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Canon General / Re: Selling question...

« on: November 26, 2012, 10:21:32 PM »

I know I would pass on it if you told me it had that large of a count.
I think you could find a buyer, especially if you price it at the low end of a used 5D II's value.
It would have value to someone wanting to move in to a full frame camera with limited funds, or possibly someone wanting a discounted back up.
If it functions, it works and it is solid I wouldn't hesitate selling it. You just have to price it accordingly.

The thing is now is that I don't know how to price is accordingly. I want to attract the demographic you described without just getting the opposite, just people appalled by the shutter count the they don't think anything of the camera.

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Canon General / Re: Selling question...

« on: November 26, 2012, 09:44:56 PM »

Sometimes ignorance is bliss when selling something you bought second hand.

Are you for sure that is the actual shutter count?

The guy may have been nice but, if he bought it new and had used it that much he would have know it was very, very well used. If he was a pro it might be a good lesson for you, don't buy from pro's.

Well he bought it as a second camera initially from another person who claimed he mostly used it for video and before that I have no clue. But the photographer I bought it from said he didn't use it much and actually had a new 5d mk II he bought new himself as his primary camera. So my guess the owner before him or even before that owner was the main reason for the shutter count. The camera doesn't really show lag in performance at all and exceeded my expectation of it when I began using it, but I feel my experience using it and how it feels now doesn't matter when you break out the shutter count..

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Canon General / Selling question...

« on: November 26, 2012, 09:17:20 PM »

So a couple months back, before the 5d mk II price drop, I picked up a well used 5d mk II from a very trustworthy seller that was just selling his back up for some cash for about $1500. This probably wasn't the wisest choice I've made, even though he was a nice guy, but he said he was not able to get an accurate shutter count. At the time I didn't really pay much mind to it because it came with the first party battery grip and two batteries and it was a heck of an upgrade from my 60d in my eyes then. Anyways, now I have finally gotten the actual shutter count, a whopping 251k. Does anyone on here think this is even worth selling to someone or will the count just scare away anyone that sees it? I've thought of selling it with the grip and batteries again of course, along with a 16gb cf card and a 32 gb cf card with hopes of breaking even with what I paid for or at least to make most of it back.

p.s. Is asking for what I paid for now way too much? With all I am including, any suggestions on how I could price it accordingly? The body is well loved as they say, with really only cosmetic wear, same with the accompanying grip.