# Where can I buy...?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy/98403>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 15, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy/98403 "2002-03-15T02:56:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy/98403/1 "2002-03-15T02:56:14Z")

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This may be an impossibility but my situation is:

I lived in Japan for a year, and when I moved back I realized I had left the power adapter for my camcorder behind. (I’m talking about the thing you use to recharge the battery.) I called Canon about it and they said that for me to buy the adapter alone would cost me $125. I was suprised it would cost that much. That’s half the cost of the entire camcorder system.

So is there anywhere on the net I could get something like a used adapter or an adapter for another camera that would also work for my model or something?

Probly won’t mean anything, but I’ll tell you what model it is. It’s a Canon ES50-A. Any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated…

-Kris

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**Author:** ![eyedea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@eyedea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eyedea)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy/98403/2 "2002-03-15T03:32:13Z")

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Yo, Kris. Try [Ebay.com](http://Ebay.com), [Outpost.com](http://Outpost.com), or [Half.com](http://Half.com)

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy/98403/3 "2002-03-15T05:14:19Z")

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PLC911 ($70) will charge your BP915 battery with an additional adapter plate.  
[http://thomas-distributing.com/lm-msc1-chart.htm](http://thomas-distributing.com/lm-msc1-chart.htm)

[http://www.centore.com/shop/Product.asp?ProductCode=CA2000CAN8](http://www.centore.com/shop/Product.asp?ProductCode=CA2000CAN8)

[http://thomas-distributing.com/lm-msc1.htm](http://thomas-distributing.com/lm-msc1.htm)  
You will need an additonal adapter plate.

This $ 45 one will possibly do it without the adapter plate.

[http://thomas-distributing.com/mh-c2000.htm](http://thomas-distributing.com/mh-c2000.htm)