For those that have purchased refurbished canon cameras & lenses directly from the Canon.com store, how have your experiences been? How has your purchases perform overall? Any insights? I have never purchased refurbished but always bought new but am considering it. Thx!
Canon Refurbished Cameras & Lenses
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Only did once....a 100-400....and I've been pleased. I bought it during a sale and got, I think, 20% off the usual refurb price. Now that they come with a 1 year warranty from Canon, I think it is a good option.
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Bought a refurb 70-200 IS II few weeks back. Was my first refurb purchase from Canon store. The lens is practically new, functions flawlessly. Happy with my purchase so far!
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I bought a canon refurbished 7D from Adorama this week and the thing looks brand new (sealed, from Canon).
Bringing it out this weekend, but I wouldn't be able to tell it from a new one.
Bringing it out this weekend, but I wouldn't be able to tell it from a new one.
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Bought a EF-S 10-22 and later a 5DII, and was happy with both purchases. Now with a one year warranty, going refurbished is a no-brainer.
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I bought a refurbished lens from Canon that did have a problem with it. But, their customer support could not have been nicer and offered to either replace the lens or issue me a refund. I had decided I didn't like the focal length after all so I opted for the refund. Canon paid for the return postage too. Stuff happens and they took care of it. I would definitely consider buying a Canon refurbished lens again, especially now that they offer the one-year warranty.
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Agreed with all of this- to date, I've bought a 7d, 50 1.4, and 2 430ex IIs. Most of them during sales, and they've been indistinguishable from new every time. Once I save up some money, my "go full-frame" plan is to buy a refurb 5d3 with canon loyalty program discount (have an old P&S to use for this), and 24-70 if I can get a discount on that too.
(Canon Loyalty Program makes every day your birthday- trade in an old body (doesn't have to be functional, or remotely new. Could be P&S or film SLR), get a discount on a refurb body, sometimes lenses from what I hear.)
(Canon Loyalty Program makes every day your birthday- trade in an old body (doesn't have to be functional, or remotely new. Could be P&S or film SLR), get a discount on a refurb body, sometimes lenses from what I hear.)
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I've bought two lenses as refurbs, and they've been fine. One did have an issue, but it was repaired under warranty conditions.canon23 said:
They start at 20% off Canon MSRP, and often you can get them on sale at the Canon Refurb store, and save as much as another 20%!
They recently boosted the warranty from 90 Days to 1 year (same as a new camera or lens), so it's practically a no-brainer.
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dstppy said:canon23 said:
Really? What did you turn in for the loyalty?
That's my no-divorce price!
It's a P&S camera...I didn't have the model, serial # on me, but they processed the order for me w/o it and said they mail me a label to send in my broken P&S camera. Yea, I find the price to be attractive. I missed the BigValueInc. sale last week (same price), but there's +/- with both offers...BVInc./new, but no warranty...Canon/Refurb. w/one year warranty. I would've been happen with either
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canon23 said:dstppy said:canon23 said:
Really? What did you turn in for the loyalty?
That's my no-divorce price!
It's a P&S camera...I didn't have the model, serial # on me, but they processed the order for me w/o it and said they mail me a label to send in my broken P&S camera. Yea, I find the price to be attractive. I missed the BigValueInc. sale last week (same price), but there's +/- with both offers...BVInc./new, but no warranty...Canon/Refurb. w/one year warranty. I would've been happen with either
and they threw in a Refurbished Digital Gadget Bag 200DG for me too
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Excellent. Looks like I'm stoppin at the goodwill store tomorrow
Good thing the wife doesn't know about the 7D refurb
Good thing the wife doesn't know about the 7D refurb
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