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Buying Camera Gear on eBay and ShopGoodwill: Finding Bargains, Avoiding Junk

2020-04-20
On: April 20, 2020
In: Photography Journey

Buying cameras based on images and brief descriptions can be rewarding or frustrating. Happily, even though I have purchased many items from both eBay and ShopGoodwill, my experiences have been overwhelmingly positive, with only a few duds. There was the person who sold me a Maxxum 70 that “probably worked,”Continue Reading

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