So Mike's and Ivan's comments on buying used from KEH & B&H is also good advice. Canon will service a used camera that is still within their service policies and the 5D4 obviously still is. Just be sure the camera is a US Market camera. IIRC, the serial number will distinguish a US market camera from a gray market camera. As its a 5D4, and still in production, you could get some nice clean, lightly used bodies and same some money for lenses. I've bought some of my Fuji XF lenses used but like new and the savings can add up when putting together a system.
Also, if you decide to buy used, check out used camera broker MPB at MPB.com; I've sold a bunch of gear to them and they are very good. Also check out the For Sale forums at Fred MIranda's photography web site. You have to pay a small fee to advertise as a seller, but I've bought most of my gear from Fred Miranda's Buy/Sell forum over the years.
If you do decide to buy used, try to get the seller to provide you with the number of total actuations on the shutter. There are somes apps, e.g. Exif Viewer, IIRC, that will tell you how many total shutter actuations have been on a particular camera body. You can't go by the file number because this typically rolls over after 9,999 frames. There are other EXIF apps that also show total no. of actuations.
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