hey man, if you need the camera badly, go to any camera shop and get one.
it's a new model.
can't see why anybody would want to sell one just after they had just bought it.
unless it's a lousy camera.
but you wouldn't want to to buy it if it's lousy, would you?
who wanna buy minolta digital camera anyway.
with the same money, might as well get a canon or nikon.
in fact panasonic fz10 would be a wise choice since it's for graduation.
you will need the 12x zoom.
the best choice is to borrow an SLR.