1D MkIII too cheap??? (1 Viewer)

Tim Taylor

work in progress

• Nov 27, 2007

• #1

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

 

M

macshark

Electron Chaser

• Nov 27, 2007

• #2

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

Super Moderator

Staff member

Supporter

• Nov 27, 2007

• #3

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

work in progress

• Nov 27, 2007

• #4

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

Well-known member

• Nov 27, 2007

• #5

postcardcv said:

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.

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

Keith

 

GYRob

Well-known member

• Nov 27, 2007

• #6

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