Would you pay HIGHER THAN REFURB price for used gear?

TeamSpeed wrote in post #17994360
The conspiracy theorists amongst us.... Canon is going out of their way to deceive the customer base by taking used cameras, putting in new parts, and then resetting everything so that nobody is the wider!

I resemble that remark about wider customers.

I have had issues with items that I bought new but were faulty but could not be repaired by Canon - because they could not reproduce the fault. So I returned those items. What happens to items like that?

lol, will fix that, Freudian slip...

Don't bother. I agree with Archibald. I thought you were referring to me.

I bought my Canon 5D Mk3 refurbished from Canon, because of the warranty.

When I see used gear for sale, I always check Canon's refurb page. If the price is too close, I'd rather pay a little extra to get the 1 year warranty.

I will say what works best for me. I always by used photo equipment as I do cars. I let the original purchaser take the major hit of depreciation which is immediate. I also try to buy photo equipment that is not cosmetically perfect as you will almost always pay a premium for that and I know the first time I put a scratch or nick on a perfect lens or camera that I just lost my ability to resell, if I decide to do so, at near or exactly what I paid for it.

Anyway, I'm looking to buy at a price today knowing that I can possibly get all or most of my money back tomorrow without having to worry about damaging or devaluing the equipment as I use it. For me, this takes much fun out of photography when your constantly having to "baby" your gear every moment. I have found that sometimes it absolutely zaps my creative focus.

So to answer the original posters question, no I would never pay higher as there is an abundance of nice used photo gear much cheaper than refurb prices. I look at refurbed camera equipment like car dealers selling used cars with a warrantly. I'm going to buy from the individual, do my homework so that I don't get burned and again, come out in the position that if I need to sell that car I take a minium hit on depreciation.

Just my 2 cents.
thx

Jared5 wrote in post #18116029
I bought my Canon 5D Mk3 refurbished from Canon, because of the warranty.

When I see used gear for sale, I always check Canon's refurb page. If the price is too close, I'd rather pay a little extra to get the 1 year warranty.

That is exactly how I feel.