I've had great success selling locally on craiglist. First, it's local so no shipping involved. Second, it's cash (at least that's all that I take) and it is ideal to meet at a bank. Third, you can get more for your product because the crowd is less educated (as previously stated). I generally post 4 pictures and in the description put a link to the product new on Nikon's site, so they see how much they're saving by buying used. Finally, it's free.
Good luck with selling, whichever route you choose to take.
Slug69 wrote:
Shutter count is meaningless really.
Nikon won't foot for the bill if it's out of warranty and only 20,000 clicks when it breaks.
The shutter breaking is such a minor thing to worry about if you need a camera. The shutter can be replaced for $250.00 IF IT DOES BREAK.
If the camera looks fine and still works fine. It could be years before anything lets go on it.
What That's ridiculous! Shutter count is not meaningless, just like miles on a used car is not meaningless. I agree that in general shutter count should not be THE major criteria in deciding a purchase but it is undeniably a factor or piece of information. Gear that has been used professionally tends to have higher shutter counts and correspondingly has also seen more intense use. Moreover, if I have to choose between two similarly priced cameras - one that has 50K on the shutter versus another that has 1K, I'll buy the camera with 1K as long as I feel that the price is close, or I can't get the seller to lower the 50K price. The FACT that one sees the "shutter count" question and information posted all the time on the B&S forum, Ebay and CR demonstrates that to many shutter count is not "meaningless", and for that reason alone it is a relevant piece of information in many sales. If buyers expect that information then the seller has to try and provide it, and, if the buyer is using shutter count as part of the collection of facts used to make a purchase decision, then shutter count is important.
Shutter repair minor? If a D7000 sells for $800-900 then another $250 is greater than 25% of the camera price. Even in absolute terms $250 will buy SD cards, money towards a good flash, etc...
On the other hand, the camera with higher shutter count is probably more likely to be a better specimen. The user was an expert and had this been a lemon, it would have either been fixed or sold off long ago. Better to get a well used camera for a lesser price. How many people you know get frustrated with bad focus after 1k clicks and sell their problem?
agree you should also list on your local cl..you never know what will go on there, but it's free to list. i'm fortunate to be in the sf bay area where you can buy or sell anything (or anyone) locally...but i also find cl to be sort of like ebay in that a lot of sellers are asking silly high prices for their stuff. so even there i would say be realistic in your asking price or you will turn off some of the serious buyers.
for example, check this out on my local cl...a mint d3 (not s) for only $4000...
aptyp wrote:
On the other hand, the camera with higher shutter count is probably more likely to be a better specimen. The user was an expert and had this been a lemon, it would have either been fixed or sold off long ago. Better to get a well used camera for a lesser price. How many people you know get frustrated with bad focus after 1k clicks and sell their problem?
That's a good point. I have 40,000 clicks on my D7k.
galenapass wrote:
What That's ridiculous! Shutter count is not meaningless, just like miles on a used car is not meaningless. I agree that in general shutter count should not be THE major criteria in deciding a purchase but it is undeniably a factor or piece of information. Gear that has been used professionally tends to have higher shutter counts and correspondingly has also seen more intense use. Moreover, if I have to choose between two similarly priced cameras - one that has 50K on the shutter versus another that has 1K, I'll buy the camera with 1K as long as I feel that the price is close, or I can't get the seller to lower the 50K price. The FACT that one sees the "shutter count" question and information posted all the time on the B&S forum, Ebay and CR demonstrates that to many shutter count is not "meaningless", and for that reason alone it is a relevant piece of information in many sales. If buyers expect that information then the seller has to try and provide it, and, if the buyer is using shutter count as part of the collection of facts used to make a purchase decision, then shutter count is important.
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It is meaningless if you want to purchase the camera and it appears fine and works fine and the price is right.
The shutter can break at heaps less than it's rated shutter life and Nikon is not liable to pay if it is out of warranty.
It is more bad luck than anything else.
There are D70's out there with over 200,000 actuations. Does it take a worse picture? Is it more likely to break than one with just 50,000? Maybe.
I had great luck with CL as well. The best part about CL, buyer will come, check the gear in and out and take it away by paying cash. Thats it. End of business. With Ebay and even some forums, you can expect to hear a complain even after a month.
I sold a lens to Ebay once and the buyer came back after 3 weeks saying the lens has a loose mount. All these time, he never left a feedback which means the case was still open for him to make a claim. It was a 300$ lens and I had to refund him some money to make it work. I cant imagine a transaction over thousand dollars and deal with a similar situation.
That's ridiculous! 
Shutter count is not meaningless, just like miles on a used car is not meaningless. I agree that in general shutter count should not be THE major criteria in deciding a purchase but it is undeniably a factor or piece of information. Gear that has been used professionally tends to have higher shutter counts and correspondingly has also seen more intense use. Moreover, if I have to choose between two similarly priced cameras - one that has 50K on the shutter versus another that has 1K, I'll buy the camera with 1K as long as I feel that the price is close, or I can't get the seller to lower the 50K price. The FACT that one sees the "shutter count" question and information posted all the time on the B&S forum, Ebay and CR demonstrates that to many shutter count is not "meaningless", and for that reason alone it is a relevant piece of information in many sales. If buyers expect that information then the seller has to try and provide it, and, if the buyer is using shutter count as part of the collection of facts used to make a purchase decision, then shutter count is important.
