Best Craigslist deal you have gotten on photography gear?

8 years 3 months ago #470419 by Don Granger
I managed to pick up a like new Rogue Flashbender for $8 bucks today off someone on Craigslist.  Not a big buy or that terribly big score, however money saved.  On the way home I was thinking about all deals I've gotten from CL.  None of my big ones were photography gear.  

So post up your best deal you've gotten on CL.  


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8 years 3 months ago #470447 by J Photo Man
I picked up a 3 Legged Thing Eric for $75 last month.  It had no ball head, however still good deal in my book!  


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8 years 3 months ago #470485 by Jeffster
Nothing other a Lowepro X200 roller bag for $100 last September


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8 years 3 months ago #470766 by Richard Taylor
Let's see, I've picked up a Acratech ball head for $75


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8 years 3 months ago #470829 by ThatNikonGuy
The crummy part is CL is getting run over with scam artist selling fake products and payments


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8 years 3 months ago #470871 by Jim Photo
Dynamic Perception time lapse rig for $425, it retails for normally something like $1500.  Yeah, I got a deal!  


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8 years 3 months ago #470947 by Prago
$80 for  Think tank airport security rolling bag 

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8 years 3 months ago #470960 by KenMan
Do iPads count?   If so, I picked up a iPad Air for $225


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8 years 3 months ago #470981 by Screamin Scott
A MF Nikkor 20mm F4 lens for $35

Scott Ditzel Photography

www.flickr.com/photos/screaminscott/

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8 years 3 months ago #471092 by Hoss
Set of Hansel lights for $238


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8 years 3 months ago #471142 by MM Images
Picked up a Nikon SB800 for $150.  I thought I had gotten a pretty good deal. I've gotten deals on other things, however they aren't photography related.  


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8 years 3 months ago #471193 by Kenya See
I try to avoid Craigslist like the plague 


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8 years 3 months ago #471296 by Tim Kelley
So true and sad, CL has been overtaken by scams and people who mean to do harm onto others.  :(


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8 years 3 months ago #471297 by Screamin Scott
What was unusual about my Craigslist deal was that the seller was in St Louis & I'm in Georgia.  Funny thing was we both lived outside of Baltimore around the same time frame.

Scott Ditzel Photography

www.flickr.com/photos/screaminscott/

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8 years 3 months ago #471310 by Joves
My best deal was an Nikon FE3 with a 105 Micro, and 50 f/1.4, both AI for $100. I swear the guy never used it, and it also had a flash with a cord. He had it listed for $99, and wanted to give me the dollar back in change, I just told him to keep it. The 105 has a minor scratch on the body, but is pristine otherwise.


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