Advice Needed on Sale of Lenses (300 F4 IS and 200 F2.8II)

Respectfully requesting advice from the forum... I have two lenses I wish to sell. 300 F4 IS and 200 F2.8 II
http://www.amazon.com …1&keywords=cano​n+300mm+f4
http://www.amazon.com …keywords=canon+​200mm+f2.8


Both are in good condition (including boxes and all accoutrements). What would be fair used pricing for each?

Thanks so much!

Search the items on POTN's sale forum and see what they are going for.
Search the items on EBay and see what they are going for.

Appreciate the reply. I've done that, but it only tells me the asking price not what people actually paid. Ebay I just don't trust for numerous reason.

I list most of my items here at the lower end of the average asking price. Sales are generally quick and without haggling.

As for eBay you don't have to trust it to see how much people are willing to pay for things. Do a completed listing search and look for final sale prices. People are doubtful about eBay but an overwhelming number of transactions are satisfactory for seller and buyer.

Heya,

I shop many of these often and just generally price watch.

The 200 F2.8L II generally goes for $500ish in really great condition, $450 with some wear. This lens is great, but it's not as popular as the 135L and the now ultimately 70-200 MKII zoom. So this lens largely just sort of sits the side lines so to speak, and doesn't command a higher value. The 100L & 135L fetch higher used prices. And even the new price of the 200 F2.8L has dropped lower than that of the 135L and 100L funny enough. But their zooms did largely take a big chunk of interest out of this lens as the MKII is as sharp, if not better in many ways.

The 300 F4L IS is still relatively new. It generally can fetch a $650 price tag. It's less popular though compared to the 400 F5.6 and the 100-400 MKI which compete with it's price tier. The non-IS version still fetches around $400~500 in good condition. The IS version gets a bit more. Again, this is largely just a product of being a less popular lens in the white lens game. Great lens though. I actually prefer the 300 F4 over the 400 F5.6 for birds in general. It's a good daylight sports lens.

As you pointed out, there's what people list them at, and there's what they sell at. Very different numbers.

Hope that helps.

Very best,

Extremely helpful Mal! Thanks so much!!

rockygarcia wrote in post #17837753
Appreciate the reply. I've done that, but it only tells me the asking price not what people actually paid. Ebay I just don't trust for numerous reason.

Ebay readily supplies the price ACTUALLY PAID for each item sold. When searching, go to the bottom of the filter criteria to the left of your screen. The very bottom item is: SOLD ITEMS. Check that and you will get a listing of recently sold items in reverse chronological order. Very handy for pricing purposes.