Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, Hans. Please don't do that! The Japanese market for old Leica stuff is so huge that it will eat up all old Leica in Europe. ;-) One of the European LUGgers showed me his nice M3 which cost him 600 euro. It will sell within a minute for 1200 euro in Tokyo..... Cheers, Mikiro Strasbourg, Europe http://arbos.silva.net At 12:13 pm +0100 9/3/00, Hans Pahlen wrote: >Jem, > >All right, I will look forward to see your new picture! > >Well, this Benser bag has been stored in my attic for several years. I decided >to sell it cheap without reserve, expecting something like 10 pounds... But >the Japanese are really crazy about the old gear, far beyond any common >sense... > >I have recently learnt that it is possible to pick up used gear in Europe and >sell to Japan with a nice earning. From now on, I will always be looking for >chrome lenses in mint or near mint condition, in order to sell to Japan. This >type of business has been going on for several years by the photo shop >dealers, but the web has made it possible for people like you and me! New gear >can be bought in Japan and HK at much lower prices than here, while they have >to pay premium prices for the used gear because of the very high demand. There >is a strong retro trend in Japan, and they really like screw mounts and >M2-M3-M4:s. > >My long term project is to finance a Summilux 35 asph in this way... > >The Nikon gear and R7 that I am selling is not my own, it belongs to a friend >of mine, who knows nothing about computers. > >Best, > >Hans