Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I recently received a mismarked new Hasselblad lense cap, an LN- Hasselblad 4504 strobe that was at best EX-EX+, a Hasselblad 110/f2 that was graded LN-, ended up being BGN, very noticeable damage to one of the lense elements... I stopped buying from them. Even their prices went up... I think a lot of this has to do with them trying to go public (a joke, in my book). They bought a multi-million dollar camera collection just to have inventory and look good...and paid near retail for it! I think it backfired though, since the market is now a shade (sic) wiser on these silly .com ventures. I also agree with what someone else said about their on-line buying prices...these prices are absurd. Why would I sell anything to KEH for 1/2 the price I can get on eBay? - ---------- From: Dan Honemann Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 6:57 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: KEH gradings Doug Richardson wrote: > austin@darkroom.com wrote: > > >As an aside, KEH has gone DOWNHILL in the past year. The items > I have received from them in the past six months have been overgraded. > They used to be very accurate. What a shame. Hi Austin and Doug, Just out of curiosity, how many samples are we talking about (i.e., how many items have you each ordered from KEH in the past year that were overgraded)? I'm wondering if this is a trend, or perhaps just a fluke (one or two items). Thanks, Dan