I might have just found a way to afford the 7D!

[Baker]

Sell my T2i with kit lens for ~$750


Buy 7D (body only) with theCanon PIXMA Pro9500 Mk II for ~$2300


Get the $500 rebate from the 7D + Pro9500


Sell the brand new unopened Pro9500 for ~$650


So I get the 7D for ~$400


Too good to be true/work?


What do you think?

[Sean Setters]

There's a rebate for the Pixma Pro9500 right now that brings it down to $500. Plus, whenever there's a camera + PixmaPro rebate going on, it drives the price down because of the flood of PixmaPros on ebay. Therefore, I wouldn't expect you to get anywhere near $650 for the printer.

[clemmb]

Reminds me of the old sitcom where the husband has this complicated get rich plan.


Mark

[Baker]

There's a rebate for the Pixma Pro9500 right now that brings it down to $500. Plus, whenever there's a camera + PixmaPro rebate going on, it drives the price down because of the flood of PixmaPros on ebay. Therefore, I wouldn't expect you to get anywhere near $650 for the printer.

I could wait to sell the printer for awhile until the rebates are over


Also I could take advantage of the double rebates that canon is offering for some lenses when purchased with a 7D

[peety3]

You won

[Baker]

You won't get more than $500 for the printer, period. If you wait, they'll come up with a new model valued at $500, driving down the price of the printer further.

Even so, $550 for a 7D seems pretty good to me

[neuroanatomist]

I could wait to sell the printer for awhile until the rebates are over

From what I recall, those rebates have run almost continuously (maybe with a couple of weeks off) for the past year. The lower end model, thePixma Pro9000, lists for $400 at online retailers. New ones are listed for $200 on my local CL, there are at least 4-5 of them on that board at any given time. I'd go a little further than Pete, and say you may have a hard time selling one at all, unless you price it very, very aggressively...

[HDNitehawk]

Buying the printer with the rebate is a good idea if you want the printer. It

[Baker]

perhaps it would be better for me to just sell my T2i for $750 and then buy a refurbished 50D for $900?


But I really like the video on the 7D =/


Decisions, decisions.

[JJphoto]

Baker, the lowest price of a new 7D I can find is $1420 without the rebate, I