1D MkIII too cheap???

[Tim Taylor]

Looking on that big auction site this morning, there is one seller advertising 20 of these at £1,450 + £50 postage from HK. 1 yr Canon USA warranty. Seller has 100% feedback. There's another seller is selling 9 from HK at £1,300 and £70 postage. Does all this relate to the 'sub-mirror fault' or are they scammers? I guess it's likely that Canon might not fix these under warranty in the UK so perhaps that's the reason.

Tim

[macshark]

You can ask for the serial numbers from the seller. There is a service bulletin on the Canon website that lists the serial number ranges that are affected by this problem.

[postcardcv]

there's that old saying - 'if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is'... I'd be very suspicious at that price.

[Tim Taylor]

Fortunately I have no intention of changing my camera at present, I was just astonished by how low the price had dropped.

There are some very strange scams going on on that auction site. I understand that a current favourite game is to hijack the account of someone with 100% feedback and run your scam from their account. Someone selling a Canon 500mm f4.5 lens recently wanted direct bank transfer to his Indonesian account, no warranty and the item was to be sent from Indonesia. The price was dirt cheap - it went for £203 I think in the end.

[K-Lex]

there's that old saying - 'if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is'... I'd be very suspicious at that price.

I'll second that. Anything that's dirt cheap I'm suspicious of.

Keith :)

[GYRob]

Looks to cheap to me, i would not touch it.
Rob.