DSLRd

After years of dreaming (and being unemployed) I finally decided to buy a digital SLR. If you know anything about the way I make (large) purchasing decisions, I hemmed and hawed for sometime. I did my homework, comparison shopped, price shopped, coupon shopped, used shopped and eventually shop shopped.

For more than a few moments I was strongly considering buying a used model (read: kijiji). The benefits were many: significant price cut, no tax, (usually) minimal use. There were plenty of sellers (in Toronto), and I was very close to sealing a deal (which fell through). But then I noticed this extremely dodgy deal: no name, no address. Just send me your money via Western Union and I'll courier you the camera. Ok, yeah, I'm going to fall for that one. And the funny thing is, every ad I looked at after that felt like it was a scam waiting to happen. So I bought it from Dell!

I know you just can't WAIT to see the photos I'll post now.

ooh, shiny.

Btw, if you want to know what a classified-ad scam might look like, here you go:

I want to tell you something in advance.You are buying this from grey market. There wil be No tax No receipt.I can't provide you my phone number, address, store name  or web address.But I am located in Mississauga  Ontario.
Pick-up is not available even for the local customers.
The kit will be shipped via Purolator and
shipping cost will depend on service you want.
Shipping cost with Purolator:
$40 Transit time 4 Days
$51 Transit time 2 Days
Payment terms are in advance and via Western union
The Reason why Western Union:
1. I don't collect people's Credit card #s and  personal information
2. No paypal because of http://www.aboutpaypal.org/buyers_using_paypal_to_scam_sellers
If you are still interested please let me know.