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p.2 #1 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

My best purchase was my 24-70mm L.

I picked it up for about $650 AUD (equals to about 486USD)

May 17, 2009 at 06:03 AM

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p.2 #2 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

I've purchased the majority of my used gear for under market value so I guess I got pretty good deals on everthing. The best was probably getting a Tamron 90mm macro for 210 and then trading it for a 85/1.8 w/ hood straight up.

May 17, 2009 at 06:08 AM

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p.2 #3 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Cinstance wrote:
A brand new in box Zeiss 85/1.2 for $3300.

hey what an awesome lens..
Any samples u can post??

May 17, 2009 at 06:47 AM

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p.2 #4 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Just in the past year using the BIN/cashback I've gotten:

135L: $590
17-40: $385
MT-24EX: $375 (which almost beat the MR-14 I found a couple years ago on CL for $200)
24II (new): $1499

Seek and ye shall find... (no wonder I haven't bought anything from the FM B&S forum in years)

PS. While it's always fun to find killer deals, I think that many of us (and certainly I) spend too much time snooping around for them. Over the years I've been buying and selling camera gear I've saved maybe $2-3K from standard prices (used or new) by hunting around - and I've certainly spent at least 50 hours in any given year in this pursuit. If I'd just put even half of this effort into working a few hours of overtime I could have easily made more than I've saved. But there remains something of the cheap starving grad student in me that loves a deal - even when the rational part of me realizes that the hunt really isn't worth the time.

May 17, 2009 at 07:20 AM

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p.2 #5 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Easily, my second 1D for $475........and that's half of what I paid for my first one! Are you kidding me? A 1D for $475?

That's my best deal so far.

That would be like buying a brand new 200/2.0IS for $361.24.

I wish glass technology would "progress" as fas as silicon chips get smaller!

Tad

May 17, 2009 at 07:57 AM

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p.2 #6 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Just below $ 900 for a 50/1,0 L in very good condition. About 2½ years ago in a Bangkok shop

May 17, 2009 at 07:59 AM

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p.2 #7 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Mine isn't a $900 50/1.0 or $1500 200/1.8..

Tie between:

8g cf for $40 with $40 rebate

From craigslist a 'kit' of a Canon 650 body, 50/1.8 mk I, and 100-300 USM zoom for $200. Sold lenses here for $220 net to me... thus, I got a 650 body and $20 for some EOSFun

May 17, 2009 at 08:05 AM

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p.2 #8 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

an eos3 wirh pb-e2,xtra focus screen and a arca-swiss plate RRS for 350.00
over 2 years ago

May 17, 2009 at 08:14 AM

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p.2 #9 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

My sweetest by far was a 17-85IS that had been wrongly priced on the net and I got it new for about $49. Horrible lens that it is I made a nice tidy profit seeling it on ebay

Tesco did a similar thing with a 400D kit, which was priced for a day at about $250. Not as good a deal but still a decent profit

David

May 17, 2009 at 08:15 AM

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p.2 #10 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

My best deal for new kit was a 1DsMkIII for less that half what I would have to pay for it now.

I got a similar deal on a used 400/2.8 IS - the guy who was selling was splitting with his wife and wanted cash urgently. It looked like it had never been out of the box.

May 17, 2009 at 08:21 AM

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p.2 #11 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

85mm 1.2 L Mk II, new in the box from Canon $1550. Rebate plus B & H deal.

