What's up with these prices?

[J. Cobble]

Go to this link and search 1d

They have the 1ds for $4700 and th MarkII for $3900. Could that be right?

http://www.amphotoworld.com/category.asp?catid=9

[rsnadel]

this should answer your question:

http://www.resellerratings.com/seller1988.html

[tpinchback]

I would not touch this company with a ten foot pole!!!



Stay away, stay far far away!!!!

[rudrasen]

There Ain't No Such Thing As Free Lunch.

I did my research for a long time coz I hate to pay more.
Here's what i found;
there are several dealers, who have website that list hundreds of items on inventory & give full page ads in popular photographic magazines.

Most them are frauds or people who to make quick buck by scaming the naive. I have realized that as you start shopping of higher end equipment
of any sort over regular main stream consumer grade stuff.
The discounts & price breaks are fewer.
eg: You can't get that 1D for $1600 or a 10D for $999.

They are selling you used or gray mkt stuff. You have to pay a certain price for quality equipment. (resellerratings.com will confirm this for you.)

Here my simple 2 step technique to sift out the chaff from the real good deals.

1. Check for the reseller ratings (as pointed out before) this shoud suffice almost always.

http://resellerratings.com/find.pl

2. If they (resellerrating) don't list it or you still feel compelled to get it from them. Verify the business record of the dealer with BBB:

http://search.bbb.org/search.html

Never buy from anyone who listed in neither of the above sites.
Here are tips to scan website

1. They good dealer always have a land line phone # listed besides
their 1800 number. the frauds never have a land line # listed. ( I am not saying that everyone with 1800 number is a fraud ; its just a one of the signs to look for.)

2. The good dealers are ones who have been in business before the internet & ecommerce boom. They usually show off their regular stores on their website. They always have a "About Us" or "Who we are " section. that shows photos of a real store on street at a real address.
The scam store are faceless & have no physical address.
You will almost never see photos of people or real names etc.


3. The scam store have a too good to be true prices on their equipment.
It's easy money to sell a rejected/failed equipment for $100 below mkt value.

Basically it impossible to get a "Too Good To be true " deal on professional equipment. But there are slim chances it can happen on consumer grade stuff , when the manufacturer wants to flush inventory for newer models.

[J. Cobble]

Good to hear considering I just bought a 1ds and I DID NOT GET IT FOR $4,900. :x :x