[Best Buy] Canon 6D DSLR + 24-105mm F/4L IS USM Lens Kit - Open Box $2000

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Pepsidewd wrote: ↑ I picked up an open box from Best Buy online back in November and I paid $1519.99 for the same kit. The 6d was new, had a shutter count of like 12 if I recall.

adblink182 wrote: ↑ I've been slowly starting to look for a 6D to replace my 40D, and they have been going for on average 1300-1400. You can even find some in the 1100-1200 range. I'm hoping when the 6D mkII comes out original 6D owners will want to trade up and even more used 6Ds hit the market.

voidmain wrote: ↑ At $1899 + tax this comes with a 12 month parts and labour warranty. It also comes with a 28--105 L F4 lens which is not bad. I could sell the lens for $500 all day long and the camera after tax will cost me $1645 for a new camera instead of someone's used, possibly dropped, camera with no warranty. Plus I get travel points for using a CC, and an extra warranty from the CC company. For me a used 6D would have to sell for $800 to make it worth it at this price, and looking at Canon values, I doubt that will happen for some time. The 5D MK II has sellers asking $1300 and it's older than a 6D...to each his own.

AncasterRFD wrote: ↑ 6D's are tanks, I put them through snow, rain, sand, and no qualms standing in the lake waist-deep getting splashed multiple times, pretty good for just ONE centre-point cross:





Opposite direction (I'm in the lake!)



I sold both mine, $1300 and $1500, sometimes you can find used ones for less.

AncasterRFD wrote: ↑ Not technically new. Someone bought a Bestbuy "Open Box" A6000 in the other thread and it had dents.
ymmv, it could be new, it could be someone who used it for a weekend wedding in the rain without a sealed lens.

My first used 6D was bought as a kit with a few extra accessories, after selling everything off, I was left with a body for $1200. My 2nd used 6D was absolutely mint with 4K actuations, I paid $1300. You're right in regards to your comment about the 5DII, Canon is like Apple for resale. As per my post above I sold mine for $1300 and $1500 so I actually made money.

The 24-105 f/4 Mark I is soft compared to others, the radius is short from 24-50 which means you really have to be precise in that range, and it creeps (zooms on its own) when the lens is angle down. It is surpassed in sharpness (and brighter) by a Tamron 24-70 f/2.8, sharper even cropped at 70mm to make it 105:

There's nothing wrong with buying used if you know what to look for, buy low, sell high. There's also nothing wrong if you want that peace of mind for 12 months, but it cost $345 extra based on your calculations.

voidmain wrote: ↑ I agree with you about your comment on the 24-105 lens, and it has been mentioned by others. Still, I will never buy off brand lenses since they have to reverse engineer the Canon logic. I'm not a photographic expert and can't be bothered tinkering with the best "version/iteration" of a Tamron/Sigma to out do a Canon. I constantly read about people sending their off brand lenses back hoping for better QC in the next order. In the end, the Canon is a decent lens but I will end up selling it for $500 which is a fair price. So then the $345 extra also includes my time. I can't be bothered scouring the used market looking for a good camera, only to see that it's for sale on the other side of the city. So not worth it unless the price is $800 or less which then justifies the loss of time to traffic and to my family.