called Pioneer today and asked them about it, and they said they have nothing to do with it.

Bump.

Im interested in buying a unit with repair tech. Has anyone actually purchased it and had to go through using the repair tech?

A word of warning about thecamerapros.com when they advertise such a low price, beware because it will be ONLY the head unit itself in a white box. no install cables no harnesses etc no manual or nothing strickly the head unit itself. When i placed an order with them the guy asked me if i needed the rest of the normal installation stuff required for a new installation and i said yeah of course and then he changed the price to 1500 or so ... i was not intrested anymore. I dont like websites that play the bait and switch game. i ordered mine from WWW.CENTRALDIGITAL.COM was a fair price lowest i culd find at the time but well worth it when it says on black and white on the product listing: NO WHITE BOX.
just make sure you know what your getting before you place your order !

Even for a price of 1399 for a Z1 at the camerapros, it might be worth it. As long as it is new and all. Installation is pretty much self explanatory for most stereo and if needed you can always download the manual off the of pioneer website. Does the Z1 require a DVD to install the firmware and all the images in the hard drive or is it already pre-installed in the harddrive? I guess you might need the DVD if required, but then again, there are a lot of sites where you can get the images of the DVD's. The only thing I can think about that you will need is the GPS antenna and the wiring harness and you might be able to get both of those off of eBay for less than $50. Either way, it's still quite inexpensive for a brand new item.

actually, I get my z1's for 1499 all day long everyday so going with the camerapro place doesnt make much sense.... 1399 + 50 for other needed things comes to 1449 and NO warranty. Where as 1499 with warranty and EVERYTHING needed is well worth it, especially when you dont have to deal with a shady company to mix and match a complete system that should already be complete

tillithz said:

actually, I get my z1's for 1499 all day long everyday so going with the camerapro place doesnt make much sense.... 1399 + 50 for other needed things comes to 1449 and NO warranty. Where as 1499 with warranty and EVERYTHING needed is well worth it, especially when you dont have to deal with a shady company to mix and match a complete system that should already be complete

Ok....

so share the wealth!!! Where do you get your units from?

sportsfan21 said:

tillithz said:

actually, I get my z1's for 1499 all day long everyday so going with the camerapro place doesnt make much sense.... 1399 + 50 for other needed things comes to 1449 and NO warranty. Where as 1499 with warranty and EVERYTHING needed is well worth it, especially when you dont have to deal with a shady company to mix and match a complete system that should already be complete

Ok....

so share the wealth!!! Where do you get your units from?

did you even search for yourself yet. i found three places that sell it for 1499 with no problem.

howarmat said:

sportsfan21 said:

tillithz said:

actually, I get my z1's for 1499 all day long everyday so going with the camerapro place doesnt make much sense.... 1399 + 50 for other needed things comes to 1449 and NO warranty. Where as 1499 with warranty and EVERYTHING needed is well worth it, especially when you dont have to deal with a shady company to mix and match a complete system that should already be complete

Ok....

so share the wealth!!! Where do you get your units from?

did you even search for yourself yet. i found three places that sell it for 1499 with no problem.

No actually I didn't.

I'm not planning on buying a Z1 anytime soon, so I don't really care about what website sells it.

However, when someone comes onto a forum to say about how they can get the item for a good price, they usually say which website its from.

Considering this forum is about helping other members, it would be helpful for people who are looking for the unit to know where other members have bought the unit from.

Its not helpful, however, for someone to boast about how they get the unit at such a great price and not tell anyone. Thats like ducatiboy saying "hey I found a new way to bypass the Z1s, but I'm not telling :) "

sportsfan21 said:

Its not helpful, however, for someone to boast about how they get the unit at such a great price and not tell anyone. Thats like ducatiboy saying "hey I found a new way to bypass the Z1s, but I'm not telling :) "

Amen, brotha!

PaisanNYC said:

sportsfan21 said:

Thats like ducatiboy saying "hey I found a new way to bypass the Z1s, but I'm not telling :) "

Amen, brotha!

Just for that I am NOT telling!

ducatiboy said:

PaisanNYC said:

sportsfan21 said:

Thats like ducatiboy saying "hey I found a new way to bypass the Z1s, but I'm not telling :) "

Amen, brotha!

Just for that I am NOT telling!

Umm I think it's a little to later for that. But hey amybe they'll change it for the z2 then you can say it. :)