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I often buy lenses with faults and then repair/clean them and move them on unless it is a lens I want - but I steer well clear of the later lenses with VR and plastic bodies - they can be a total nightmare even just to clean - if there are issues with the VR or AF then they have to be seriously cheap to even consider for body parts!
I started off by making a few pounds on each, reinvested until I could afford the serious glass I wanted - I now have a dozen or so professional level lenses including brand new lenses for the Sony FS5 - the Nikons are mostly AF D as I prefer the aperture on the lens rather than the G series.
London Camera Exchange, Wex and MPB are all good sources with good returns policies.
I’ve bought and returned preowned lenses to WEX with no issue….they even arrange the return pick up.
I don’t know about the other companies but WEX will give you the same price for a Cash transaction as they do for PX….so you don’t HAVE to buy something from them when you sell an item to them.
It enables you to buy elsewhere if it’s cheaper than WEX price as they don’t seem to enter into price matching that much.
Something I’ve taken advantage of several times.
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