Too good to be true?

Occasionally, I've come across deals that sounded too good to be true but were in fact legit.  For example, I got my D300 about a year ago from a craigslist seller for about 20% less than the market price.  On ebay, I recently got a Nikon 28-105 AF-D lens for $75 when others are selling it for $200 or more.  Neither the D300 nor the 28-105 had any strings attached.

So from time to time I'm on the lookout for what I consider exceptional deals.

I was looking at Amazon prices for the Nikon D700 and noticed that there was a used one on sale for a little under $1300.  It seemed to be one of those exceptional deals, an incredible price even with everyone expecting the D700's successor sometime this year.

I started trying to find a way I could trade up to the D700...