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UsedCamerasOnly.com
Who would have known that in 2002, when Seth and Ellen Schmidt moved the beginnings of UsedCamerasOnly.com out of their living room and rented a 600 square foot office in Ashland, Virginia, that we would have grown to be one of the largest used camera dealers in the world. We chose Ashland for it’s small town feel. The locals here call Ashland “The Center of the Universe”. Well it certainly has been the center of our lives for the past seven years.
In the beginning, Seth bought camera gear from folks all over the country and listed it for sale on eBay while Ellen helped with getting the orders out. After only seven months in business, during February 2003, we had our first month of sales over $100,000. We knew then that we were onto something and that this could turn into something big! Over the years, we grew from that small office to our current 27,000 square foot office/warehouse facility. We sold our camera gear on eBay under the seller name, Shutterblade, and became one of the top 50 powersellers worldwide. We are excited about what the future holds for us and the opportunity to serve our customers.
Right from the start, we have always prided ourselves on doing what it takes to please our customers and we have instilled that philosophy in all of our team members here. It has been an honor and a pleasure to participate in this wonderful industry. We have met many great folks and heard many interesting stories. One of our cameras even made it into outer space aboard the space shuttle to be used for scientific research! So, what do we shoot? Of course having access to lots of “toys” means we get to try a lot of different gear. Seth shoots mostly Canon DSLR gear and loves the original 1D when taking pictures of his 3 children’s sports activities. He’s also really jazzed about his Panasonic LX3 point and shoot. 24mm and an f2.0 lens on a point and shoot is really cool!
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