EyeBrock wrote:
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!
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.......
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).
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.
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.
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.
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?
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
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.
