Why buy second hand when new is cheaper.

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A well known Nikon dealer is selling second hand 70-200 vr lenses at £1525.....I bought one brand new for £200 less from Digital4U..Ordered in the afternoon and delivered next morning...Great service , great price , great lens.
 
It beats me. Certain cameras and lenses seem to fetch very high prices used. You'd be lucky to get half of new price for other used goods. I don't normally buy new but in the case of these cameras and lenses new is much better value.
 
I've seen a few things sell on here second hand for prices higher than brand new items from amazon. Either there's some kind of quality to "worn in" photography gear that I don't know about or people just don't know how to shop around ;)
 
All the lenses are made in the same place. The question is why do we accept being ripped off just because we're British?

Example: Canon 7D UK price = £1699 vs Canon 7D USA Price = $1699. Even accounting for VAT we are still charged £480 more for one minor difference - a 3-pin mains plug! Second-hand prices for the 7D here will be more than new US/JP prices VAT adjusted.
 
photon said:
Has the well-known dealer got shop premises and stock to pay for?

From: http://www.digital-4-u.co.uk/info/Terms+and+Conditions.html
"As trade agency, the goods we (Digital-4-U) sell on this website will be dispatched from our business partners (including our overseas business partners) directly."
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I don't care if the shop is inside Buckingham Palace , I'm not going to spend £200 extra for second hand over brand new....I'm not as daft as I look !

And if it came from overseas it did well to do so in under 17 hours..
 
It might be bought overseas, and stored in a UK warehouse.
No reason why it couldn't have come direct from HK or something though, once had a next day delivery from Taiwan.
 
Wartypig said:
A well known Nikon dealer is selling second hand 70-200 vr lenses at £1525.....I bought one brand new for £200 less from Digital4U..Ordered in the afternoon and delivered next morning...Great service , great price , great lens.
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Looking at a current ad for a well known retailer, I see that they're offering 2 different 70-200 f/2.8 VR Nikkors with a £500 price difference. It's possible that the expensive 2nd hand one is the latest VR II version while the cheaper new one is the older VR one.
 
Nod said:
Looking at a current ad for a well known retailer, I see that they're offering 2 different 70-200 f/2.8 VR Nikkors with a £500 price difference. It's possible that the expensive 2nd hand one is the latest VR II version while the cheaper new one is the older VR one.
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Fair point , but the retailer I'm concerned with only has the one.....Their prices for this VR lens have been very high for some time...Even before the VRII came out.....Perhaps the want to byu mine for £1400 :D

It has a full UK warranty :cool:
 
Well, i paid only £25 more for a new lens than one for sale in the classified here. I am spending almost £900....even though the secondhand copy is mint, i just can't bring myself getting a 2ndhand one, for the sake of £25 difference (which doesn't factor in the p&p for the 2ndhand one too....).
 
Wartypig said:
A well known Nikon dealer is selling second hand 70-200 vr lenses at £1525.....I bought one brand new for £200 less from Digital4U..Ordered in the afternoon and delivered next morning...Great service , great price , great lens.
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can't afford either:'(

:p
 
Wartypig said:
A well known Nikon dealer
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Just slightly off-topic here, if you're talking about the retailer I'm thinking of, I've noticed they're selling an FM2n in black (described as "flawless") for £750. The retail price was around £440 for a black body when they were last available brand new. Perhaps the Titanium model might fetch this as I think they were nearly £900, but for a plain FM2n - definitely rather expensive.
 
Carl V said:
Just slightly off-topic here, if you're talking about the retailer I'm thinking of, I've noticed they're selling an FM2n in black (described as "flawless") for £750. The retail price was around £440 for a black body when they were last available brand new. Perhaps the Titanium model might fetch this as I think they were nearly £900, but for a plain FM2n - definitely rather expensive.
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;)
 
andrewc said:
how much value do you put on a proper UK warranty?
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Its part of the same problem, manufacturers use it to artificially inflate the retail price.
Why do we put up with it, a Japanese D3 is the same camera as a UK D3, it cost exactly the same to make.
Factoring in taxes and......er....transport...:shrug:, it still doesn't come close to covering the hike.
Exchange rates ??...size of the UK market ??....well maybe.
Personally, I think we just get shafted, equipment is priced at a level the manufacturer decides we are prepared to pay, it doesn't stop at a profit margin..
 
I am pleased that this thread has been started. I am amazed by the prices that used goods sell for on forums like this and e bay.

I recently purchased a brand new uk warranty canon lens from a well known uk dealer for the same sort of money that they sell for used!!

The lens was built in August 2009 versus lens of 2 to 4 years of age.

OK so it was a kit lens in a white box but does that really matter??

There are deals to be had but you need to ask!!

Still I hope the used market is as strong when I sell my 40D(or daughters 450D) to part fund a 7D!!!
 
I also find it strange that people are sometimes willing to spend around £1000 on a top secondhand lens when they could just save up an extra £200/300 and get it brand new.

Surely if you are spending that much in the first place you can afford to go the extra little step and get it new? :shrug:
 
Klopek said:
I also find it strange that people are sometimes willing to spend around £1000 on a top secondhand lens when they could just save up an extra £200/300 and get it brand new.

Surely if you are spending that much in the first place you can afford to go the extra little step and get it new? :shrug:
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Some people will save for a long time to get a lens and that extra £200/300 could take a few months to get together.
I sold 4 (possibly 5) lenses to get most of the funds for the upgrades for 2 of mine and added some redundancy money so that I was set up, there is no way I could have saved enough otherwise as things are very tight so what may seem to be "only" a couple of hundred sadly in reality is a fair bit.
Other people could well have a partner or children to buy things for so any saving is a help!
 
Klopek said:
I also find it strange that people are sometimes willing to spend around £1000 on a top secondhand lens when they could just save up an extra £200/300 and get it brand new.

Surely if you are spending that much in the first place you can afford to go the extra little step and get it new? :shrug:
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That's the total opposite of my point....Why save £1500 to buy it second hand when you can save £1300 and buy it brand new ?:shrug: :bonk: :bang: ;)
 
Retailesr charge what they think people will pay for them, unfortunatly someone out there will buy said item for more then the new price because they don't have the internet or knowledge or just havn't looked around, so that retailer in quesion wins, no matter how much you rant they are still gonna get what they can.
 
Wartypig said:
That's the total opposite of my point....Why save £1500 to buy it second hand when you can save £1300 and buy it brand new ?:shrug: :bonk: :bang: ;)
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Haha - yep - I think I took off in the opposite direction there! :D

susie said:
Some people will save for a long time to get a lens and that extra £200/300 could take a few months to get together.
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You're quite right Susie. I think I was just thinking in cold percentages rather than reality! Like your website btw - brought a smile to my face! :)
 
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