Bought the Canon PowerShot S95 from the Canon Service Center at Keppel Towers for S$531 (usual price S$669) through the Canon Privilege Purchase Program. This program entice users to purchase another Canon product by allowing trade-in/buy-back of their previously owned Canon products and offering them about 20.5% off the recommended retail price (RRP).
I traded-in my Canon IXUS 860IS which I got from Malaysia back in July 2008 for the new Canon PowerShot S95 which was just launched a few weeks back. The RRP of the Canon PowerShot S95 is S$669 and after the trade-in, I paid S$531. That is about 20.6% off.
Canon service is excellent! I went to the service center on Wednesday, 22nd September 2010 after work which is about 5.30pm and I was the next one in the queue. Within 10 minutes, I am out with a form for collection. All I have to do is wait for their SMS to inform me when to collect it.
The next day, Thursday, I received an SMS about 4pm saying my Canon PowerShot S95 is ready for collection, but unfortunately I forgot to bring along the collection form with me to office. I went there to collect on Friday instead and as usual, when I reached there, I was the next one in the queue. Did the checking of the camera and paid for it all within 10 minutes! The Customer Service Center is at level 4, but I have to proceed down to Canon Digital Lab at level 1 to collect my 8GB SD Card and carrying case.
When doing the buy-back, Canon does not require anything, just the body of your camera will do. No memory card, no battery, no cables and no charger is needed. You pay upon collection of your camera and you can pay by Cash, NETS, Debit Card and Credit Card. Fore more FAQ, check out ClubSNAP Forum: Canon Privilege Purchase Program FAQs.
Here is the address for Canon Customer Service Centre:
Canon Singapore Customer Service Centre
1 HarbourFront Ave
#04-01 Keppel Bay Tower
Singapore 098632
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday, 9.30am – 7pm (closed on public holidays)
PS: I have not played around with the camera enough yet to give a review. Sorry about that.
Frankly speaking how many digital camers do you have. Everytime, I visit your blog come across new camera. I don’t know if that is co-incidence or what.
By the way good camera.
lol. I only got 2. 1 Canon 50D and 1 PowerShot S95 (this)
Hi, wish to know when you bring the old cammie for trade-in, do you have to bring all the accessories/box?
You’ve used a pretty new camera for the trade-in, i’m thinking what if my old cammie is a little faulty…
Nope, just the camera itself will do
I have the 860 and i’m thinking of upgrading to the s95.
Can you give a quick comparison – is the s95 noticably better?
Yeap definitely. You can’t really compare 860is and S95, S95 wins hands down in all areas.
Is your IXUS 860IS still working fine?
Yeap working fine but Macro is a little blur and taking photos with Flash takes about 5s just to take the shot.