"older" 70-200 f2.8 - yay or nay

[gad-westy]

I've looked at that one...it may be a little too well used for me. New rubbers, new hood and postage will bring it to £650 and then I'll still think " that's a lot of money for something that looks like this".

If the cosmetic side is a concern, I suspect you'd be looking at more like £750 for a nice one from a dealer. If you're prepared to dip into ebay or facebook, you can probably slash £100 off that but obviously that carries more risk.