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Archive 2009 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

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p.8 #1 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

rwalls3 wrote:
PierreB wrote:
In no particular order:

New 1DsMkIII for $3850
New 300/2.8 IS for $3080
New 400/2.8 IS for $4900

Actually new - not LNIB.

Very impressive.

Very lucky actually.

I have to admit that I cheat...a bit. I live in a tax free zone so I get the VAT (sales tax) refunded which at the time was 17.5% in the UK. Also, I paid in Pounds Sterling and those Dollar prices are converted at today's rate. However, as everyone else was quoting in dollars I thought it made sense.

Still, no matter how you look at it, that 1DsMkIII was a steal and I love it.

Jun 18, 2009 at 01:15 AM

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p.8 #2 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

The owner of my company gave me a grip for my 20D.

I bought another 20D and a Sigma 50-500mm (both in perfect condition) for $1,200.00. As I was ready to drop a grand on just the lens (new), I thought that was a pretty good deal...

Jun 18, 2009 at 02:44 AM

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p.8 #3 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

New 5D Mk II for $2166.

Jun 18, 2009 at 05:21 AM

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p.8 #4 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Photon wrote:
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Who is CL?

Happy shooting,
Yakim.
Craig's List
Where "aspiring professionals" offer to shoot weddings for free.

10X.

Personally, I'd never take one for my wedding.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Jun 18, 2009 at 07:50 AM

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p.8 #5 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

580EX II for $265.
LP-E6 for about $55.

Both BNIB.

Jun 18, 2009 at 06:06 PM

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p.8 #6 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

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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.

Even sweeter...when the US $ was at par I scored a brand new 24-105 for $900 here on FM and Canada Customs was too overloaded so the lens arived tax-free

Also tied for sweetest deal: bought a mint EF50 f/1.4 with a broken autofocus for $100...Canon replaced the mechansim and USM for $60 ...and voila a good as new 50 1.4 for CAD$160 (US$145) !!!

...and I've never regretted any of my FM purchases...all great!

Jun 18, 2009 at 08:38 PM

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p.8 #7 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

I got two great deals. The first was a 400mm f/5.6L and after that a 200mm f/2.8L. I got them from Buy + Sell and from two Great guys. This is reason I will buy and sell here, somewhere that honest people still exist. I love FM because it is a place I can retreat to that has people with the same purpose I have.......

Jun 19, 2009 at 04:14 AM

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p.8 #8 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Waaaaay back…through a set of "odd" circumstances…I paid $24.95 for a NEW 21mm 2.8 MC W.Rokkor-X, one of the finer ultra-wides made then (and perhaps now).

Jun 19, 2009 at 06:56 PM

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p.8 #9 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

blueshadows wrote:
Waaaaay back…through a set of "odd" circumstances…I paid $24.95 for a NEW 21mm 2.8 MC W.Rokkor-X, one of the finer ultra-wides made then (and perhaps now).

If you've still got it, I'll give you $25 for it right now.

Jun 20, 2009 at 12:11 AM

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p.8 #10 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

I just bought a refurb 40d for $699 from adorama. I think this is a sweet deal. I am a newb though so I need to really learn how to use it properly now. The camera looks brand new , not a mark on it and so far works wonderfully. I would not hesitate to buy a refurbed camera from them again.

Jun 25, 2009 at 08:49 PM

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p.8 #11 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Used 100-400L + 290 USD = Brand new boxed Canon 5D mrk II

Jun 26, 2009 at 12:50 PM

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p.8 #12 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

maiaibing wrote:
Used 100-400L + 290 USD = Brand new boxed Canon 5D mrk II

Whoaaa, at that price you stole it ....or he/she stole it orginally!

Jun 28, 2009 at 05:30 AM

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p.8 #13 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

burgerdude wrote:

Whoaaa, at that price you stole it ....or he/she stole it orginally!

I confess that it was a steal, but not the way you suggest!

Currency fluctuations USD/EURO and the low price for the 5Dii in Japan all helped

Jun 30, 2009 at 07:02 PM

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p.8 #14 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Mine isn't as amazing as some others here: $1050 for used 5D with grip, 2 batteries and shutter release (last Oct.)

Very happy with it though

Jun 30, 2009 at 07:35 PM

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p.8 #15 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Well I got the 5DII body only for $2600 shipped with free 3-day shipping. And it was in stock, so it shipped right away!

Jul 01, 2009 at 04:11 AM

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p.8 #16 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

cineski wrote:
My best deal was figuring out the time spent looking for the best deal sometimes doesn't add up to the amount saved. Now, happening onto something by chance is totally worth it.....just hasn't happened to me, yet.

I learned this when I was a younger, dumber lad (yet more daring). In 2003, Amtrak was having some mega sale, so I bought train tickets from Chicago to Washington DC for $16 each way. Boy was I impressed with my round-trip cross-country vacation for less than the price of a night at the movies. Of course, after sitting in a train seat for 24 hours each way, I realized that I could have spent those two transit days working, bought a plane ticket with my earnings, and still have had money left over to spend on the vacation.

Jul 01, 2009 at 05:02 AM

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p.8 #17 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Six months ago a second hand but never used 1D3 for $US2000...

Brand new, even the stickers on the display screens where still there.

Jul 01, 2009 at 08:32 AM

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p.8 #18 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Barwaut wrote:
Six months ago a second hand but never used 1D3 for $US2000...

Brand new, even the stickers on the display screens where still there.

WOW! That is a very good deal.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Jul 01, 2009 at 09:00 AM

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p.8 #19 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

you ordered 5 copies of this lens to pick the best?

+1 for return fees.

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.

Jul 01, 2009 at 02:01 PM

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p.8 #20 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

If I understand correctly, he sold off the lenses and the flashes (i.e. a profit of a 580EX II for every 17-40mm he bought/sold). He also managed to swap his 17-40 for an even better one.

Glen_C wrote:
you ordered 5 copies of this lens to pick the best?

+1 for return fees.

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.

Jul 03, 2009 at 02:52 PM

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p.8 #21 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

thats a insane deal free 580EXII with every lens purchase.

newegg's prices seem pretty cheap too when compared to BH or Adorama. To bad I live in California and automatically qualify for 9.750% sales tax

Jul 04, 2009 at 04:19 PM

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p.8 #22 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Bought a used as new Elinchrom octa, Elinchrom 600rx, and an Elinchrom shoot through umbrella, small Elinchrom reflector. All through a google web search for the 600rx the rest was gravey $750

Andy

Jul 04, 2009 at 05:58 PM

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p.8 #23 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

I got a 1dmkII, 4 batteries, a 28-70 2.8 and a beat-up 1dmkI for $1500

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Jul 04, 2009 at 06:46 PM

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p.8 #24 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

Perfect condition 400mm f/2.8L IS for $2,500 (with case and all). Also bought four 550EX in great condition for $50 a piece! Used gear from a press agency...rocks.

Jul 04, 2009 at 06:54 PM

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p.8 #25 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ?

I'm beginning to hate this thread.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Jul 05, 2009 at 07:18 AM


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