JNewell
Leica M Recidivist
Kyle said:Some have gotten bargain cameras and claimed they would classified as "mint" on ebay. My M4 has a dent and lots of bright marks and scratches, but as I said it worked great and the finder is bright!
What Kyle writes is definitely true, but "BGN" grade covers a lot of ground and it is possible to get a body that really looks, well, like it's been through the wars...maybe it has. And, even higher grade RFs can arrive with hazy finders, so there is some element of chance. One suggestion: the KEH staff will pull a camera from the warehouse and give you a personal eyeballing of the camera (their eyeballs, not yours) over the phone and will email pictures, so you can get some sense of what's up. That and their 14 day no questions asked return period make purchases pretty much risk free (you only risk is round trip S&H).