Hi Rich
Only bad luck, (maybe good for me) saved me from a recent pang of
irresisitible desire to bag an OM 4 from no less than Skip. He offered at $
275 and I was ready to seriously negotiate. Unexpectedly the camera develped
some trouble suspending the deal. Hmmmm Will I get away next time?
----- Original Message -----
From: <Doggre@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Seat-of-the-Pants Pricing (Was Pricing)
> In a message dated 5/28/01 4:23:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> > You can always use my approach, which is to scour the available
resources,
> > including Skip's data, my own experience, ebay observations, KEH, etc.
> >
> > And then guess.
>
> "Educated guess". Kinda how I bid, Tom. I also try to factor in what I
> remember from reading comments on the list re: desirability/rarity of a
given
> lens and going prices for a good sample. It seems to be working for me.
>
> I would recommend those new to Oly and/or the list do a lot of observing
on
> eBay, reading the list, and perusing the major dealer sites to get a good
> feel for prices for bargain, ex, mint, (etc.) condition examples of items
> they may be interested in before they do much buying.
>
> It's hard to be patient once the disease is contracted, however.
>
> Rich
>
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