Steven Campbel Offline Upload & Sell: Off
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Imagemaster wrote:
No, because that is exaggerating a bit. For a start, there is plenty of used gear that is sold for far less than 20% of new prices.
And even if you buy used in US funds in Canada, you will still save any sales tax - 12% in BC.
Yes sales tax hurts, but many items are priced close to retail, especially lenses, but even items that should depreciate rapidly, like camera bags seem to sell high used. Buying used is a gamble sometimes, one you have to weigh when you calculate what you are saving. Once that savings is reduced by 20% right off the bat, maybe sales tax and buying the item new locally or even online with a warranty starts to look like the better choice. I also collect military medals and related items, and the same thing has happened there now. Anything I buy is up by 20%, or actaully more now with the dollar below 80 cents US. If you pay with Pay pal, they ding you for an even worse conversion, and then there are the fees which are most often charged to the buyer in these transactions.
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