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I was going to post this on the thread currently running about the prices of new and second hand gear being somewhat out of sync. However, I didn't want to take that thread off topic and had a few other questions I was hoping could be answered.
So I was this week just about to pull the trigger on an upgrade to my Nikon D3300. I had pretty much made up my mind to do a trade-in exchange with MPB on a D7200 at approx. £ 550, with around a hundred squid back for the 3300. However, a recent posting on another thread on this site highlighted to me that I can buy a brand new D7500 from E-infinity for £589.
Now, I know it's grey and all that but really? Just an extra forty quid for not only a brand new camera, without an eleventy thousand shutter count, scuffs, missing cap/box/strap/charger..... but also an updated model too? Am I missing something here or could there be any other pitfalls with buying from E-infinity that I am unaware? Given that I'm usually of the opinion that prices settle around what the market will bear, then I'm wondering how MPB manage to shift many second hand units when the cost for (grey) brand new seems only just a smidge dearer.
Is grey that risky that buying second hand (even accounting for limited S/H warrenty) is still attractive?
So I was this week just about to pull the trigger on an upgrade to my Nikon D3300. I had pretty much made up my mind to do a trade-in exchange with MPB on a D7200 at approx. £ 550, with around a hundred squid back for the 3300. However, a recent posting on another thread on this site highlighted to me that I can buy a brand new D7500 from E-infinity for £589.
Now, I know it's grey and all that but really? Just an extra forty quid for not only a brand new camera, without an eleventy thousand shutter count, scuffs, missing cap/box/strap/charger..... but also an updated model too? Am I missing something here or could there be any other pitfalls with buying from E-infinity that I am unaware? Given that I'm usually of the opinion that prices settle around what the market will bear, then I'm wondering how MPB manage to shift many second hand units when the cost for (grey) brand new seems only just a smidge dearer.
Is grey that risky that buying second hand (even accounting for limited S/H warrenty) is still attractive?