DtEW Offline Upload & Sell: Off
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Wait, so you don't want to spend $200 to rent a lens for 2 months from a rental outfit... but you think people are willing to risk possible loss* of $1000 for the terrific benefit of losing the opportunity cost of their lens for 2 months, plus added wear-and-tear?
Wow, what a deal!
* Some of the possibilities:
1) Unknown guy on the internet gives me false and/or temporary information and runs off with my lens...
2) Unknown guy doesn't return my lens, and the legal costs of an interstate lawsuit is prohibitive...
3) Unknown guy drops my lens and returns my lens. The damage may be obvious or subtle, and we argue about it... and then he ignores me (because he disagrees with my assessment) and disappears...
4) Unknown guy drops my lens and destroys it. He might have intended to be a good guy, but since he didn't even have the money to rent a lens in the first place, he couldn't possibly afford to replace it. He suffers the guilt and disappears in shame. I still don't have a lens anymore.
I don't think even a long term regular on this site would be trusted with a "borrow" unless that person had a personal relationship outside of the Internet.
I think you should just suck it up and check out KEH and buy a used lens to meet your need, and then sell it back afterwards when you are done with its usage. If you are as "legit" as you claim (which would necessarily include the ability to pay somebody back should you accidentally damage/destroy a borrowed lens), you can afford to buy a used lens. If you are as careful as you need to be to use a borrowed lens, you should be able to keep your used lens purchase at minimal wear-and-tear... which should allow you to sell it on Ebay at almost (or at) full price.
Edited on Jun 16, 2014 at 12:03 PM · View previous versions
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