Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Patrick - Since you have bought only one small item at Ebay & I had at least 10 winning bids spending about $3000 last month there, I offer you one bit of warning; Inexpensive items are OK but never offer to sell a $4000 lens like Jim is speaking of. There is the possibility of the lens being returned to you for a refund after the buyer has used it for just one special job rather than paying a rental fee of maybe $225 for a week-end. I also know personally of one scammer from Florida that actually gets away with bidding against himself, to jack the price up - and also sets reserve prices so high that nobody meets them and he then has a good idea of the market price for a starting point. There are so many scams going on at internet auctions that all I can say is "Caveat Emptor" and may God be with you. Marvin ================================================== In a message dated 97-11-14 00:46:10 EST, you write: << I'm not one of these net evangelizers, but one of the things the net offers us is a rationalization of prices through the creation of a large competitive market. If you can use the Web, there's little reason to pay anything but reasonable prices for photo equipment. And conversely, there's no reason to sell your old photo equipment at a 40% loss to dealers if you can sell it for retail prices on EBay. -Patrick