Well, I don't see this as truly out of line if the lens was -really- a brand
new never sold in the box lens. What would that lens have cost at a typical
camera store back when OM's and Zuiko's were widely available new? I think
the prices of brand new lenses still available at B & H and such are pretty
high, I think they want ~$300-some for a 24/2.8, and much more than that as
I recall for the 21/2.0 or 16/3.5. If we consider that the buyer might
-only- be interested in a *new* item, the pool of available pieces gets much
smaller... supply shrinks, demand drives prices up. Look at the Leica
collectors if you want to see -real- price dementia! "New in the box" can be
300% more than 'nearly perfect used' items...
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
on 4/2/03 11:57 AM, Piers Hemy at piers@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> I wonder, is that diagnosis confirmed by his also having paid:
>
> USD661 for a NIB OM1 MD (yes, NIB, not LNIB) #2919646193
> USD202 for a similar condition OM10 (yes, two digits there) #2919646729?
>
> Then again, he only bid USD322 for the Zuiko 100/2.8 #2914946823 that
> eventually went to the renowned jonequinn for USD722.
>
> Nuts or not, it's catching (but we all knew that, surely)
>
> Piers
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Skip Williams
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 7:40 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [OM] Wow....
>
>
> Even if "zuiko7" is a genuine buyer, he's NUTS for paying $456.00 for a NIB
> 100/2.8.
>
> Skip
>
>
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>> Subject: RE: [OM] Wow....
>> From: Alan Wood <alan.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 08:26:53 +0100
>> To: "'olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> No, zuiko7 is a genuine bidder from the UK, and prepared to pay very
>> high prices. I don't bother bidding on items that he is after.
>>
>> You think $456 is high? It will be more like $600 after he has paid UK
>> import duty and VAT.
>>
>> Alan Wood
>> http://www.alanwood.net (Unicode, special characters, pesticide names)
>> http://www.alanwood.net/photography/olympus/ (macro, under development)
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Gary L. Edwards [mailto:garyetx@xxxxxxxxx]
>>> Sent: 02 April 2003 00:48
>>> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: RE: [OM] Wow....
>>>
>>>
>>> This smells fishy. . .
>>>
>>> Gary Edwards
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Timpe, Jim
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 11:06 AM
>>> To: 'Olist'
>>> Subject: [OM] Wow....
>>>
>>>
>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2919648236&;
>>> category=3344
>>> no connection etc. Collectoritis gone wild?
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