Hmmm this sounds too good to be true. I ran across an ad from Rogerscamera.com showing the Canon eos 5D Mark II for 1399.00 Body only
Any ideas what is up with this price, Has the economy gotten this bad.

resellerratings.com

Hmnmmmm run run not to look back .

I believe rogers camera are classic "bait & switch" artists - folks on resellerratings seem to agree. Avoid!

Damn they are a bunch of thieving a**holes, it is just shocking how this goes on in this country.

dwile38 wrote:
Hmmm this sounds too good to be true. I ran across an ad from Rogerscamera.com showing the Canon eos 5D Mark II for 1399.00 Body only
Any ideas what is up with this price, Has the economy gotten this bad.

you need to pay $1500 for the markii battery kit that turns the 5dmki into a 5dmkii though

then another $2200 for the magic decoder ring to process the image files ...

Roger-scam-era.com

I ran across one of those sweet sounding deals but I did not bite. I'd rather spend the money to get a quality product. Now if you had cash in hand and can walk into the establishment to conduct business face to face, then that's another story as long as it's legit.

Ed

This general advice should be a sticky for each gear board:
"If the price is too good to be true, assume it is not true,
and look elsewhere."

In the case of most of these places - which for some reason seem to like to base themselves in Brooklyn, NY - there is no "establishment" to walk into. (There's a website set up by a guy who tracked down the addresses of these places & went around taking photo's of their registered storefronts which makes for entertaining viewing) Typically, they don't have the product you order anyway, & the name of the game is to sell you something else (that they make a big profit on).

Buy two!

EBH

trumpet_guy wrote:
This general advice should be a sticky for each gear board:
"If the price is too good to be true, assume it is not true,
and look elsewhere."


For sure that is good general advice in life, yet cheap people are attracted to a scam like a moth to a light.

EBH

there's no reason a legitimate dealer should have to sell a current product at way below their cost- if that happens- something is wrong.

That must be British pounds, or one of those really nasty divorces.

Buy that ad you will be rogered!

3dmb wrote:
Roger-scam-era.com

Now that is funny...

EB-1 wrote:
Buy two!

EBH

+1 Exactly!!!

I have a bridge for sale in NY that will go nicely with that 5D2... pm me for details.

1399... that much

I saw an used 5D2 offered for 510 euros on a national auction site

But I figured a holiday to Nigeria is a better way to spend my money

I think the best way to avoid this stuff is to really just know the market on the item you are trying to buy. The retail of the 5d Mk II right now is $2699. If someone is selling a used one, probably the best you could do is $2400 or thereabouts (given locality, seller's circumstances, etc. - surely urgency or cash sale will maybe bring it down, but like $100, not $1000). Even the most "used" MkII right now is still pretty new.

So when junk like that comes around, i.e., a half price situation on the hottest Canon product ... I just roll my eyes. It's not worth the time and anguish to ferret out whether it is real or not. It probably is not.

Does the US not have (capable) governement-operated consumer-protection agencies that regulate these bastages?
Can't believe this question pops up time after time...same companies over and over.

Do you think its one of those plastic body ones?

So light it's as if it was made of air?

Roslev wrote:
Does the US not have (capable) governement-operated consumer-protection agencies that regulate these bastages?
Can't believe this question pops up time after time...same companies over and over.

I know this has been posted on the board before but it seems relevant here too:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/online-electronic-stores-caught-in-consumer-fraud/

globalkiwi wrote:
In the case of most of these places - which for some reason seem to like to base themselves in Brooklyn, NY - there is no "establishment" to walk into. (There's a website set up by a guy who tracked down the addresses of these places & went around taking photo's of their registered storefronts which makes for entertaining viewing) Typically, they don't have the product you order anyway, & the name of the game is to sell you something else (that they make a big profit on).

You mean the site from Don Wiss? That is a must read for everyone looking to buy a camera from NYC.

http://donwiss.com/pictures/BrooklynStores/