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From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
To: "'tOM Trottier'" <tOM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [OM] Too High asking price for a 250mm/2.0?
Date sent: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:45:01 +0100
Y'know Tom, I was sure there was another price database, but forgot where to
look. Thanks for the reminder.
Did you mean to send this to me? To the list? To Jan Kihle?
Piers
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From: tOM Trottier [mailto:Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 11 August 2003 13:37
To: Piers Hemy
Subject: RE: [OM] Too High asking price for a 250mm/2.0?
Or, looking on http://members.aol.com/olympusom/lenstests/default.htm and
clicking on 250mm f/2 Zuiko ,
Olympus OM 250mm f/2 Zuiko
Completed Auctions
Coating Certainty Condition (horizontal) / Price (vertical)
10- 9+ 9 9- 8 7 As-Is ?
MC IB - - - - - - - -
MC 2900 - 2099* - - - - -
MC ? - 4458 - - - - - -
Any 2900 4458 2099 - - - - -
n=3
* = with Olympus 2X-A
tOM
On Monday, August 11, 2003 at 12:44
Piers Hemy <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hei Jan og velkommen til listet.
>
> Two pieces of information for you to consider:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2943713836&category
> =3344
> is a 250/2.0 sold by Olympus America for USD2662 last week, factory
> reconditioned with a 90 day warranty.
>
> http://www.skipwilliams.com/olympus/zuiko_ebay_history.htm is a
> list-member's analysis of auction prices 1999-2001 on the same site,
> indicates a similar value.
>
> But in each case, the sample size is a little low.
>
> HDH
>
> Piers
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of JAN KIHLE
> Sent: 11 August 2003 10:33
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Too High asking price for a 250mm/2.0?
>
>
> I have just joined your olympus-digest list after having discovered
> all the new possibilities of Olympus through the internet just
> recently (I am an old enthusiast of the OM system ever since the early
> Seventies). Since its release I have always had an interest for the
> Zuiko 250mm/2.0, however, only two where ever sold in Norway.
> Nevertheless, through the net I have got an offer for a 250mm/2.0
> priced at US $4500,-. This price equals the original list price in
> Norway when new. I would presume prices for a used 250 was lower? Do
> you other list members that are more familiar with pricing on second
> hand Olympus gear recommend a buying at this high price? Any
> particularities I should be aware of when considering buying this
> lens?
>
> Kindest Regards for your attention,
>
> Jan Kihle, Norway
>
>
> Jan Kihle, Senior Geologist, Section Geochemistry
> Department of Environmental Technology
> Institute for Energy Technology (IFE)
> PO Box 40
> N-2007 Kjeller
> Norway
>
> Phone office +47. 63 80 63 36
> Cellular +47. 95 15 04 24
> Fax +47 63 81 55 53
> web www.ife.no
>
>
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