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Ok, I’ll try to keep this brief…

For the majority of my gimbal-based work I use Canon’s R6 line, usually with a 24-70 2.8 or lighter lens.

I’ve had an RSC2 for years, it’s served me well but it does feel like I test its limits from time to time (it occasionally struggles with the 24-70, but lighter lenses are no issue, I’ve never even tried using a longer/heavier lens on it), or maybe the motors are just getting tired.

It’s been on the cards to upgrade it at some point. We just bought some new gear for the studio and the store included an RS2 as a gift. Given the higher payload I’m keen to jump straight on it, but that lead me to read up on the new RS5, sounds like an incredible piece of kit, but the payload rating is similar to what I’ve been using.

In my position would you:
A) sell both the old RSC2 and the new, sealed RS2 to get an RS5 knowing that you could make the payload eating work.

B) Rip open the RS2 packaging and use it, keeping your fingers crossed that DJI will release an RS5 Pro which is the same weight as the RS2? (That’s one great thing about the 2, same payload rating as the RS4Pro, but lighter).

Hi all, apologies if this isn’t ’legal enough’, but hoping for some advice here.

Short story, I recently sold a faulty item, the listing was honest and listed the faults, along with the suspected causes (a pretty common fault on this particular item) and ran as a $1 no reserve auction. It’s still a pretty sought after piece of gear even when needing repair, so there was a bit of interest (maybe 10x individual bidders).

Winner sat on it a week before making payment via Ping, I got it packaged up over the weekend, courier collected it on Tues. buyer contacts me on Thursday (now over 2 weeks since the close of the auction) saying they’ve just read the listing description and don’t want the item, have suggested they redirect the package back to me to “avoid needing to leave negative feedback”.

I’ve heard Trade Me tends to side with the buyer in disputes as part of their protection promise, but when you’ve clearly listed an items faults, would they take the time to look into that?

If I accepted the item back I could probably sell it again for a better price (the buyer got a great deal, even on a faulty item), but to be honest, I’d rather not have to.

Any advice, or tips on what I should expect from Trade Me if this is raised as a dispute? Thanks.

EDIT:
Thanks everyone for the input, you’ve definitely given me some reassurance knowing that I’ve described the item accurately and so all should be good…

After I emailed the buyer politely saying I wouldn’t do a ‘change of mjnd’ return they replied saying ‘no worries, I’ll see if it matches your description and get back to you’ …great, now I’m half (more than half, maybe 99% 🤣) expecting them to either drop it, or say it doesn’t turn on or something else which would be unable to prove otherwise without being there in person. Let’s wait and see!