scrup said:
Good to know people use filters for protection. I see it as a positive when buying lenses off fleabay, you know the gear has been babied.
This type of statements keeps on surprising me, the weirdest version "if the seller kept the box the lens came in, you know the gear has been babied".
I have a couple of schticks for lens sales:
1. I keep the lenses in a drawer or in the camera bag. The box & polystyrene go the back of a closet the day I buy the lens, and out when I sell it.
2. I always claim to sell the lens to upgrade. It gives buyers the impression I'm using the lens & happy with it, and leads me on to...
3. I have a few UV filters. I screw one on the lens before selling it, and screw them off before handing the lens. If the buyer says something, I say I'm keeping it for the new lens, and have priced the lens w/o filter.