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RE: [OM] More eBay crazyness

Subject: RE: [OM] More eBay crazyness
From: Greg Heier <gheier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 19:28:24 -0500
It's a nice lens (I love mine), but $90 isn't really a heck of a steal.
You could probably pick it up for not much more in a local store (with
the benefit of being able to see it, try it out, return it, etc...).
I've bought stuff off eBay w/o getting burned, but I think I'll quit
while I'm ahead. The prices are generally much too high anyway. Just my
2c.

Greg

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Subject: Re: [OM] More eBay crazyness


I've been watching eBay lately, and there doesn't seem to be much logic 
to the bidding (except that amounts are usually too high).  A week or
two 
ago a 50/1.4 was bid up to something over $90 -- and still didn't sell 
because it didn't meet the seller's reserve.  Admittedly, it was 
supposed to be like new in its box, but that still seemed a little 
steep.  On the other hand, there was a 200/f4 that stayed in the $60's; 
the highest bidder other than myself bid $75, which seems reasonable for

a lens with (allegedly) clean glass.

Which reminds me -- the 200/f4 didn't meet reserve either, but the
seller has offered it to me (as high bidder) for $90.  Any
off-the-cuff advice from the list about whether I should take him up
on the offer?  I'm not dying for a 200, but I also wouldn't mind
having one.

Steve Schaffner
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