Thanks very much for your reply. You are right about checking with customs.
I'm very weary about buying something used. I wouldn't mind paying a little
extra if the items were in above average condition.
Before asking you to do anything on my behalf, I would like to check a
couple of local shops tomorrow. So you are suggesting that I would be
getting a good deal if I found something in Ex+ condition for around $500 US
($700.00 CND). Let me have a look.
**In the mean time, If there is anyone out there who has imported from
Europe to Canada, could you tell me if there was any duty charges and how
much? **
Regards,
Elmer Brum
Toronto, Canada
[mailto:] elmerb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Olaf Greve
Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 5:03 AM
To: 'olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [OM] FS: Check this one, some cool stuff there...
Hi,
> I might be interested in one of the OM 4Ti bodies. The
> $660.00 is that US$?
Yes, it is. The actual price is hfl 1399,- so I took an exchange rate of $1
(USD) = +/- hfl 2,15.
> How would you evaluate the condition of either of these bodies?
They looked like the best preserved second handed 4Ti's I've ever seen (but
then again, I haven't seen that many). When I bought mine second handedly it
had little brassing, but after 3 months of regular use (and I'm really
careful with it!) it had substantially more brassing than the bodies I saw
in the store yesterday. I haven't tested the bodies, but should you desire
to buy one I will do that. I myself think you could get a cheaper 4Ti, but
then it will probably not look as nice (doesn't really matter, IMO). I got
my 4Ti for 950 DEM (some $500) and that included a databack 4! This,
however, was a pretty good deal, and I had been looking for such a deal for
half a year or so.
Acer actually raised a good point: check with customs to see if there are
any surplus charges when having stuff shipped from Europe, because when I
have something shipped from anywhere out of the European Union, they do
charge a hefty 250ver every dollar above $32.
> Would you personally purchase one if you were looking?
I would have bought it if it would be something like hfl 1000,- (some $450),
but then again, this may not be realistic. I love to get good stuff at the
absolute rock bottom price, and am prepared to wait a fair amount of time
for that to happen (some examples: 300/4.5 (little bit of fungus) $150,
35/2.8 shift $199, 50/3.5 macro $115 (incl. shipping), 4Ti + DB4 + F280 +
TTL Autocord F0.6 $640), however, I'm _still_ waiting for a good 500/8 Zuik
to pop up for some $300, so it doesn't always work. Maybe if some other
members of the list are also interested in something I could negotiate a
better deal, but unfortunately the stuff is located in a store which belongs
to a big chain of camera stores. Really, you could call it the MacDonald's
of camera world (would you like a 50/1.8 with that sir?), so they're
normally not too keen on giving discounts on interesting stuff, but who
knows...
To me it seems that the only item that was priced at a price below eBay
levels (and below US price levels!) would be the 100/2.
However, there is another way of looking at it, the owner must have taken
VERY good care of his stuff and the shop still has the original boxes with
it, so it's probably as good as it gets on the second handed market.
Unfortunately my girlfriend was far more interested in shopping for shoes
the entire afternoon than waiting 20 minutes for me to check out the stuff
in detail, so after some impatient looks I decided it would probably be best
if I would check out the stuff on my own if someone shows an interest in a
particular item, hence no handling of the 4Ti's was done.
O.k., let me know if you want me to check something for you.
Cheers!
Olafo
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