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‘KEH (Cameras)’ Delivers On Its Promise Of Buying Used Cameras — In My Case, 2 Panasonic DC-ZS Compact Zooms.

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by Anura Guruge
on October 14, 2022

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I had got a ‘Panasonic ZS80‘ (24-720mm zoom) & a ‘Panasonic ZS200‘ (24-360 mm zoom with 1″ sensor) as trade-ins for my full-frame ‘Canon EOS RP‘, from ‘Cardinal Camera‘, in May 2020. I had got a ‘Google Pixel 4’ 6-months earlier & had realized that I was using the Pixel rather than a camera for taking my daily quota of pictures. So, there was little point holding onto an expensive full-frame camera.

My thinking was that I would use the ZS200, with its 1″ sensor, for higher quality images & the much smaller senor BUT longer reach when I fancied zoom photography. But, that was the theory. With me taking a ‘Pixel 5’ later in 2020 & a ‘Pixel 6 Pro‘ in 2021 I basically STOPPED using these cameras. I would take one or both with me but they would NEVER get used. Yes, I will admit I was not overly enamored with either of these two Panasonics. So they just sat in a drawer getting old.

Then I started seeing Ads by KEH Camera. While I knew I wouldn’t get much for these two ‘low-end’ cameras, anything was better than them sitting there collecting dust.

So, I started the process. It was slick & painless.

I shipped the cameras out, in one box, via FedEx, on September 11, 2022. It took KEH a week, i.e., up until September 18, 2022, to acknowledge that they received the cameras. Wasn’t too thrilled with that (especially since I had NOT retained the FedEx tracking (& as such had no visibility as to when/how they were delivered)). But, eventually I got the e-mail saying that they had the cameras & will start evaluating them.

It then took another 17-days before I got my offer. Much to my surprise & delight the offer was about $18 higher than their original estimate. I was NOT expecting that. But, to be fair, the two cameras were in essence ‘nearly new’/’unused’. I don’t think either had a shutter click count greater of even 1,000! So, in the end I was COOL. Yes, the process had taken a tad longer than I had hoped — but, when I checked, it was only a day longer than what ‘BuyBackWorld‘ had taken when I sold them my ‘Garmin Fenix 6’. So, I guess that is the norm for these online buyers. Fair enough.

All said, I would DEFINITELY RECOMMEND KEH to anyone who wants to sell a camera online bypassing the hassle of trying to sell it themselves on eBay, Facebook, Craigslist, etc.