I fully agree. Without dealer/middleman, goods can't flow between
buyer and sellers efficiently(dealers are market makers). A fair
spread is needed to support the middleman. I am a collector, I do
appreciate the facts that searching for things from ad from public is
not as easy as deal with a "prof" dealer. and the fact is that
dealer's price is not always the highest. Just like you would find
that in garage sales, someone may charge a poor condition simple
camera for $40, yet the same thing may only worth $10 in the book value.
At show, you can see the camera rather than see the ad as "9+" which
means from "super clean to heavily used" depend on who is rating it.
I agree that knowledge is power.
Richard
PCACala@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Hi Gary LA:
>
> << My experience with 2 California camera shows are that the prices
(by
> dealers)
> are lower than Shutterbug but higher than Ebay closing prices. An
OM1 with
> 50mm might be $200 to $250 in Shutterbug, $150-175 at a camera show,
(I saw
> one for $130 banged up) and $120- 150 on Ebay. >>
>
> You are comparing apples and oranges here. Two of these represent
asking
> prices and one selling (or more precisely "buying") price. Just
because
> someone is asking a price doesn't mean they get it.
>
> Not everyone selling at camera shows are "dealers." And most
certainly not
> everyone is well versed. A buyers job is to be smarter than most
sellers and
> loyal to those who are equal or better in knowledge and charge a
fair price in
> exchange for the goods AND value added services you need or want.
>
> Gary Reese
> Las Vegas, NV
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