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Re:I Fell Victim to a $1,500 Used Camera Lens Scam on Amazon by matwood on Friday August 11, 2017 @04:44PM (#14994059)
I agree. Amazon could also ban third-party for certain classes of items or make it harder to be a seller of those items. Camera equipment is notoriously fraud prone, and was before Amazon was even a thing.

I only buy used camera equipment from B&H or Adorama, and even with new equipment I am very cautious on Amazon. I tried getting used lenses a few times on Amazon and every single time the first order was the wrong, cheaper version of the lens I paid for. Amazon always quickly sent the right one, but I'd rather not deal with hassle. Particularly, since at that price point B&H or Adorama both have free shipping.

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Re:I Fell Victim to a $1,500 Used Camera Lens Scam on Amazon by balls187 on Friday August 11, 2017 @05:25PM (#14994447)
Buy and Sell forums at FredMiranda.com are very very good as well.
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Re:I Fell Victim to a $1,500 Used Camera Lens Scam on Amazon by maxxxxx on Saturday August 12, 2017 @08:48AM (#14997686)
Don't publish this too much. I think scammers could easily destroy that forum if they jumped on it
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Re:I Fell Victim to a $1,500 Used Camera Lens Scam on Amazon by snowwrestler on Friday August 11, 2017 @07:33PM (#14995290)
So is keh.com.
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