A user recently bought a high-quality lens for their camera for very little money. Because the seller mistook it for a drinking cup. Even the photographer himself stated that he nearly thought the object was a fake.
A photographer recently made the find of a lifetime at his local thrift store. While browsing the electronics department, he was astonished to find a professional camera lens worth €1,500, which the seller offered for a mere €6.
The photographer initially thinks he has a fake in hand
The photographer told the magazine Petapixel that he stumbled upon this find by chance. He regularly browses the thrift shop, but usually, he finds little interesting items.
However, at the end of a visit, he found an unusual item on a rolling cart and initially thought he had picked up a fake.
Because by now, many manufacturers sell drinking cups that look like real Canon lenses. You can purchase such models for €15 on Amazon. But when he examined the lens more closely at the dealer, he had to conclude that it was real:
I had already checked the shelves and was just about to leave when I noticed a staff member pushing a new cart from the back area, filled with all sorts of things. So I went over and looked before he had a chance to take anything from the cart, and I saw a lens that looked like a Canon L-series.
I didn’t get my hopes up immediately since I had seen dozens of these fake Canon lens cups, but then I pulled them out from under the heap of donations and discovered that it was indeed a lens from the 50mm f/1.2 L-series.
On Amazon, you pay around €1,500 for the original “Canon EF 50mm F1.2L USM”. The L-series represents the high-end models of the Canon manufacturer.
However, the surprise was that the small lens was offered at the dealer for just $6.99. The photographer bought the lens and rushed home with it.
Once home, he took a closer look at the lens and tested it on a camera. And he had to find out that it was fully functional and in impeccable condition.
What is critical about the whole situation? The secondhand seller is the company Goodwill. This is an American nonprofit organization that provides vocational training, job placement services, and other community-based programs for people with disabilities.
From a harsh perspective, the user, with his action, deceived the nonprofit organization out of important donation money that could have supported people. This gives the whole action a bitter aftertaste.
More lucky finds: Such “finds” happen to users from time to time. Just recently, a gamer reported that he purchased a high-end Intel processor for just a few euros. Because the used goods dealer didn’t even know what he had lying under a pile of trash in the cupboard:
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