Depends on your definition of reasonable, I guess. Retail in the UK is
usually in the 150 - 200 GBP bracket. Not much difference SC to MC. I
haven't been following Eb*y in UK for some time now, as the Oly listings
were a joke over the period I tried. There isn't a desperate shortage of
these as far as I can tell. A browse round my usual haunts will almost
always turn up at least one, so any rarity premium can only be short -lived.
FYI in general if you want a good idea of the retail price of something new
in the UK, take the dollar price. Remove USD. Replace with GBP. That's the
minimum. I.E. we pay at least 30% more for it. This reflects in the second
hand values for good kit.
Julian
Cambs, UK
The above statements are inaccurate (at best)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Pilati" <bryan223@xxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Mailing List" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 4:40 AM
Subject: [OM] Zuiko 100mm f/2.8
> I've just about given up on finding an MC model at a reasonable price. Of
> course some argue that there is an insignificant difference between the SC
> and MC model, but no matter the deals aren't there. I pick up a defective
> one a couple of months ago and thank God got my money back. Ebay has gone
> completely nuts on the price these are going for. I wonder how many
people
> are buying these just to turn around and sell them again. It was
ridiculous
> how many were for sale about 2 months ago, uncanny. Now, you can hardly
> find one. And these folks in England think their Olympus equipment must
be
> a cut above all others, for what they want. Every time you see a sale
from
> England the person got the stuff at an estate sale and doesn't know diddly
> about cameras... or is selling it for a cousin. Amazing how many English
> estates have Olympus cameras in them. I'll ponder that over tea. Whoever
> bought the Ockmann 100mm lens better not sell it on ebay, or ELSE!!! It
may
> seem strange, but I want to use mine to take pictures.
>
> Bryan Pilati
> OM-2n; IS-3
> Va-USA
> Disclaimer: I'm always joking
> unless I should be serious.
>
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