Quote Originally Posted by Chris White
Finally, guy two comes on and I ask him "do you have them in stock?" He says "yes". I ask, "Does it include everything that is supposed to come with a 5D II?" he says "of course". I ask him what that is and the first thing I notice is that it does not include the battery. When I inquire as to the missing battery, he informs me "it is not included". If I want a kit with the battery, I need to buy the "magnesium body model" and as he is about to up-sell me to the much pricier magnesium model, I interrupt to inform him they are all magnesium bodies on the 5D II, he informs me they are not. "Only the USA models are magnesium, not the plastic import models."

Makes me wonder what you would have gotten if you had said, "Ok, I've got extra LP-E6 batteries for my 7D anyway. For $1800 send me the 'plastic import model' of the 5DII..."


Like I said, these are common scams. I repeat, caveat emptor.