Re: [Leica] R8/Contax E Bay Prices

["Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@home.com>]

However.... the feeding frenzy/auction mentality which for the moment
defines  reality...surely it is an inflated reality ( surgonfle..) compared
to other prices..  .... and people talk about winning an item that they just
spent 30%  too much for... maybe reality will eventually set in...hope
so....Steve


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Mehrdad Sadat" <m.sadat@verizon.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 4:02 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] R8/Contax G-G2 Prices


> I agree, with you marc. ebay does actually represent "the used camera
> market" now, just cause most people buyers and sellers are using the site
> more and more everyday. case in fact, most of NY dealers also sell on ebay
> (B&H, adorama,.....). the fact is the R system prices are staying up
there,
> # of transaction are not as much as M though (as expected), after all the
R
> is a leica
>
>
>
> _____________________________________
> Thanks, Mehrdad
>
> [-----Original Message-----
> [From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Marc James
> [Small
> [Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 3:32 PM
> [To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [Subject: Re: [Leica] R8/Contax G-G2 Prices
> [
> [
> [At 04:28 PM 8/17/01 -0500, Bill Satterfield wrote:
> [>Prices on eBay are sky high, not realistic and do not reflect the market
> [value
> [>on Leica items.
> [
> [Since these are Leica items and these are the listed selling prices,
these
> [do represent fair-market values.  Gresham's Law works here, as it does in
> [every case:  if a seller determines that he can sell  a used R8 for, say,
> [$1300 on e-Bay, why sell it elsewhere for $900?
> [
> [Your faith in self-distructive sellers is charming, Bill, but most
> [unrealistic.
> [
> [Marc
> [
> [msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
> [Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir!
> [
>