Battle-Tested RED Product

[Brent Carter]

As has been discussed on here and at our REDUSER meetups, Jarred and I want to make REDUSER a safe place for both buyers and sellers of RED gear. Too often we have seen people scammed. So, here is step one, REDUSER will be selling "battle-tested" RED gear as it becomes available. This will be RED-certified and come with the 90 day battle-tested warranty, but you will have the option to purchase Armor to extend that by another year.

As you may have seen in this thread, we have our first batch. Jarred posted in regards to the RANGER Trade-In program:

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One positive side effect from this change to Trade-in instead of Upgrades is it also gives us Battle Tested DSMC2 camera brains to sell as well at a pretty great discount, Starting with the Monstros that we have been doing trade-ins with rental houses over the last few months. You will see those Battle Tested Monstros at Dealers soon, and Brent is working on getting those to be available here on REDUSER as a group buy.

We have a few battle tested Monstros ready to go... $35k battle tested . 90 day warranty as per Battle tested but you can buy RED ARMOR for them. It's kind of a word of mouth thing right now so PM Brent ( or your dealer ) if you want to grab one while they are available.

The number available fluctuates hourly based on incoming Trade-In's and dealers taking stock as well. For now, PM me if you are interested. I will keep a list and reach out in order based on availability. As we get more fancy, I hope to have direct links here on REDUSER so you can buy via link versus a PM reach out. But with so many people chomping at the bit for a MONSTRO for $35K USD, we wanted to get the ball rolling....

Meanwhile, we are also working on other solutions to make buying/selling better, easier, safer....

 

[Samir Patel]

Thank YOU!

 

[Norbert Niederacher]

Great idea!

 

[Brian Anderson]

Sweet! Thanks Brent!

 

[Michael Tiemann]

A win-win solution!

 

[Jeremy Torrie]

Very cool idea.

 

[Kristin Stewart]

Just let me know if you've got a Monochrome DMSC2 brain popping up ;-)

Kristin

 

[Antony Newman]

This is awesome.

Thankyou for looking out for the community.

AJ

 

[Karel Šimůnek]

This is great!

 

[Blair S. Paulsen]

At the time I decided to buy a Monstro I knew it's value would decline fairly rapidly, that's what cameras do. This program probably dropped its resale value another $5-10K this week. That said, blaming RED for the natural progression of the marketplace is BS. As Mark (OffHollywood) notes, these days, you really need to get your ROI on any new camera within 24 months.

I am happy that more RedUsers will get a chance to shoot on Monstro, it's wicked good.

Cheers - #19

 

[Nick Morrison]

This is great

 

[Ketch Rossi]

At the time I decided to buy a Monstro I knew it's value would decline fairly rapidly, that's what cameras do. This program probably dropped its resale value another $5-10K this week. That said, blaming RED for the natural progression of the marketplace is BS. As Mark (OffHollywood) notes, these days, you really need to get your ROI on any new camera within 24 months.

I am happy that more RedUsers will get a chance to shoot on Monstro, it's wicked good.

Cheers - #19

You are right Blair, partially at list because for the record,
The last Monstro I sold was for $34k would have been $34.6k with RED 90 Day warranty, and the last 7/8 Monstro I sold all for 35k, so Monstro Brains where already selling at the $35k mark

RED's move on this is great because two of the Monstro I sold, where actually sold to two different buyer which each had been previously scammed by an other posing Reduser.

I actually tough of going back to officially Brokering RED gear, but this move changed my mind, love what RED is doing on this front, and this will get safely cameras in people's hands at great prices and with the Warranty factored in and the added capacity to add REDarmor makes it a great deal!

Bravo RED!

 

[Gregory Karydis]

Excellent idea Brent!
I know many people would love to shoot with a Monstro!

Making the marketplace a safer environment will help a lot of users, current and new!

 

[Jan Balster]

Thank you!

 

[Andrew Reese]

Dig the concept

 

[Ivan Verlaan]

I'm very happy to see movement on this front, and the outline of your plans to come!

Curious -- will you be taking trade-ins against 'battle tested' brains, as you do with new ones?

Personally, I can't afford the price jump from Scarlet-W to Gemini, nor do I need a brand-new brain. My now-used-by-me Scarlet-W works perfectly well... and if certified by Red and covered by an extended Armour warranty, I would feel the same confidence in a used Gemini.

If Red can take the pain out of listing and then selling privately, I'm happy to pay a small premium for that... especially if done via my local Red-authorized camera shop

 

[Jarred Land]

I'm very happy to see movement on this front, and the outline of your plans to come!

Curious -- will you be taking trade-ins against 'battle tested' brains, as you do with new ones?

nope.

Lots of PM's and emails about hours on the battle tested DSMC2 Monstros. They are anywhere from single digit hours ( mostly rebuilt with all new boards or other cameras that are as good as new ) to around 1600 hours.. and everything in between. The lowest hour ones obviously are being eaten up the fastest.

 

[BrandonChristensen]

I'd be curious if Gemini's will come in.

 

[Bérenger Brillante]

if we buy those battle tested brains, will the buyers be part of any upgrade programs Red have in their sleeves ? I guess yes, but I just want to be sure.

 

[Dan Kanes]

Nevermind...