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Maybe I'm an isolated case and it's rarer than I think, but it's a real shame as MBP in my eyes were one of the industries good guys, but that reputation for me has been tarnished by recent dealings as above.
I sent them my MKI 7D last Friday which they received Monday. I would have described it as Mint but put excellent as it is in a white box due to it being in a kit with a 70-300mm L which I have kept.
Will be interested to see if they try to knock the valuation down.
Hi, No not isolated case at all. Have to agree with you. I bought a Sigma 150-500mm for Canon lens from them and sold as excellent condition and it was but I found it to heavy for me and tried to trade it back to them for a Canon 400mm they offered me £315 after I paid not more than 6 months ago £439 and it is in the same condition it was when I bought it, I understand that they need to make money but to me that was a rip off offer. Russ.I used to rate MPB very highly and recommended them to friends and colleagues as one of the best in the UK. However I've had issues over the last year or so with them balking on valuations given to me and picking fault on the most trivial of things but knocking the trade in price down considerably. In fact last year I had around £2.5k's worth of gear sent to them (when I last sold all my Fuji gear), and all of it was in fabulous condition (as I try to be as honest as I can in my descriptions), however when they received it, they tried to knock nearly £350 off the price. I told them to forget it and return the whole package, and sold the items individually to other on-line retailers (and a few bits on here), and everyone to the best of my knowledge was delighted with the equipment and not one of them picked fault at all with the condition of them.
Having said that, I've just had a very similar experience and argument with WEX over the same thing. They tried to knock £50 off a lens as apparently it had a small paint chip on the underside of the tripod foot (which it didn't when I sent it them as I had photographs of everything at all angles as proof and nothing showed up). It's lessened my faith in the on-line companies somewhat and did make we wonder if the prices they were offering via emails were just to get you to send the equipment into them, and once they had it they thought that most people of capitulate and back down rather than have the items returned (but I didn't).
Maybe I'm an isolated case and it's rarer than I think, but it's a real shame as MBP in my eyes were one of the industries good guys, but that reputation for me has been tarnished by recent dealings as above.
Hi, No not isolated case at all. Have to agree with you. I bought a Sigma 150-500mm for Canon lens from them and sold as excellent condition and it was but I found it to heavy for me and tried to trade it back to them for a Canon 400mm they offered me £315 after I paid not more than 6 months ago £439 and it is in the same condition it was when I bought it, I understand that they need to make money but to me that was a rip off offer. Russ.
Hi, No not isolated case at all. Have to agree with you. I bought a Sigma 150-500mm for Canon lens from them and sold as excellent condition and it was but I found it to heavy for me and tried to trade it back to them for a Canon 400mm they offered me £315 after I paid not more than 6 months ago £439 and it is in the same condition it was when I bought it, I understand that they need to make money but to me that was a rip off offer. Russ.
I don't think a 25% (or thereabouts) markup is at all a rip off. You had the use of the lens for 6 months, they have rent, rates, wages and other expenses to pay before they even see a profit.