BuyDig via eBay has the Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM for $299.99. They’re an authorized dealer. This deal ties for the lowest price that we’ve seen in the last five years — since May of 2008.
This is a great price, an additional $40 savings on top of a $60 instant rebate that Canon is running on this lens.
Last time BuyDig via eBay ran this deal (in April of 2013), they sold 200 copies of this lens in a few hours.
If you have $10,000 burning a hole in your pocket there are some great opportunities on new and refurbished super telephotos. Profeel via eBay is now in-stock with the Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x for $11299.00. This is one of the cheapest prices that we’ve seen since introduction on this lens.
If you’re looking spend just a little less than that (but not too much less), we saw the introduction of two refurbished lenses this week: Adorama has the Refurbished EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM for $9999.00 and the Refubished EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM for $9499.95. This is the first time we’ve seen these two lenses available refurbished.
Best Buy returned their prices to “normal” today — they’re now featuring the same pre-rebate price as all other stores. We interpret this as confirmation that the low pricing we saw earlier this week was unintended — an accident on Best Buy’s part.
We’re also hearing from our readers that Best Buy has shipped all their orders at the low prices, and the rebate pre-submissions are being accepted on Canon’s rebate portal. Given the approved pre-submissions as well as all the clarifications from Canon’s hotline, we now have pretty good confidence that the double-dip will work out (as long as Canon does their part). Congrats to all who got in on the deal!
Unfortunately, with the price increase, the opportunity to get the 24-70 II for $1699 is over for now. We’re always on the lookout for the next big deal so please subscribe if you haven’t (use the notify button on the main page, or follow us on twitter) and we’ll e-mail you as soon deals happen.
Amazon has the Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM for $1179.00, after a $150 mail-in rebate. This is the cheapest price that we’ve seen in over 4 years, since January 2009. This is the same price as the Best Buy deal but Amazon charges sales tax to fewer states.
UPDATE: Adorama and Adorama via eBay have price-matched.
Amazon was recently added to the list of participating retailers for the Canon rebate so we don’t expect you’ll have a problem getting your rebate fulfilled.
Great eBay Deal of the Day: Adorama via eBay has the image-stabilized Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM (Canon refurbished) for $192. This is a great deal — well below what this lens goes for used, and well below other refurbished ($383 at Canon Direct Store) or new prices ($479 from authorized dealers new).
At $192 this is a great value — a good choice as an upgrade from a kit lens. 100 have sold already in less than an hour!
If $1999 for the non-IS Canon 24-70 II is still too much for you, Cameraland via eBay, an authorized Tamron dealer, has the image-stabilized Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 DI VC USD for Canon for $999.99 — half the price — after a $100 mail-in rebate. This is the absolute cheapest price we’ve seen from an authorized dealer. The $100 mail-in Tamron rebate has been extended to end October 31st for this lens.
Cameraland only has one more in-stock at this price, but they restock periodically: generally they’ll put four up for sale each week. If they’re out of stock you can set a notification via the notify button on our page for this lens.
UPDATE: As of noon October 3rd, Amazon.com was added to the Canon rebate official retailers list. Someone’s listening to us 🙂
Another update to the Canon mail-in rebate saga: although the rebate form suggests all authorized dealers are eligible, the official list of participating retailers was published and one popular retailer — Amazon — is not on the list.
We’re surprised to see Amazon is missing from the participating retailers list (thanks goes to CPW reader Brian who noticed this). However, Amazon is still advertising the rebate as available. We tried to pre-submit a rebate claim and were unable to select Amazon as the retailer.
The latest update regarding Best Buy is: they’re still on the list (as “BEST BUY COMPANY INC”). We’ve asked Canon’s rebate hotline to clarify several times, and each time we’re told that any retailer on the list is eligible for the rebate. At this time we think they’ll be eligible for the instant rebate (but of course, we cannot be certain). Because of the double-dip, this is probably the best current deal out of all the stores.
Other retailers we checked were B&H, Adorama, or BuyDig. They’re all on the list (BuyDig is well disguised “BEACH TRADING CO INC”). All three stores are offering a 4% reward. BuyDig‘s reward is instantly applied during checkout. Adorama is also offering a free UV filter kit for all lenses, and occasionally a free tripod or memory card.
You can check out our list of mail-in and instant rebated items and their current prices.
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