I've sold off most of my canon kit now, with just a couple of lenses I'm trying to shift.
overall the process has not been an enjoyable one, right from the start its been little pockets of pain and hassle which I never have the time for.
I tried selling one lens on ebay, 1st buyer (buy it now) turned out to be a scam who tried to get me to email my paypal details - thus circumventing ebays protections and leaving me open to shipping the lens and having the payment withdrawn.
I thought about selling on here or getdpi etc - but that could leave me open to paypal hassles (and fees) - only with international shipping thrown in to the mix
Then I tried using the free online resources like kijiji which for the most part worked well, until you have to deal with kids who just email "will u take $500 cash? lemme know asap" for a $1500 bit of kit. then hound you with poorly written messages, getting upset when you dont respond within 5 mins (because I'm at work rather than a student
)
then you arrange to meet someone to take a look, picking somewhere like starbucks and you wait for a while before realising they dont show up.
and add to this the constant back and forth of "well that lens is a couple of years old now, you should offer a lower price" - how do you explain that quality L glass doesnt lose much money just because of age, if its been looked after well.
sorry, for the mild rant, just letting off steam