Well, I find it simply amazing too. I have a bunch of stuff on ebay right
now that is engraved with with someone's Texas DL #. I really don't get it.
You're taking something that has a clearly defined serial number -- a unique
serial number and adding something that changes. What happens if you move
to Oklahoma? (Other than the obvious ridicule from fellow Texans).
I'll be interested to see how it hurts the price. I've clearly identified
that they are engraved and tried to show them properly in the pictures.
Well, just for curiosity I checked my auctions. Most close tonight or
tomorrow night. The engraved Winder 2 is sitting at $38 -- lower than
normal. The engraved 35-70/3.5-4.5 (yes, they engraved the LENS BARREL of
this beautiful lens) is sitting at $93, a small bargain. My Black OM-2n
with Recordataback 4 is sitting at a lousy $122.
Of course, all this is meaningless. My nice OM-2S (no engraving) is sitting
at $100. My 50/3.5 is sitting at $108. Both on the low-side.
Hopefully the auctions will go wild with sniping <g>
Tom
From: "M. Royer"
> I see perfectly fine items all the time in photo shops
> and on e-bay. These items can be in near mint/ mint
> condition except for one thing that probably ruins the
> value even more than coating marks/ fungus. Some idiot
> has engraved something on the item, be it drivers
> license, name, some idiot even put their address on a
> camera. These things are just soo ugly in my eyes, and
> most of the times they are done with a clumsy hand
> engraving tool that leaves marks all over the item. I
> just don't get it. Bad engraving can cut half the
> value off an item and can cause unseeable damage. What
> do these people think that they will recover their
> item if they chisel their drivers license or name into
> it? I just dont get it.
>
> Mark Lloyd
>
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