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Archive 2008 · Liability of buying a broken kit?

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p.1 #1 · Liability of buying a broken kit?

Are there any drawbacks to the CONSUMER who purchases a camera that is sold as "Body only" but was obviously once a kit with the lens removed?

Nov 22, 2008 at 07:01 AM

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p.1 #2 · Liability of buying a broken kit?

I notice some of those retailers also have a good supply of the kit lenses selling separately.
I think they are breaking the kits to maximize their profit.....some of the kit lenses are dirt cheap at that level.

I see no harm done and often the bodies are at very good prices

Nov 22, 2008 at 07:20 AM

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p.1 #3 · Liability of buying a broken kit?

No worries. I recently bought a body-only 40D that came from a kit box. The camera is new and the price was great. The only problem I can see is if there is an active mail-in rebate program (run by a financially solvent company), and the SKU was removed from the box by the vendor, then you couldn't send it in for the rebate. Of course, that's not the current situation.

Nov 22, 2008 at 12:37 PM

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p.1 #4 · Liability of buying a broken kit?

i say go for it. its just like buying the camera regularly

Nov 22, 2008 at 02:37 PM

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