PCACala@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Hi Windsor:
>
> << I am sorry, but to me, this is SPAM. >>
>
> Yup, sure looks that way to me, too. Thus an opportunity for heckling the
> eBay type hype, perhaps? Don't we see the wildest claims sometimes?
>
> > >OLYMPUS 18mmF3.5 ZUIKO MC Lens **NEW**
> > >This Lens has NEVER BEEN USED!
> > >It was purchased quite a long time ago.
>
> Nothing is ever new on the used market, especially something purchased "along
> time ago." Try "Like New" or "Mint."
>
> > >It has just been completely checked over.
>
> By whom? What for if it's never been used?
>
> > >The design for this 18mm Zuiko has become legendary
>
> It is???? It isn't all the great versus the competition from my perspective.
> Some have even said it's overpriced, esp. vs. the 20 and 17 mm Canon FD
> lenses. And they have Close Focus Aberration Correction, too. Both are
> available in the $300 to 400 range.
>
> > >The normal cost on one of these lenses is over $1200 but the reserve is
> > >set at hundreds less.
>
> Hum, hundreds less puts it in the ballpark of "grey market new." Many
> hundreds less puts it in the ballpark of the $350 it cost in 1987 (= many
> years ago). Simply adjusted for inflation, a mint example should be selling
> for $529. I've seen 9 condition ones go recently for $488 (great sale) and
> $638, with recent asking prices ranging from $599 to $700US.
>
> > >I HAVE PLENTY OF GLOWING REFERENCES.
>
> I do wish you the best of luck, never-the-less. Hopefully it will get used by
> a photographer and not just get added to a dealer inventory.
>
> Gary Reese
> Las Vegas, NV
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Hi Gary,
Your tough! Hey, I put "eBay" in the Subject Line so you could pass it
by. Anyway, the last I looked, B&H wanted $1000 for one and the local
stores wanted $1200 and it was one of the list members (I won't get them
in trouble with you too) who said it was difficult to find and a
"legendary design". As to wild claims, the lens has never been used!
Also, correct me if I'm wrong but SPAM reflects material that is off the
subject. This posting couldn't be more ON the subject.
Before going on, I want to mention that you're one of the people on the
list that has been most informative and particularly helpful to me so
please accept these comments within that context.
Now, the fact that I reproduced the "eBay advertising hype" in the
Olympus List posting may have been a little much for the sensibilities
of this "heady and upscale crowd," but I did a little advertising
copywriting in a former lifetime and I guess I just couldn't help
myself. Hopefully I can be forgiven for that transgression - given
time, of course.
Best Regards,
-Bob-
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