5D Mark III, Would the price drop after a few months from now

I plan to upgrade and was just wonder about the price pattern of new release bodies, do they usually trend up or down in price after a few months.
Thanks.

Tigerkn wrote in post #14014998
I plan to upgrade and was just wonder about the price pattern of new release bodies, do they usually trend up or down in price after a few months.
Thanks.

check the other threads, apparently you are going to wait for a significant price drop

I'm wondering the same as you especially when compared to 5d MK II at launch.

I doubt it, may be 2 years before you see maybe $100 rebate.

scpictaker wrote in post #14015135
I doubt it, may be 2 years before you see maybe $100 rebate.

Wow! I was hoping to pick up 2 new ones for under 3k early in 2013

The key here would be to wait for some refurbs to come in and then buy one on the CLP.

I strongly doubt that there will be a price drop for a bit. Even around xmas. You might see some stores doing a boxing day sale or a black friday, but I doubt any of it will be sanctioned by Canon.

kfreels wrote in post #14476818
The key here would be to wait for some refurbs to come in and then buy one on the CLP.

I am wondering, how do you differentiate a camera for which refurb or original in the store? just in case the store is trying to play tricky with the buyer.


Cheers

I don't think we'll see a price drop anytime soon.

Most stores don't sell refurbs. A certain percentage come off the assembly line bad. Bad cameras get sent back to Canon and the store gets a replacement. The bad camera is repaired by Canon and sold on their canon direct site. Some vendors have the ability to buy Canon refurbs for resale but they have to be authorized to do so. Only reputable vendors can do this and they clearly mark them as refurbs. The boxes are plain vs the attractive shelving packaging on regular new retail units. As each camera has a serial number and refurbs carry a different warranty, this shouldn't happen. A new camera comes in a new box with a new warranty. A refurb comes in a refurb box with a refurb warranty. The only way I can see this happening is an unscrupulous online vendor buying refurbs and selling them as "new". But then as soon as you receive it, you would still have a refurb box (unless they somehow made their own boxes to match the new retail box which would be way too much work for what its worth) and even then, when you registered your serial with Canon for the warranty it would pop up yet again as a refurb.

In other words, just make sure you buy from a reputable vendor like Amazon, Adorama, B&H, etc and not ebay and if you buy new, make sure you don't get a plain white box.

teblung wrote in post #14476877
I am wondering, how do you differentiate a camera for which refurb or original in the store? just in case the store is trying to play tricky with the buyer.


Cheers

Just buy from a reputable store and you'll eliminate this issue.

Bryan

kfreels wrote in post #14478417
Most stores don't sell refurbs. A certain percentage come off the assembly line bad. Bad cameras get sent back to Canon and the store gets a replacement. The bad camera is repaired by Canon and sold on their canon direct site. Some vendors have the ability to buy Canon refurbs for resale but they have to be authorized to do so. Only reputable vendors can do this and they clearly mark them as refurbs. The boxes are plain vs the attractive shelving packaging on regular new retail units. As each camera has a serial number and refurbs carry a different warranty, this shouldn't happen. A new camera comes in a new box with a new warranty. A refurb comes in a refurb box with a refurb warranty. The only way I can see this happening is an unscrupulous online vendor buying refurbs and selling them as "new". But then as soon as you receive it, you would still have a refurb box (unless they somehow made their own boxes to match the new retail box which would be way too much work for what its worth) and even then, when you registered your serial with Canon for the warranty it would pop up yet again as a refurb.

In other words, just make sure you buy from a reputable vendor like Amazon, Adorama, B&H, etc and not ebay and if you buy new, make sure you don't get a plain white box.

well explained. thanks

There is a huge demand for this camera and of course for the Nikon D800 and D800E. Once this demand goes down then you might see some deals. But it took a hell of a long time for the price to change on the 5DII, and I would expect the same for the 5DIII.

There already HAD BEEN deals for the 5D3:

- microcenter had them for $3150 for a short period (until out of stock). Google "5D Mark III 3150 at MicroCenter" and see for yourself

- buy.com had it for MSPR but with a 32GB card + $350 store credit:
http://forums.dpreview​.com …rum=1032&messag​e=41596283


So yes, i fully expect to see more deals like this in the near future (esp black friday) and maybe even a no-strings-attached straight up price drop across all retailers.

It'll show up in the refurb store eventually