Quote Originally Posted by Jim


This is a 28-135 IS for a couple of hundred instead of $400.
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Let me change that quote for you: "This is a 28-135 for a couple of hundred instead of $200." They may have a retail price of $400, but no sane individual has paid $400 for that lens since the release of the 40D. The lens has been a kit lens, with a $200 price difference, in kits since 8/07. You could go stand outside any camera store (well, any camera store that has the likelihood of selling a Canon 50D or maybe a few other models in the time you'd like) with a sign that says "will buy your brand new 28-135 kit lens for $200" and you'll get a taker.


There's no way that a scratched 28-135 for $200 is a deal. $75, sure. $125, maybe.