Quote Originally Posted by neuroanatomist
But, I don't mean to imply that these are common prices

I agree with that and was my main point.


Quote Originally Posted by HDNitehawk
How true are those statements?

it depends on how you buy and sell your lenses. I remember when 200mm 2.0 was selling for $5300, with $500 rebate from canon, $200 from Bing, about $100 from ebay(2% ebay bucks), it would cost you about $4500 for a brand new lens from Adaroma ebay store not even one year ago, not even count that you could get even cheaper price from other ebay stores or a refurbished one from Adaroma ebay store and different credit card cash back program. but if you don't care about those saving programs and just go to your local store and grab one no mater what, and also sell it with 40-50%off to the same local store. that's a different story.


during last Xmas time about one month ago, one of the cash back program offer 3% cash back if you buy from ebay and Adaroma ebay store offer 4% cash back, that's total 7% off! but if you don't care, you shouldn't complain when you sell your lenses, and you should consider these facts when you set your price to sell, this explains why Denise's 300mm 4.0 was a hard sell.