Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You support the point made by those of us on the LUG about the spirit of the reference to Ebay. You acknowledge that you are a dealer for a margin of profit. I, certainly, hope the spirit of the LUG is that it is not a vehicle for dealers. Roland Smith - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Jagitsch" <robertj@powerlogix.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 8:46 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] CONDEMN Ebay? M6 FOR SALE > At 11:26 AM -0400 8/11/00, B. D. Colen wrote: > >I'm not saying you shouldn't sell it on Ebay to someone moronic enough to > >buy...I throw away everything but the plastic box and instructions when I > >buy an M, or the black case if I buy a lens, but that's me. > > > > That's certainly your prerogative. I find that I buy and sell Leica > gear quite often and part of my incurred 'fee' into this £ world is > the difference between what I pay and what I am able to resell it > for. Keeping boxes and papers and selling on ebay has actually made > this 'fee' zero or less than zero on several occasions. Pretty nice > to be able to play with all this nice equipment and sell it with no > penalty. In the old days before ebay, it was at least a 30% hit on a > trade in, or having to discount it by selling in the paper, etc. > > Just my 2 shillings. > > -r > > > ------- > PowerLogix R&D, Inc. > Main Office: 3921 Steck Avenue, Suite A105 Austin, TX 78759 > (512) 795-2978 x107 (512) 795-2981 FAX > >