On 10 Mar 98 at 22:18, *- DORIS FANG -* wrote:
>
> I've had found some embarrassingly good deals. Once at a garage sale,
> there was a box marked "cam stuff". I looked in and there was a Zuiko
> 50/3.5 macro and bellows, both like new. I asked the owner how much for
> the stuff, he looked into it, and said $20. I didn't argue. I sold both of
> those to a friend for $100, and he's still grinning.
> Two weeks ago, I was at another garage sale, and there was this huge
> Tamrac bag (second largest) in like new cond. I looked at the tag, and
> thought it said 150.00. The man saw me backing away and said "Hey ! if
> fifteen is too much, how about $12 ? He'd used it on a trip to Europe and
> bought a much smaller bag.
> I'll stop there, because it IS embarrassing at times. My friend to whom
> I sold the 50/3.5 + bellows ran into a bag at a garage sale with an
> OM -1, OM-2 and one Winder I, plus 28/2.8, 35/2.0, 50/1.8,
> 100/2.8 and 200/4.0. He asked the owner how much, and the man complained
> about how heavy all those old cameras were, and how his new zoom autofocus
> put them to shame, and he would want no less than $75...
> I once bought a new-in-the-box Winder two for $10. The woman said "It
> was a gift, but why would anyone put such a big, heavy thing on a nice,
> light camera like an OM-2 ?". She had a point, and I have that Winder II.
> I could mention the 1930's Rollei for $80 in great shape, or the 64xxxx
> Nikon F with 50-300/4.5 Nikkor (with one of those monster pie-plate sized
> filters) for $275.00...
> OK, OK, I'll stop NOW...but I should say that the garage sales mean
> giving up morning light on saturdays, and some months you go & go without
> finding any camera stuff. But you usually find something (I've a box of
> things that I've been meaning to shoot still lifes of) that makes the trip
> worthwhile, and one learns a lot about people, what they are willing to
> part with, what they value and the end point of the consumer chain.
>
Where do you LIVE???
Sheesh, the best I can do at garage sales around here is a Sears
Telescope with wooden tripod for $2.50...
Shawn Wright, I.T. Manager
Shawnigan Lake School
swright@xxxxxxxxx
http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright
http://www.sls.bc.ca
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