chiron Offline Upload & Sell: On
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Not sure where to ask, curiosity is killing me | |
mitesh wrote:
There could be several explanations:
1. There are a few members on B/S Forum who are in effect acting as intermediaries between dealers and purchasers. They offer to sell equipment at less than retail, and provide a receipt in your name. Obviously, a private seller couldn't do that.
2. Some may accrue rewards or gift cards, and want to "cash out" of them, so they might buy something and sell it at a discount to get cash in hand.
3. Some may be resellers, so they frequent this forum as well as other forums and auctions sites to find deals to flip for profit.
4. Some may be employees of certain manufacturers and use their employee discount to purchase equipment that they later flip for profit.
These are just a few that I personally have come across. There could certainly be other explanations, including those that might fall under the "shady" category ....Show more →
On the several occasions when I have inquired about any of these new cameras or lenses on the buy-sell forum, there is no receipt provided by the seller or from a store and there is no warranty or return period. They are sold just like any other used equipment on the forum.(This is very different from the way that Greentoe, for example, operates, with both receipts from authorized dealers, 30 day returns, and full Sony or Zeiss warranties.)
One possible source other than dealers could be Sony employees who buy the cameras and lenses for discounts then place them with these forum sellers. The volume doesn't seem to be very high.
Also, I don't see these kinds of sales on ebay. Ebay ultimately is a less anonymous way of selling than on the buy-sell forum, and so if these sales are in some way non-legit, then ebay would not be a good way to sell them.
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