I've bought and sold a TON on photography-on-the.net, it's a Canon specific forum. Definitely worth looking at!
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What has been your experience: Best online place to sell lenses?
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LetTheRightLensIn said:
+1.
I found it easier to sell in a college town with 171,000 people than in a city with 2.5 million people.
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Hey gang,
I've already gotten two private message inquiries on my lens, but as I lack 25 posts at FM, I cannot respond to them privately!
Is there some way I can contact these folks directly, or must I reply to my own advert with a public answer to a private question?
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I've already gotten two private message inquiries on my lens, but as I lack 25 posts at FM, I cannot respond to them privately!
Is there some way I can contact these folks directly, or must I reply to my own advert with a public answer to a private question?
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ahsanford said:
That doesn't make sense. Do you not have an upload/sell account set up (subscription required).
I had no problem sending PMs before I had 25 posts.
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sagittariansrock said:
Of course. You can't post items for sale without one. But even then, it did not let me PM with a 'you have less than 25 posts' error message.
Non-issue in this instance, though. Lens just sold for a good price and is on its way. Thanks for everyone's advice!
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ahsanford said:
Must be some bug in the site. FYI, I have posted several PMs when I had less than 25 posts.
If this happens again, you can contact the moderator.
Anyway, congrats on the sale.
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I have bought and sold tons of stuff on CL with no issues. There is also a local meetup group that has a buy and sell with similar good results. Finally, I have bought three or four times from Fred Miranda and the community over there is excellent - they have very high standards and a grading system for used gear. Like eBay, you get to rate both the buyer and seller.
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bosshog7_2000 said:
Perhaps I had back luck on Craig's list but all I was scam offers - "I'll pay extra 50% to ship the lens to my cousin in ..."
No serious offers, so after 2 or 3 items I only list on ebay (10% fee plus 3% paypal fee hurts) or Fred Miranda.
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FM charges you to join their selling community, right?
CL - You can hit the lottery and find a real buyer and boom, cash in hand. otherwise, it's a terror. people just suck.
POTN forum, I used to sell everything there. but now the members are too cheap there, now. they want 30+% off the original price. I usually like to start with 15% off for nice gear, maybe move to 20% if I have to... hey, it's clean, it's like new, it's going to last the next buyer 20+ years, why take such a big hit?
EBAY is the best for me. people pay higher prices. it covers the fees. you can write off the loss and fees, and shipping with your accountant.
CL - You can hit the lottery and find a real buyer and boom, cash in hand. otherwise, it's a terror. people just suck.
POTN forum, I used to sell everything there. but now the members are too cheap there, now. they want 30+% off the original price. I usually like to start with 15% off for nice gear, maybe move to 20% if I have to... hey, it's clean, it's like new, it's going to last the next buyer 20+ years, why take such a big hit?
EBAY is the best for me. people pay higher prices. it covers the fees. you can write off the loss and fees, and shipping with your accountant.
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RLPhoto said:I grabbed the wrong Box.sagittariansrock said:
Guessed as much. Thought I'd caution you in case some buyer claims you were supposed to include a c-pol.
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sagittariansrock said:
Yeah CL near NYC is a pain (although now and then you can get it to work out best, but only very now and then), but down in triangle area of NC it was a breeze.
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ryebread said:
I have now, successfully sold most of my stuff on CL; the direct benefit is zero comeback if the sale goes through. If you use PayPal and you have someone who knows how to game the system, 'buyer protection' becomes a nightmare.
Once you get used to it, it's pretty clear who's who among scammers.
1) Local/Cash Only --- anyone who talks about something else, or you driving 50 miles or mailing it is 99% a scam
2) Make sure they know you're going to meet some place with security cameras -- if they take your stuff and run, don't chase 'em, call the cops (Chase Private Client has been superb about this in Fairfield County CT; they even gave us a desk to sit at once!) -- if it's over a few hundred, meet at a bank and let the bank 'count' the money for you; it does a counterfeit scan
3) Ask for a cell, google any info they give you to make sure it's a real person
Out of everyone I weeded out via e-mail/phone, I only met one guy who was an odd duck (tested a lens for 40 minutes) -- I'm super paranoid but I've been surprised the rest of the time how very nice people are.
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