Canon Rumors partner MPB is a great place to buy, sell and trade your camera gear.
Do you have gear to sell or trade? MPB makes it simple with an instant estimated quote on your used gear. They provide you with a shipping label to send the gear in and once it is checked over, you can either take the money or you can used it as credit to trade for different gear.
This way of doing things also takes a lot of the hassle out of the buying, selling and trading process required by other methods.
MPB also offers a 6-month warranty on most of their cameras and lenses.
MPB services the United States, United Kingdom and European Union with dedicated stores for Germany and France. The rest of the EU is served through a dedicated EU portal.
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Canon EOS R Camera Bodies
- Preowned Canon EOS R5
- Preowned Canon EOS R6
Canon RF Prime Lenses
- Preowned Canon RF 16mm f/2.8 STM
- Preowned Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 IS STM
- Preowned Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM
- Preowned Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM
- Preowned Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L USM
- Preowned Canon RF 85mm f/2 IS STM
- Preowned Canon RF 600mm f/11 STM
- Preowned Canon RF 800mm f/11 STM
Canon RF Zoom Lenses
- Preowned Canon RF 14-35mm f/4L IS USM
- Preowned Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8L IS USM
- Preowned Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM
- Preowned Canon RF 28-70mm f/2L USM
- Preowned Canon RF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
- Preowned Canon RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM
- Preowned Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
- Preowned Canon RF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM
- Preowned Canon RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 IS STM
- Preowned Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM
Canon RF Macro Lenses
- Preowned Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro
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But it's worth mentioning, that it's nearly always cheaper and more sensible to buy a *brand new and fully guaranteed* item from a reliable grey exporter, than to pay the high prices charged by MPB for secondhand goods. Just be choosy about which grey exporter/importer you use.
If I want to sell a product, MPB will give me a good price, and it's nice to know that they'll thoroughly check it and provide an accurate description to whoever buys it from them in due course.
The only time when I personally would buy a secondhand item from *anyone*, is when that item is discontinued or unavailable new (e.g. EF 180mm macro, or previous iteration big whites), and that is when I'd buy from MPB.
I tried going through their quoting process on a couple of items (600EX-RT, 300/2.8L II IS USM) and it seems that they will offer you about 60-65% of the price that they will sell it for later. That will have to cover their handling, checking, storage, listing and warranty costs.
Only trouble is, they sometimes charge almost as much for a used one as you'd pay for a brand-new item.
Sadly, Hong Kong is not interesting for mainland Europeans. Advantage: Brittain. (The exception which confirms the rule)
entoman: I just bought my EF 180 macro from them...
For example: I sold my RF 600mm F11 for 530 € to a camera store while MPB offered me 430-450 € (several attempts). On eBay (where I originally bought it from) the lens sells for 580 - 630 €. I got mine for 575 € back win 2021.
I've got some good deals secondhand that's been a lot cheaper then brand new grey market lenses but often I do find a lot of used lenses in Australia are priced very close or even higher then a new grey market lens. What's the link to your HK grey exporter?
Full disclosure, my first experience with MPB was a bad one. The initial part was fine – online quote, shipping label provided, items received. Despite their promise of 2-3 business days, I heard nothing for 6 business days so I emailed them. They replied a couple of hours later with the email requesting my banking information, which I provided. The next day I received an email saying payment had been made and would be deposited within two business days. The funds didn't arrive, so I emailed them again and they replied they would look into it. Again I did not hear back, so a day later I emailed them and they said they were having trouble with their bank making payments and were looking into it. They did eventually get it sorted, but in all it was about 3 weeks between them receiving the gear and me actually getting paid.
I have subsequently used MPB for other gear on a couple of occasions, and that went wha seems like the norm for them - about 5 business days from them receiving it to the money being in my account, and I did not have to email them several times to move things along.
For those selling gear, it's worth checking KEH as well. The offers vary, for some items one or the other will offer ~10% more. If it matters, KEH's evaluation and payment timelines are a bit longer than MPB's, and MBP does a direct bank (ACH) transfer, while KEH uses PayPal.
Panamoz
I got my R5 for 385,000 yen, mint used, inc. tax and shipping, with 1 week return. That's GBP2352. Your site is asking GBP3050.
That's not just 30% more, because the price of gear isn't the purchase price, it's the purchase price minus the sale price.
Assuming the camera is sold in X years for JPY269,500 which is GBP1645, your shop ends up costing TWICE as much to own.
I'd either have to double what I spend on my hobby, or have half the camera and half the lenses. Neither option sounds enticing.