Steal of the Year! 200mm 2.0L 1300.00 (Scam) -- Market Watch in photography-on-the.net forums

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Jul 23, 2011 20:11 | #1

Must be a scam!

Canon EF 200mm f2 L IS USM Lens for 1300.00 dollars.

I contacted the the person by ebay, and they wanted me to check out outside of Ebay. Needless to say I didn't follow through.

Check this auction out on Ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com …tches&hash=item3f0c2cc954

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Jul 23, 2011 20:12 | #2

Hijacked account??

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Jul 23, 2011 20:13 | #3

The proper thing to do in a case like that is hit "report item", and report it to eBay, so that they'll take it down.

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Jul 23, 2011 20:16 | #4

I already reported it, as selling outside of ebay.

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Jul 23, 2011 21:03 | #5

Yeah, why would a jewelry store suddenly decide to sell a high-end lens like that?

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Jul 23, 2011 21:20 as a reply to @ Carlwashere's post | #6

they have multiple cameras for sale too

Nothing to see here....

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Jul 23, 2011 21:22 | #7

If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is...

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Jul 23, 2011 21:49 | #8

That same account has a pair of 300mm f/2.8L IS and 400mm f/2.8L IS lenses for sell also.

I'm thinking like you that those items are very fishy.

If real, you're right, steals of the year if not century.

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Jul 24, 2011 03:01 as a reply to @ rick_reno's post | #10

Byte size: ZERO | Content warning: NOT AN IMAGE

If that is not suspicious then I dont know what your definition is!!

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Jul 24, 2011 07:18 | #11

The Ebay listing has been removed!

Anyhow,

Why would someone sell a 5,000 dollar lens for 1300.00 unless it is stolen or plans to collect the money from a bunch of people, but not send anything in return.

IMHO, this person is feeding on the desires of photographers, and sending nothing back. Think about it, if 100 people sent this guy 1300 dolloars, it would add up to be 130,000.00. A fairly sizeable sum.

Had this auction gone through Ebay and Paypal, it was my intention to buy and re-sell it for a profit.

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