EOS Canon refurbished lenses

[Pattie Anderson]

Hello all -

I hope that everyone on the list had a nice holiday, and for those of
you who believe in Santa, I hope he brought you lots of great Canon
gear.  :-)  Santa gave me an IOU for the lens I've had my eye on, and
although I have the go-ahead to buy it new, since it's my money too, I
am hoping to save a bit by buying a second-hand version.

So... has anyone on the list had any experience buying a lens
refurbished by Canon, and any experience -- good or bad -- to share?

Thanks,

Pattie
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[Bob W8IMO]

Pattie Anderson wrote:

> Hello all -
>
> I hope that everyone on the list had a nice holiday, and for those of
> you who believe in Santa, I hope he brought you lots of great Canon
> gear.  :-)  Santa gave me an IOU for the lens I've had my eye on, and
> although I have the go-ahead to buy it new, since it's my money too, I
> am hoping to save a bit by buying a second-hand version.
>
> So... has anyone on the list had any experience buying a lens
> refurbished by Canon, and any experience -- good or bad -- to share?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pattie

Hi Pattie,

Santa brought me a Huey......

I have two experiences with Canon refurbed  lenses.  One is second hand,
a friend bought a couple of things, a 10D and some leneses, from B&H
that were "used" and rated condition 10.  He found out that when B&H
rates a used Canon product, lens or body, a 10 is is either a store
sample or a Canon salesperson's sample.  In either case Canon goes over
them and they are like new but can't be sold as new.  My friend is very
happy with the items and told me about the ratings, etc.....

The other is my experience.  I bought my 28-135 IS from B&H as used and
condition 10.  It came in a Canon box that was marked used.  The lens
was like new and has worked flawlessly since I bought it a few years
ago.  The cost savings was pretty good too.

If I saw a lens or body that I was eyeing , and it was on B&H's used
list at condition 10, I would not hesitate to order it.

Bob


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[Ken Lin-2]

> So... has anyone on the list had any experience buying a lens
> refurbished by Canon, and any experience -- good or bad -- to share?

Never bought a second hand lens refurbished from Canon, never seen any here
in Canada.

Generally you should get a good price reduction but sometimes at the expense
of a shorter warranty, and sometimes it's overall cheaper to buy an extended
warranty from a 3rd party warranty firm to cover the duration you are
comfortable with and still pay less overall.

Some credit cards offer automatic warranty extension, mine "doubles the
warranty up to an additional one year", so you get a 6 month extension if
the OEM warranty was 6 months, but you only get one year extension even if
the OEM warranty is 2 years.

Note however that some credit card does not cover "refurbished" items under
this warranty, I've lucked out once getting the battery of a refurbished
laptop replaced ($$$), yet was refused later when the LCD screen started
acting up.

"You pays your money, you takes your chances"

Ken

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