Re: [Leica] Re: typical E-bay bad deal - try this

[Henry Ambrose <digphoto@nashville.net>]

>I am one of them.  Also Javier, you are forgetting the great thing that ebay 
>does for the non-professional seller.  It allows you to sell items and get 
>dealer(or slighty under, and in some cases over) prices for them.  Thus, now 
>if you just can't justify keeping that N90 around gathering dust, your 
>options are no longer a)Get raped by a dealer who wants to give you 1/2 of 
>its value or b)take out a classified ad and wait, and wait, and give 
>strangers your home phone number and address, etc.  Now you, Joe citizen, 
>have a world-wide(or at least nation wide) market.  As an added bonus, the 
>person who buys that body is getting what they consider a good deal, having 
>searched the dealers only to be discouraged by their high(er) prices.  Sure 
>there are dishonest ebayers out there, but there are also those who want to 
>be fair.  The glass is half full.
>
>Paul Klingaman

I really don't like e-bay from a buying or selling standpoint. In fact I 
don't even look there anymore except as a last resort. Try the classified 
section of photo.net. I've had pretty good luck selling things there. 
Without all the frenetic gambling-like last minute bidding. 

At Photo.net you can even communicate and negotiate with the seller/buyer 
in a civilized manner. Imagine that! You can usually establish a fair 
price without resorting to the fake  auction selling of e-bay.

Henry