Those little gold stickers

[semi-ambivalent]

The very first thing I did any time I bought a new camera or lens the first thing I did was strip off that little gold sticker. Sometimes I think I might be the only one who did/does that.

[Renato Tonelli]

You're not the only one.

[BrianShaw]

I thought they were like the tags on mattresses and pillows... illegal to remove!

[Roger Thoms]

I hope you realize that removing the gold sticker will greatly devalue the camera.

Roger

[Jeff Kubach]

I usally leave my on but after time they fall off!

Jeff

[BetterSense]

What is with that, anyway? I have some cameras that are over 30 years old that still have the sticker on them. Why do people leave them on?

[Barry S]

Ahhh, the infamous oval gold JCII stickers. I'd always peel them off when I used to buy equipment, but now I leave them alone. Funny how annoyances turn to nostalgia sometimes.

[Laurent]

Do you mean the "Passed" sticker ?

For years (I was a teenager then) I believed it indicated a better quality

Then I removed all of them, when I grew older (and may be wiser)

[Ian Grant]

Ffordes camera in the UK have a Chinese Large Format Great Wall f5.6 210mm lens listed using the name Hege which is on QC sticker

Ian

[Steve Smith]

I thought they were like the tags on mattresses and pillows... illegal to remove!

Possibly illegal to sell new without them but once you own it, you can do what you like with it.

I always remove them - they look horrible.


Steve.