[Leica] Trade in M9 or sell it on eBay?

[Frank Filippone]

The value of your corroded sensor M9 is no more than retail value minus repair.
The retail value is in the 2000-2500 range.  A dealer will offer you 1/3 to 1/2 of that value for one in good shape.... no problems.
A retail user might be hard to find..... knowing there is a problem that is $$$ to fix.....
The repair from Leica will cost $1500. And take about 6 months or longer.

Bottom line.... find some dealer to take it off your hands......or fix it yourself and use it..... 
I suspect that the corrosion problems in an image could be corrected  just like dust....
 
There is one other option..... have someone like Kolari Vision put a new glass cover plate on ( the actual part of the sensor with a problem) for about $400..... THEN sell it.....  


Frank Filippone

Red735i at verizon.net


-----Original Message-----
From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Don Dory via LUG
Sent: Monday, April 1, 2019 3:35 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Cc: Don Dory
Subject: Re: [Leica] Trade in M9 or sell it on eBay?

Like anything it's all about circumstance.  Corroded M9's don't bring a
great deal and it would be unethical to not disclose if asked.  So, if a
dealer makes the round trip of trade in and purchase within a small sum of
used and firesale M9 I would go with new.  Contra-wise check out KEH's
purchase price of your M9 with condition fully disclosed; they will offer
you about 70% of retail for a good condition Leica.  Plus KEH frequently
has very clean M10's for sale and frequently do a 10% extra on the trade or
purchase.  Ebay is pretty easy but some stress with the wide range of
humanity asking wierd questions.

Last, check with a Leica store about demos, samples, and trade ins.

On Mon, Apr 1, 2019, 4:47 PM Kyle Cassidy On The LUG via LUG <
lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

> Hi folks.
>
> I think it’s about m10 time and I’m wondering if you have any thoughts
> about trading in my m9 and buying a new m10 vs selling the m9 myself and
> buying a used m10? Price-wise that is.
>
> The m9 has developed sensor corrosion — I’ve no idea how long ago since I
> never shoot at anything smaller than f5.6. (Ok, maybe 4.5) but I’ve been
> using it this way with no real ill effects since I discovered it
> accidentally last year. So my options are, I think, trade it in for a new
> m10, or sell it and buy a used m10, or buy a used m10 and keep the m9
> sitting on a self thinking I’m going to use it as a backup until it is so
> out of date they don’t make cables that connect to it anymore....
>
> I’ve little idea anyway the sale price on a corroded m9 is — guessing
> around $1500.
>
> If anybody’s been through this process I’m interested in hearing your
> stories and advice.
>
> Sent from my iPhone plz excuse the typoss keyb0ard is reaLly small.
>
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