UPDATE: Be Careful If you Are Selling on Ebay - I was almost just scammed out of my 300mm lens!

[JJphoto]

Denise, good to know, thanks!

[lynx0069]

thanks for sharing that denise..........its not just ebay you have to watch out for, about 3 months ago i thought i found a great bargain on craigs list, for a 100-400 for $1200 canadian. his add said he was in toronto, so i send off an email to him asking for particulars on the lens.....i got an email back from him at 3 in the morning, he said he actually lived in vancouver, but was currently in africa on business, but would ship the lens fromeurope once i western unioned the moneyto him..........LMAO........i didnt even reply back to him.......

[canon-ball]

Lives in vancouver, but in africa on business will ship from europe? lol


hahaha best line ive heard in awhile.

[scalesusa]

Unfortunately, on craigslist there are lots of scams. Most are easily spotted. They depend on greed of the buyer to save a lot of money.


As long as you are able to meet the seller in a public place, and see or try it out, you only have to worry if it was stolen.


I've bought many cameras and lenses on our local Craigslist, and only had a couple of problems with (inexpensivelenses.) However, I am very careful now to check out lenses even more, particularly if I'm buying a high priced one.


Most of the time, I just buy lenses new, but occasionally, a neighbor or someone nearby lists one for a very good price and I jump on it.

[ddt0725]

I even put in the ad shipping in the US only, Paypal ONLY, shipped to registered paypal address only and that address would be verified!

The person probably doesn't even read the ads and just attacks any that have a substantial dollar value attached!

In both email requests for me to use a fedex label that they were going to send me...they signed off the email with "thank,s".