[Leica] OT on eBay

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Donal:

eBay is a GREAT place to SELL camera equipment.  If you try to sell your 
equipment to a dealer like KEH or B&H, they will offer you (say) 1/3 of the 
new price and then will try to sell it to someone else for 2/3 of the new 
price (these proportions of course depend on the condition of the 
equipment!).  If you sell it on eBay, you may get that 2/3 of new price $ 
amount. Make sure you set a reasonable reserve, otherwise you may be forced 
to sell for a lower than satisfactory amount.  Look at past auctions to get 
an idea of selling prices for your cameras and lenses.  Read the eBay rules 
carefully.  I have sold two entire systems (Nikon and Canon) plus many other 
camera accessories on eBay.  I HAD to do it to buy my Leica M6 TTL and 
Leicaflex SL cameras and lenses!  If you post a detailed description and 
include photos of your cameras and lenses, you should get many bidders on 
eBay.  Only once or twice have winning bidders walked away without buying my 
equipment.  Feel free to email me personally if you have other questions.  
Good luck!

Muhammad

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Muhammad R.K. Chishty, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Finance
Graham School of Management
Saint Xavier University
3700 West 103rd Street
Chicago, IL 60655, USA






<<Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 21:07:59 +0000
From: Donal Philby <donalphilby@earthlink.net>
Subject: [Leica] OT on eBay
Message-ID: <39722404.3E6A@earthlink.net>
References: <200007141726.KAA14643@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

A bit Off Topic,

but I am putting my entire Pentax 67 system (2 bodies, 5 lenses,
polaroid back) on market and finally looked at eBay for the first time
today and it looks a wonderful place to buy gear cheap, but a terrible
place to sell for anywhere near what prices are advertised in
Shutterbug.  Or am I missing something??    Sure a place to buy Leica,
though.

donal (who hopes he hasn't started a stampede).
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