We all know new Zuiko glass is price, well, high. List price of a new 1.8
is $276, dealer net is more than half that.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Jez.Cunningham@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] huh? Value of 50mm 1.8?
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| HEY - we all missed the point. It's not the COST of the 50/1.8 that
matters - the Subject asked about the VALUE! And as a fine piece of Zuiko
glass, all of these mentioned prices are waaay tooo loow!
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| Regdz, Jez (who is now putting a whole new VALUE-ation on his rather small
collection...)
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| You can buy a new one from B&H in NY for $149.
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| Tom
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| > Yeah, insane - you could buy a NEW one from Jessops in UK for only 225
| pounds!
| > Jez (no relation to Jezzops)
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| > No, you're not missing anything. That's insane.
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| > Tom
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| > > You know, I haven't really thought about my 50mm 1.8 for a while. I
| > > bought it brand new in box (vacuum sealed) for $35 U.S. dollars.
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| > > Now I see
| > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1252849422
| > > With a BIN of $100 (U.S. dollars). Am I missing something?
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