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Archive 2009 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

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p.4 #1 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

I have had several awesome deals.... in most cases, it involved buying a large lot of equipment, then selling off all the gear except for a lens or two that I was able to keep for free. It works out well for both parties.

May 17, 2009 at 02:54 PM

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p.4 #2 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

To get the Canon 100 mm f2.8 macro lens brand-new incl. box from CircuitCity for 30% off when they closed down...

May 17, 2009 at 03:01 PM

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p.4 #3 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

I bought a new XSi kit (inc. 18-55 IS) for $319 shipped, during the height of the live.come cashback craze. That's probably my best deal.

May 17, 2009 at 03:15 PM

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p.4 #4 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Pick-up up an 85L I for $950. Older lens that was in perfect condition and alarmingly sharp!

May 17, 2009 at 03:23 PM

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p.4 #5 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Mint Canon 5D with only 380 exp. for $700.

May 17, 2009 at 03:26 PM

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p.4 #6 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

mortyb wrote:
Mint Canon 5D with only 380 exp. for $700.

Total bargain! In Norway where shrimp sandwiches cost $20!

May 17, 2009 at 03:30 PM

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p.4 #7 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

I walked in to my local chain camera shop (Henry's) about a year ago, to buy ink or paper, I don't recall what exactly. While there I asked the salesman if they had anything interesting in the used equipment department. He pulled out a mint 100-400 and said it had come into the store two days before and that one of the other salesman wanted to buy it but hadn't been able to come up with the money so far. If I wanted it, it was $1,300. At the time, a new one was $1,850. I took it.

May 17, 2009 at 03:44 PM

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p.4 #8 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

I bought a new Canon 10D for about $2000

May 17, 2009 at 03:48 PM

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p.4 #9 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Canon EF 400mm 5.6/L in beautiful condition for $650

May 17, 2009 at 03:54 PM

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p.4 #10 · 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.

WOW - *great* deal ... when were they running that deal ... and I'd love to take advantage of it if they do again!

May 17, 2009 at 06:02 PM

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p.4 #11 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Hmmm...

40D with about 4k on it, last october, for $650
50 1.2 last year, new, for $1050.
and this year a used 16-35/2 for $950.

May 17, 2009 at 06:29 PM

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p.4 #12 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

I bought Canon 17-55mm IS for around $600 + tax refund in Aalborg Denmark.

May 17, 2009 at 09:44 PM

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p.4 #13 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

SnapsterAU wrote:
My best purchase was my 24-70mm L.

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

I got my 28-70L for $1100, and I thought that was pretty good, as I met a bloke a week later who paid $1700 for his on the same day.

As PP said, bargains down here are non-existent.

May 17, 2009 at 09:54 PM

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p.4 #14 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Traded my 40D for a 1D Mk II

May 17, 2009 at 09:58 PM

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p.4 #15 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Years ago I found a NOS dual range Summicron for cheap. Geez I feel old now. :^)

May 17, 2009 at 10:04 PM

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p.4 #16 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

The best deal that i kept:

1d III
24-70 2.8L
16-35 2.8L II
580ex II

$4200 shipped overnight to my door.

Everything was less than six months old w/ receipts.

May 17, 2009 at 10:10 PM

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p.4 #17 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Minolta SR-M (super rare old film body) which I bought locally for $150, then sold online a week later for $1200.

May 17, 2009 at 10:13 PM

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p.4 #18 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

About a year ago I picked up an X-700, an X-GL, a 50 1.4, a 50 1.7, a 2x converter, 2 tripods (some crappy ones), a bag of filters, and an auto-winder for either of the cameras for $60. I love CL.

May 17, 2009 at 10:14 PM

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p.4 #19 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Got a 1DS MKII of of ebay when they were still selling for $7500 new and about $5700 used for $3000. It was listed as broken, but had everything with it. I just was going to take a chance on getting it fixed, however when I got it, the "broken" part of it was that EC was set to +2 1/3 stops, it was a relatively easy fix.

Also picked up a Macbook Air on ebay last fall for about $550 that was in rough condition, turned out to be a prototype and ended up trading Apple for a refurbished one. Google "Macbook Air Prototype" all the top results are from my experience.

May 17, 2009 at 10:25 PM

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p.4 #20 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

A 600/4 non IS lens in Cash Coverters being sold as a 600/4.5FD lens for $700AUD, bought it as soon as I saw it, went home advertised it and sold it for $11500AUD.

Then bought a 600 from USA for $6000AUD and a D30 from camera shop for $5000.

That set me up into the photographic world. Thats about as good a bargain I ever got.

May 17, 2009 at 10:27 PM

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