I bought a Canon 20D on E-bay. I feel I got what I paid for. Being new, and reading some of stories, I feel very lucky.
The Kit had the 20D body, 18-55 Canon and 70-300 Tamron lenses.Bowen Flash, Tri-pod, canvas camera bag, Hard case camera bag and all the other trinkets. This kit was purchased in September of 06.
Since that time, bought a new bag, since the canvas bag that came with it would not hold the camera and two lenses.
Put the 18-55 lense in the closet and replaced with a Sigma f/2.8 50-150 lense, because I shoot a lot of in-door sports.
Replaced the Bowen $25 Flash, with a Canon 430 Flash. Needed to be able to reach out farther then the $25 would allow.
When I mounted the Canon on the tri-pod, I figured that the street lights looked funny moving up and down. So, have already replaced the Tri-pod and Head.
The one other thing was I got a 4 Gig memory card with the kit and love it. But still am going to buy another. Just for a spare.
Do I feel I got ripped off, "NO" But with only the knowledge I have gained in the last few months. I feel I could have done better.

You may want to look at buying the, "Body Only" or with the kit lense and hunt for each of the other items seperately.
Oh,I have already found out. That with this hobby, there is always something you want or need.
Like that new Sigma f/2.8 200-500 lenses. "smiles"

Newbie here
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