Ironimage Offline Upload & Sell: Off
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ryleung wrote:
The 150k shutter life is a figure, and the shutter might well die before or after that. But given that it is the official figure, we all need some metric to measure and gauge things with. So essentially, I think it is fair and reasonable to treat the 5D3 in question as having ~1/3 of its life left.
As such, I'd offer at most 1/3 of today's market price. New 5D3 bodies retail for ~$2800 - $2900 + tax, and it comes with a 1 year warranty. Gently used copies with no such bottom edge ugliness can be had in the $2500 - $2600 + S&H + PayPal fees with no warranty. So in light of all those numbers and considerations, I'd at most offer $2700 ÷ 3 = $900 for this particular camera.
If I were buying, I would simply paste all of the above reasoning into an email and send it off to the seller. I'd think the above reasoning is all sound and logical, so you aren't maliciously lowballing him at all....Show more →
I'm not sure on what planet you would be able to buy (not just offer) a 5d3 that functions at all for $900. Depreciation on most things, cameras included, is non-linear.
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