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RE: [OM] [marginally OT] - falling OM prices on ebay

Subject: RE: [OM] [marginally OT] - falling OM prices on ebay
From: "M. Stephens" <mike1964@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 23:51:06 -0500
Recently I offered an MD2 with M15V pack (with NiMH batteries) and
charger to the list for $295 (I think).  No takers.  So, I listed
on E-bay.  Final auction price $535!  I think that it is many
times luck of the draw so to speak, as to how well the item
will sell.  I don't think that the auction prices are as
predictably high as they were 6 months or a year ago, however,
there has been a significant increase in the number of items
listed (searches using Olympus in the photo section a year ago
would yield about 650 or 750 items, now it is 2X that) so it
takes some searching to find what the buyer is looking for.
This, coupled with the increase in OM items being sold
 may have diluted the fervor.  A slight downtrend might not
be a bad thing for us buyers, though!

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Chip Stratton
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 10:52 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [OM] [marginally OT] - falling OM prices on ebay


I'm not so sure I agree. One thing for sure is that the 'going price' for an
item, even the more liquid ones like the OM-1, can vary drastically from
week to week or even day to day.

I've seen some Oly items lately go for astounding prices, and I haven't seen
too many that I thought were true bargains.

Before you caught the bug, I was occasionally buying the big package on
ebay, and keeping what I wanted  while selling the rest. Those don't seem to
come around much anymore at good prices.

Chip Stratton
cstrat@xxxxxxxxx



> Has anyone else noticed the strong downward trend in OM prices on
> ebay or is
> it just me? As some of you probably observed, I just finished a
> significant
> number of auctions and was QUITE disappointed in the final
> prices.  I'm sure
> I was affected by ebay crashing, but even so they were quite low.
>
> Just curious about other's experiences.....
>
> Tom


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