I’ve noticed recently that selling my lenses have been quite difficult. I keep getting young kids asking all sorts of questions that could be answered if they googled the model number. “Is it autofocus?” “Is this for full frame?” “Will this work on my camera?” “Is it good for real estate?”
It’s like a whole younger generation of photographers don’t know how to research things and get their information from youtube and tiktok where you can’t search model names or technical specs.
Why would you buy second hand if you had no knowegde about what to look for. Would you go to a “Pull-a-Part” junkyard to get a used engine part if you did not know what a good one looked like? Better to buy new and not take a chance.
It’s cheaper and more accessible to beginners with less money. Ya they should learn the info.
But You aren’t selling camera parts that need to be assembled into a lens or whatever you are selling the item itself.
Yeah, selling stuff with the model number where you can type it into Google or Youtube to get the info or see what the lens is capable of doing.