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Comments (18)
Undisclosed #1
How does one buy Dahua direct anyway? Make the check out to Dahua USA?
I know how to buy Dahua online of course, but there is always an intermediatery, and unless it's thru an authorized reseller, e.g. B+H, you have to go on the assumption that there is no support from Dahua, only the third party you got it from.
What type of transaction were they suggesting?
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Sean Nelson
04/14/16 05:09pm
Ive heard rumours that there are multiple amazon sellers that are actually Dahua selling direct.
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Bob Schenck
There were a fair amount of people in the Dahua booth who had flown in from China, so in addition to the language barrier it's possible that the rep did not understand Dahua's US market strategy. I'm assuming that in China, you can pay Dahua directly for large orders.
Also, is it possible the Dahua rep was trying to say that you have the option to either buy a Dahua labeled camera or buy one of the many firms that re-label Dahua products (FLIR, Honeywell, Q-See)?
I'm not trying to defend their actions, just make sense of them.
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Marty Calhoun
I was at the ISC Show and spoke to a worker in the Dahua booth that claimed to be the "National Sales Manager". I thought that in itself was interesting since its so hard to buy their stuff so I proceeded to inquire as to where to purchase the equipment? He never really was able to give me a direct answer other than the sources are being worked out? What the hell does that mean? So I moved on from that line and asked him to compare his 128 channel NVR to the Hikvision 128 channel NVR. He clearly did not know his product. They are not even close anyway. The number 128 is the only similarity. He was American as apple pie not a China-man. I left the booth with a clear understanding why they are not able to sell product and have a horrible marketing plan.
Dahua is not a company to deal with on a professional level.
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Undisclosed #1
Alibaba! Alakazam!
Dahua gets caught "dealing" from the bottom of the deck!
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Jon Dillabaugh
04/16/16 01:50pm
Now everyone knows I am familiar with the Dahua brand and sell them often. So, this is going to sound like I'm defending them in some way.
But, I just wanted to point out two observations from ISCW that don't seem to jive.
1) Dahua reps didn't speak clear English and we couldn't get any info out of them.
2) Dahua reps offered to sell through integrators or direct.
Is there a chance that these could both be true, sure. But, what is more likely IMO is that #2 was a misunderstanding, due to #1.
Like others have alluded above, they probably meant Dahua branded or OEM (FLIR, Eyesurv, ICRealtime, etc.).
I can't imagine Dahua wants to drop ship one dome from China. Managing that distribution would be difficult for a company their size, especially since they have zero US presence, brand wise.
Heck, I've still heard distros mispronounce their name as "Duh-who-wa"! If the first tier distributors don't even know how to say their name, that speaks volumes. Same goes for "Hick-vision" :D
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