Hi David, > "...I'm eyeing some equipment from Adorama and I'd like > to know how they are with their used department. Has > anyone bought used from Adorama? Has anyone in Canada > bought used from Adorama?" > Unfortunately I haven't bought anything from Adorama myself, and the group here doesn't seem to respond to questions like this.
I'm not sure if the reason for the lack of response is: a) no one on the list has bought used equipment from Adorama, so they cannot say... b) the performance of used equipment dealers is so inconsistent that any comment is useless... c) they think you can answer the question yourself by "searching the archives" (Good Luck!)... d) it's way more fun to argue endlessly about the *ist lens mount than help another Pentax user acquire equipment... e) folks don't want the "responsibility" of saying a vendor is good or bad... Some mostly useless observations of mine: KEH (who I have bought equipment from) seems to have the most "conservative" quality rankings. It seems that if they say something is "like new" they mean it works like new, not just looks like new. Some comments folks have made about Adorama might lead one to think that Adorama cares more about how the equipment looks than operates. But one the other hand, even the Adorama detractors said they had their equipment "brought up to snuff" at Adorama's expense. And perhaps my good KEH experiences have been coincidence or luck rather than demonstrating how much better they are than Adorama. Overall the "big three" in the used market seem to be KEH, Adorama and B&H Photo. They seem to be ranked by most in that order. I think Adorama gets a lot of credit for helping host photo.net, but I don't know if that makes them better. I hope this helps, and I hope some others respond as well! - THaller
