So Bummed

Messing with it is the important part. When it comes to shipping and paying for it before actually holding it I get nervous. It's so easy to make money off of someone and then have that name you used to sell the item disappear.

Which is where the "granted" came in

And yeah I'm not too keen on nameless faceless dealings myself.

This. I've bought the majority of my camera stuff off of craigslist. But I tested the crap out of it first. LOL

I hope you find one soon. We need Traveler and Didgie pictures.

In my experience people are pretty good online and on craigslist as well as ebay. I've bought/sold at least 10-15 cameras and lenses on craigslist, ebay and my photo forum. Plus tons of ipods, high end headphones (over 600 dollars each). My 70-200 f/2.8 that I bought recently? Was off craigslist too.

This one.

All the camera bodies I've owned were sold on craigslist. I think it's pretty safe to be honest, as long as you meet them, try it, etc. On ebay it's pretty secure too since you can make a claim with paypal if you don't receive your item.

Since I work in a photography store, I've known so many people both staff and customers that have bought/sold cameras and lenses on craigslist with absolutely no problems.

Bolded is the key thing. She is not able to meet them, and they would be shipping it. I wouldn't risk it, personally.

That said, I have bought lenses off eBay, but, I don't know, I feel like it's safer there... cause you can always file a claim with PayPal.

She did say it was from a photo forum. I personally use thephotoforum and have been fine.

As long as you use paypal, and don't gift the money, you can make a claim.