Polishing Scratches Out Of Displays?

[katsrevenge]

Do these issues of yours show up in photos? I admit to wondering what they look like...

I think they can be made to show up in photos.

And, believe me, I will be working on that, because the seller is balking: First trying to re-word his description as if the "In mint condition" applied only to the functioning aspect of it, now implying the scratches I claim are there are unsubstantiated.

This guy's turning out to be a real piece of work

Unless the seller has a no questions asked return policy you may be stuck with it. But I will say, from what you've said, sight unseen, I'd consider that mint. One of my lenses was bought for half retail as it was a display model and if I hadn't been told it was a display (and seen the broken box seals) I wouldn't have known.

Good luck.

 

[Cortian]

Unless the seller has a no questions asked return policy you may be stuck with it.

We'll see. eBay's policy says "If your item hasn’t arrived or isn’t as described..." and it was described as "In mint condition."

But I will say, from what you've said, sight unseen, I'd consider that mint.

Wait until you see the photos my wife's preparing to send me from her iPhone. She looked up "how to photograph scratches" or the like.

One of my lenses was bought for half retail as it was a display model and if I hadn't been told it was a display (and seen the broken box seals) I wouldn't have known.

Ok. Like the lens I bought for a fraction of retail that, had I not known it wasn't NIB, I would've assumed was.

This is the opposite: Claimed to be mint, but not anything remotely approaching "mint."

Good luck.

Thanks!

 

[Cortian]

Photos (cropped to the same size for space and bandwidth)...

Comparison between a 14 year old 20D and 11 year old 40D.

 

[Cortian]

Update

Seller balked at taking the un-mint body back, but finally acceded to my demands.

Re-reviewed the Canon line from 20D through 70D. Came to the same conclusion as before: A 40D was what I wanted.

Re-checked eBay. Decided I didn't feel up to trying that with camera bodies again.

Found Adorama had an E+ used 40D for $224. Pulled the trigger on it. Should have it NLT Wednesday.