It appears to be very similar to yours and the number appears to be 'stuck on' and if I run my fingernail arounf the edge I can feel a distinct ridge, although it doesn't look or feel as if I could peel the number off.īased on this, I would say your serial number appears to be applied the same way. Here is a photo of the serial number on my 80D. A rub strip so that your serial will remain intact. I suspect it is an additional sacrificial layer. The edges give a shadow effect that looks like a cutout but probably just an optical effect and the underlying name plate is one piece. Hard to tell what that is? It looks kind of like a cut out of the info plate but from your description, it seems like it is a clear tape. According to Consumer Reports, DSLR cameras have a failure rate of about 4% after 36 months.) (I know that buying on the gray market has obvious risks, but Canon cameras have an excellent reputation, and failing after 9 weeks use and sold at a low price strikes me as extremely fishy, for a camera advertised as brand new and never used. Is this covering ever seen in Canon cameras that pass inspection in the factory and are genuinely brand new and never used, or could it be a sign of something fishy ? Could this be a camera composed of Canon parts gathered together from several junked cameras? Covering the serial number was a piece of heavy duty tape, machine cut (see picture.) On inspection, there was something very suspicious about the serial number. all the menus are accessible and it can take pictures but it cannot copy them to the SD memory card. The outside of the 80D is immaculate and everything else is working properly. Having purchased 7 other digital cameras over the past 10 years, with none of them failing, as I handle cameras carefully, I figured I did not need to buy a warranty.Ībout 9 weeks after purchase, the 80D developed a fatal defect, Namely, it could not read or format SD cards, cards that were formattable on my Canon 7D Mark II and my Nikon P1000. On Ebay in January this year I bought a Canon 80D camera advertised as brand new but no warranty, from a vendor listing nearly 70,000 sales and 99.9% positive feedback.

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