C.H. Ling,
Believe it or not it happens, mostly at chain camera shops and some pawn
shops. Heck we just saw an example of it on ebay. (I realize the lens
element was scratched, but it still was a great deal.) Yet there will always
be none believers, also, didn't the OM-4T sell for $300.00 new at one time.?
So in this instance, I could see how it can happen. There are some "new"
Olympus sales reps that have no knowledge in the value of OM stuff.
Just the other day, my TV, a Sony, started having problems. I thought it
was the on/off switch and was about to order a replacement part. Cost of
repair exceeded the cost of a new color TV set.
The TV would turn on with a great picture, but after 5 minutes it would turn
off. I figured it was the switch or processor. The wife kept telling me to
move the TV, well to make a long story short, I arrived home and noticed the
TV set was gone. I asked, hey! where's the TV? Reply: I placed it out with
the trash. Oh well...I'll never figure that one out.
If you are ever here in the United States, walk in and ask what a OM-4T is
worth, you'll be surprised at the response. The only problem is, not many
are around any longer.
Ebay has pretty much killed used camera sales. KEH in Atlanta has started
selling "new" cameras to diversify.
I only supply the information as I see it....for what ever it's worth...
Sam....
----- Original Message -----
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] 35-80mm f2.8 from eBay
> How can a camera shop have no idea on the original price of camera
> equipment? Especially Olympus was one of the biggest camera
> manufacturer. Here nearly every used camera shop have a price list of
> every camera manufacturer. They know the list price of the items very
> well. In this way they set the sells price, so in most cases the price
> of used OM items is very high.
>
> C.H.Ling
>
> dolphans1 wrote:
> >
> > Gary,
> >
> > I am sure they had no idea what the lens was worth. Some camera stores
have
> > no idea what the stuff is worth.
> >
> > I was in a KIT's camera store in Portland a while ago and asked if they
had
> > any older Olympus cameras, and he said yeah we have an Olympus OM4-T. We
> > looked in the cabinet and could not find it. He looked in the sales
paper
> > work and it had sold for $200.00 a few days before I entered. I asked
"was
> > it beat up" and he said "no", it looked new.
> >
> > I assume he had no idea what the camera was worth.
> >
> > Ritz Camera will give you $50.00 on trade in for a 4T, then ship it
> > somewhere else to sell. So there are deals out there, but like women,
it's
> > all timing.
> >
> > Sam...
> >
>
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