Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Me as well - just ordered a fisheye for my Pentacon 6 from the Ukraine from a supplier I trust at a bargain price. Nick - --- Felix Lopez de Maturana <fmaturana@euskalnet.net> wrote: > > >I have never understood the antipathy some people > feel about ebay. I > >think it is a wonderful service, and I admire it > for being one of the > >very few Internet companies that found a truly > different business model > > >and has survived the dot.com massacre. Just a > couple of weeks ago I > >decided to dabble in ex-DDR medium format cameras > and get a Pentacon > Six > >with a couple of lenses. I bought the camera with > the normal 80mm lens > >from a guy in the Ukraine and a wide angle 50mm > lens from a guy in the > >Czech Republic. The prices were reasonable, and > when I discovered a > >problem with the shutter after running my tests, > the Ukrainian seller > >agreed to pay half the cost of a CLA. How could I > have done this kind > of > >transaction before ebay existed? I could have gone > to all the camera > >shops in Zurich, probably not finding anything, or > if I did find a P6 > it > would have been at a typically Swiss price (i.e. > outrageous). > > >Sure, there are scum who sell on ebay and we all > have to use common > >sense, but overall I just wish I had half the > business acument of the > >guys who founded the company. > > >Nathan > > Hi Nathan, just my opinion. Many transactions as a > buyer without any > kind of problems. > > Kind regards > > Felix > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html