The 'WHERE?' and 'BEST PRICE?' thread....
Thought it might be useful if we shared and pooled our up-to-date knowledge to answer any queries on best price and location of photography related items or services anyone was interested in..............eg best price and location new or second hand for a certain lens/body/filter/mags/tripod/high st shop etc etc
I'll start.....
I'm looking for a Nikon 16-35mm f4 G AF-S ED VR Lens but any I've seen here or TP second hand is close to new price without warranty so if anyone sees or knows a place selling at a good price please post or PM me, thanks. What sort of prices are you seeing Cherokee for reference purposes ?
Jim around £850 new and £785 second hand with no warrantydata:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 "Ouch" data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 - even OSD is £850....
Jim Jacobs have listed Canon 100mm f/2.8L macro for £599.
Far cheaper than anywhere else, but for the last 4-5 days has said out of stock.
Stock due in in 10 days apparently. Keep hovering my finger over the button but not sure... £323.00.Item: 130432179294
Currently 2 bids, UK seller.Stick in your best offer and see what happens.Lens is only 6-7 months old!Check with Knock-on if warranty is transferable.Must be worth a punt data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7Return policy = accepted.Seems like a honourable vendor 271 trades @ 100%.Maybe send them an email, though I'm not condoning dealing outside of evilBay, but you never know unless you ask (for example).It would save them a bundle on fees.Oh, and click via TopcashBack . . . you'll get 40% of the fees as a rebate should you do the business legit via evilBay.
Not a lot of people know that data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
I'd be sticking in an off-site offer of £650.00 and see how that goes down, but that's just me.After they've picked themselves up off the floor, you tell them that you're deducting depreciation @ 25% per annum (or part thereof - 6 months) of the nett cost (not including VAT) as VAT is paid by the new buyer as a free gift to the Chancellor.So unless the vendor is VAT registered, then that's 17.5% VAT off say an £850.00 new lens price (£126.56) = nett £723.44 divide by 4 and divide by 2 = £90.43 depreciation @ 25% for the first 6 months = £633.01.Makes £650.00 a fair offer in my book. Thanks Pirate, never done evilbay before, lets say I offer the next bid of £333 and no-one outbids, what happens then? will it have a reserve price so no-one gets it and bidding is a waste of time? also why advertise it at £500 less than new if he's not going to accept the highest bid?
Might as well advertise Porche 911's for £5k just to get masses of bidsdata:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 Best thing to do is put your top bid in and leave it.If you're outbid, so be it, else you'll win at whatever the price is at auction close.For high value items I generally use both Buy It Now AND Make An Offer (set a minimum selling price).This is an auction, so chances are vendor is hoping for a couple of idiots to have a bidding war.Just don't get caught in the trap of increasing your top bid just to win.Only gainer is PayPal and evilBay as vendor has to cover fees.
Good luck, you never know, you might just get a deal.Sometimes a seller will deal off-site and close the auction early as long as there's more than 24 hours left to run. http://www.avforums.com/forums/digital-photography/1326153-best-tripod-thread.html Here is a website that has a section for Digi camera stuff & accessories ( plus sections for other discounts) it also has discount codes for shops ( top right of page)hope this is of some use
http://www.offeroftheday.co.uk/