Fluid damaged 5DII fetches over £800 on ebay

hmm....... smacks of potential insurance scam!
 
Blimey that is a lot, Wish i could afford nearly £900 for a working camera let alone a faulty one that might never work
 
SpikeK6 said:
mmmm never thought of that.
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Yeah I bet. The seller got a good deal - got a new one and 800 quid for the old broken one! But I thought that in the case of claiming on the insurance, unless obviously it was theft, you'd have to give them the broken one? Or am I wrong?:thinking:
 
Was there not some sort of canon repair offer with a max price of £130? this would make it a good deal.
 
depends on "how switched on" the insurer / claims assessor is.

normally you'd think so.... howeve rfor the person buying...... and am NOT saying this is the case.....

Imagine you already have a 5D II with receipt.......
You buy nother one for £800 or so
You have a very good insurance policy with camera as listed possession
"your one" (£800 one) gets wet
You claim
New 5d for £800 - if you give up the old one, then you get a new one for £800, if ins co don't want it, you flog it on.....

Alledgedly.

Having worked in insurance for 10+ yrs, nothing surprises me in the claims world anymore.
 
I thought 5D (mk 2) were reasonably 'weatherproof', surprised it got fluid damaged so easily, dissapointed really.

I spilt orange juice over a keyboard once, rinsed it straighgt away, completely ruined instantly, acid and sugar wrecked it immediately.

£820 for a damaged camera? No chance, unless of course I could claim on my insurance for a new one, no questions asked about receipts?

Matt
 
lawrenceots said:
Yeah I bet. The seller got a good deal - got a new one and 800 quid for the old broken one! But I thought that in the case of claiming on the insurance, unless obviously it was theft, you'd have to give them the broken one? Or am I wrong?:thinking:
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I dropped my 28-70L last year and the result was a broken secondary focus ring. I took it to Fixation who were unable to repair it as it is no longer supported by Canon. So I phoned my house insurance people ( I have camera gear specified on the policy) who accepted the letter of assesment and quote for replacement from Fixation on it's own, they didn't even ask for me to send the lens elsewhere for assessment. I got a cheque by return, I still have the old lens. They asked for the original receipt but that was lost long ago ... the lens was bought in 1998.

So yes, your wrong!

P.S. .... anyone for a broken 28-70?
 
I sold my 1ds a couple of years ago, dropped it and was well beyond economical repair, it went for £275 :love: ????
The broken 16-35 that was attached to it went for £85 to some chap in China.
 
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