I am surprised you think £200 an excessive mark up, they're a business they need to make money. Once you take into account the cost of collecting the item, storage, and the possible extra expense of the warranty they offer I personally feel that's reasonable. Your always going to get a better price if you sell privately, that goes without saying, but sometimes you just need to move an item along quickly or you are PXing for some of their stock, and in those conditions MPB and just fineI was offered £400 for a mint boxed 7D with 12000 actuations by MPB. Their cheapest 7D was just under £600 at the time with a lot more activations. A mark up of 50%. I suspect mine would have sold for more. I call that excessive.
I sold the camera on here for £530 ish. I received an extra £130 on the sale and the buyer saved at least £70. To me the maths speak for themselves. Unless you need a quick sale the forum wins every time.
I am surprised you think £200 an excessive mark up, they're a business they need to make money. Once you take into account the cost of collecting the item, storage, and the possible extra expense of the warranty they offer I personally feel that's reasonable. Your always going to get a better price if you sell privately, that goes without saying, but sometimes you just need to move an item along quickly or you are PXing for some of their stock, and in those conditions MPB and just fine
Steve
tijuana taxi - please PM details of this as it is not in line with customer service practice so it is important we get this rectified for you.
I have no objections to them making a profit but I find their offer prices a lot lower than the prices they sell the same items at. I think their mark ups are excessive.
Never had any of the problems you quote selling on any forum. Unless someone is desperate for a sale they will get much more selling through the forum. i for one will stick to the forum in future.
I have had several prices from them for kit i wanted to sell but the offers were always very low. Usually about 60% of what i finally sold the items for.
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It may be worth noting that 400 quid (in fact it seems 450) is not 60% of £530 - in actual fact 450 quid is 85% of the price it was eventually sold for.
£1000 says you willBig soft moose - do you by any chance work for MPB?
If anyone feels motivated to reply to this go ahead but please note I will not read it.
Big soft moose - do you by any chance work for MPB?
Another post that adds more heat than light to the subject for discussion. If you bothered to read my post carefully you would have seen i said "usually about 60%". You have assumed that applied to their offer for my 7D. Dangerous things assumptions.
I am getting tired of the number of keyboard warriors on this forum who want to criticise other people's points of view and those who are personal and offensive in their posts. .
I've used MPB Photographic a few times for various bits and bobs. As has been said, they don't always give you what you could get for your gear but it's reasonable and saves a lot of hassle. I've bought and sold from them with no issues.
I recently purchased a 70-300mm f/5.6 lens for my other half from them. They neglected to send the lens hood that should have been included. When I called them they were very apologetic and one was dispatched by first class post. Pretty good service.
What I do tend to find is that a lot of the descriptions are copy and paste jobs, so take a good look at the photos.
you got a 70-300mm for your other half ? - good swap