May 17, 2009 at 08:34 AM

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p.2 #12 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Don't remember the exact details (it was many years ago) but I sold 70-200/4 for more than I bought it and without even posting an ad.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

May 17, 2009 at 08:39 AM

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p.2 #13 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Bought a bulk lot at auction, and sold my existing kit to turn a

Canon 350d
18-55 Sigma
75-300 Canon

into a
like new 40D
kit lens (17-85IS)
70-200 F4 L good condition

Cost? approx $300US

May 17, 2009 at 08:51 AM

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p.2 #14 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

- 30D used in mint condition, just serviced with 6 months warranty
£300 (alright not a steal but I thought that, considering the beautiful renditions I get from this body, the price was great)

- 50mm F1.8 Mk I - a friend came over, picked up my tripod and I said seeing as it was going spare he could have it. I got the 50/1.8 the next week when I asked him what lenses he had. I was going to offer him something for it but he very generously sent it free
£0

- 580EX II
£240 on rebate (I believe they are now roughly £300-350)

- Bought a slingshot 300AW. 1 year later decided to sell it. Sold for £41, £21.50 less than I bought it for. But then the guy was from belgium so he had to pay my stunningly good value £46.50 P&P. So I broke even.
Pretty good considering it had a slight rip in the top.

May 17, 2009 at 09:01 AM

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p.2 #15 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

vachss wrote:
Just in the past year using the BIN/cashback I've gotten:

135L: $590
17-40: $385
MT-24EX: $375 (which almost beat the MR-14 I found a couple years ago on CL for $200)
24II (new): $1499

Seek and ye shall find... (no wonder I haven't bought anything from the FM B&S forum in years)

PS. While it's always fun to find killer deals, I think that many of us (and certainly I) spend too much time snooping around for them. Over the years I've been buying and selling camera gear I've saved maybe $2-3K from standard prices (used or new) by hunting around - and I've certainly spent at least 50 hours in any given year in this pursuit. If I'd just put even half of this effort into working a few hours of overtime I could have easily made more than I've saved. But there remains something of the cheap starving grad student in me that loves a deal - even when the rational part of me realizes that the hunt really isn't worth the time.

A very interesting observation you've made there.

May 17, 2009 at 09:21 AM

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p.2 #16 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

I was suffering from gadget lust for a 100-400L when my boss said a mate was selling some canon gear. Turned out he had a 100-400L barely used for £500; very happy with that.

May 17, 2009 at 09:55 AM

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p.2 #17 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Not really a bargain because it was a sale, but i sold a 100mm Macro for £30 for than i paid for it 6 months ago because of the price increases.

May 17, 2009 at 10:11 AM

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p.2 #18 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

A few months ago I got a mint condition 1V-HS for US$400.

May 17, 2009 at 10:18 AM

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p.2 #19 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Bought a XS bundle for my gf, for some reason a XSi was in the box though. Free upgrade ftw.

May 17, 2009 at 10:18 AM

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p.2 #20 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Ariel Bravy wrote:
Newegg's buy-a-lens-and-get-a-free-580ex deal.

So I did.

I cherry-picked the best 17-40 (one of the new ones was better than my current copy) and sold everything else.

Wowzers!

May 17, 2009 at 10:21 AM

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p.2 #21 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

That has to be an awesome deal.

Fancy sending me one of those 580EX II s ? (ONly have one for weddings)

May 17, 2009 at 10:23 AM

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p.2 #22 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

When the US $ was at par last Feb, gotta 50L for $1150 US, no taxes from BH (shipped to my in-laws in Fla).
It's now $1900 Can.
Nice.

May 17, 2009 at 10:57 AM

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p.2 #23 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Living in Australia where bargains are as rare as hen's teeth, I did get a 1 year old Sigma 24 f/1.8 for $200 when they are about 4x that new. Not that exciting.

May 17, 2009 at 10:57 AM

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p.2 #24 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Probably a Mamiya C330 with the blue dot 80mm lens for $95.

May 17, 2009 at 12:26 PM

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p.2 #25 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Sigma 24-60 f2.8 brand new 200 USD
Noct-Nikkor 1175 euros
OM Zuiko 50/1.2 150 usd
OM Zuiko 55/1.2 180 usd
Nikkor AiS 35/1.4 300 usd
Canon FD85/1.2 475 usd mint (BGN@KEH)

May 17, 2009 at 12:33 PM


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