runner301 wrote:
I met my wife for free. So far, I has been a great deal, and I have had her body longer than any of my camera ones, and it still looks and handles the same as when I met her. Her auto focus is even better than when we first got married, but I am haven't decided if that is a good thing or not. Thank god for Japanese quality control!
Careful with fast auto focus of your wife when you are trying to lock your subject
runner301 wrote:
I met my wife for free. So far, I has been a great deal, and I have had her body longer than any of my camera ones, and it still looks and handles the same as when I met her. Her auto focus is even better than when we first got married, but I am haven't decided if that is a good thing or not. Thank god for Japanese quality control!
Best reply so far! Careful...sometimes the 'free' stuff comes with a very high cost at the end!
mh2000 wrote:
how did you know it was hot and not just poorly priced?
Hmmm........indeed, if the lens came with its Canon box, that would have been a good price for the box alone.
Whether it was de facto et de iure hot or not, I would have bought the lens from a reasonably reputable looking and licensed storefront pawn shop based on two assumptions:
(1) The pawn shop exercised their due dilligence in ensuring the rightful ownership of the item they were selling, and
(2) They either made a mistake in pricing it, or the lens was not (fully) functional.
Either way, deals like that border on fantasies and remind me so much of folks who have bought a genuine Strad violin in some country antique store for $500.
However, for each one of those, there are probably 10,000 who have grossly over paid for a fake Strad made in Korea or some such, believing that the instrument was a genuine Strad.
jasonlcraft wrote:
alpha, where are you located? i swear i read that add posted on CL yesterday
I am in Gaithersburg MD. The add was there yesterday morning but then I think the guy removed it because he's getting so many responses. Guy was great.
alpha_1976 wrote:
I am in Gaithersburg MD. The add was there yesterday morning but then I think the guy removed it because he's getting so many responses. Guy was great.
Yeah, i'm in fairfax... i did see that, along with some jerk also posting that it must be a scam because it was a low price. i was going to hit the guy but didnt have the time to make a transaction yesterday so i didnt bother... congrats on that one
Bought alot of quality glass from BH when the dollar was very low to our Swedish currency, bought lenses such as 500/4, 85/1.2 etc for half price of that they cost in Sweden! Sweet Deal for me i can resell them today almost 2 years later with a good profit if i wish.
Actually this was my best day ever. A guy advertised on Craigslist with a BNIB 1DMKIIn for $3500 with 24-70.
When I went to buy it he had 2 more exactly the same, all with Dell paperwork and invoices. It was end of year and he was spending for tax purposes. I bought all three for $9000.
I sold 2 bodies for $6400 and eventually all three 24-70 for $3000 and kept a MKIIN.
Has never happened again and I don't count on it. My ship came in!
1. 40D with 28-135 Kit lens and 8gb Extreme III - $600.00 (the man who sold it to me bought a Leica M8.2 + 28mm Kit, and also the 50mm 1.0, and has never shot off the basic programs or "green" setting)
2. 50mm f/1.4 LNIB with all packaging and 100mm USM f/2.8 Macro LNIB with Canon UV haze filter and B+W MC CPL - $500.00
Bought two 5Ds and somthing else that I can't remember. That was back when some third party was doing the rebates. I sent in everything for an $800.00 rebate. I got the run around about not submitting proper documentation. I called and asked for a supervisor. Who knows thay may have put the janitor on the phone but eventually they sent me rebate check for $800.00. While waiting for the rebate I called Canon customer service and explained the run around I was getting. I received another rebated check for $800.00..
I did the right thing with the second check..
Micky Bill wrote:
Back when I shot film usinf Nikon F4s I found a Nikon 55mm micro in the box at a garage sale. It had a sticker on it for $5 I said "Really? five dollars?" and she said "Ok, four."
3 1/2 years ago I just happened to browse the buy and sell forums and I bought a like new 5D with a 17-40L 4gig cf cards , bag for 2k.
That was a sweet deal then, right place right time!
Take a look at this page. I didn't order from here, but this guy obviously doesn't know anything about pricing cams: D700-$1000; D5000-$2000; D3x-$1200!!!...OK
