Looking for people's experiences please of purchasing used gear from LCE, in particular their grading system.
The reason I ask is they have 3 Canon 100-400 on the website, all showing as 5* but the prices vary by £200
I have been a regular at Gosforth LCE. Very fair and helpful. Each LCE has its own boss, with the buying power of a network. I have always done this in person.
Where did that happen?I've only had issues with LCE when buying new.
There's nothing boils my p*** more than when they re-box a display item and then try and tell me it's new.
Regarding second hand, I'll never buy anything without seeing it first.
Portsmouth and Southampton.Where did that happen?
That’s a pretty damning statement, care to share your experiences?there robbing buggers
buy from e bay or gumtree or private
I did post a review on here somewhere of my experience of buying AND returning an item a few days before the 6 month warranty ran out.... in short.. brilliant.. very helpful and quick to respond... would deffo buy from them again
That seems about right to me and I've bought and sold a lot of cameras in the last 50 years.It appears the likes of LCE and Park Cameras will offer at most 40% of new value for lenses or cameras even if they are as new.
No, they are not - generalising is neither fair nor accurate; each branch acts independently and a bad experience at one branch does not mean that they are all the same. I regularly visited the north east when my in laws were terminally ill. I have other branches of LCE nearer to me and one well known independent store but wait until we go north, having built up a good relationship with the staff there and knowing I will get a fair deal. I could get more selling privately but I always trade in or get a credit note if there isn't something I want. At one point, because I couldn't get up there, the branch in Gosforth arranged for me to take my unwanted gear to another branch. And no, I don't work for them and have no relatives who do.there robbing buggers
buy from e bay or gumtree or private
still dick tupins daylight robbers