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Subject: [OM] Re: Calumet
From: Martin Walters <mwalters@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 08:14:12 -0500
Now that is interesting about "neopan2", if true, though I didn't see 
that post here. Whoever this person is, he/she does a good job a sniping 
a variety of OM items - I have noticed a desire for hotshoes, TTL 
adapters and the like, and some lenses.  Before the conspiracy theories 
go too far, there are others who appear regularly - there's one at the 
moment avidly collecting 100N pouches. I know, I have been looking for 
one at a reasonable price, but got sniped and will get sniped...

While I have done reasonably well on Ebay - at least I think that - it 
does annoy me a little having to "compete" with others who clearly are 
buying for resale.  I'm one of those who is looking for an item for my 
personal use - I don't have any desire to acquire multiples. I 
understand sniping and I have done it when the timing was OK.  I find 
that it something that I REALLY want comes up, I hope that it has a 
reasonable "BIN", and I will pay a small premium to avoid hassle. 
Trouble is, it is hard to get bargains this way, and like everyone else, 
I would like to get the odd bargain from time to time.

Martin


Martyn Smoothy wrote:

>I put a bid in on this - not enough, obviously, - hope it does the business
>:-)
>
>Also put in bids on 3 of the other lenses - in each case was sniped by a few
>dollars by "neopan2" - olympususa according to one of the other posts on the
>list. Wonder what the BIN will be next time we see them... :-(
>
>Regards,
>
>Martyn Smoothy
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
>Behalf Of Jim Brokaw
>Sent: 16 February 2005 06:38
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: Calumet
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>
>on 2/15/05 6:34 AM, Matthew Born at mborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>>So, did anyone here buy any of the stuff Calumet was auctioning off this
>>week? They had a bunch of OM stuff, pretty well-worn from a school, all
>>going at relatively low prices. I put a bid on a 50 f2 macro but was
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>sniped.
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>>I'd be interested in hearing about the items from the people who end up
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>with
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>>them -- the seller was pretty forthright in the descriptions. I think
>>someone was pondering the shift lens early this week.
>>
>>Matthew Born
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>I got the 16/3.5 fisheye... I haven't seen it yet, but the price is right.
>Longtime listers will recall that I have a 16/3.5 fisheye in good shape in
>most ways but missing the rearmost two elements due to fungus damage in the
>past... so this lens will be a parts lens if the 'front element scuffs' are
>really an issue. Otherwise I'll just use it as-is.
>
>Longtime listers may also recall that I have a 8/2.8 fisheye with similar
>missing rearmost elements, again due to fungus damage. As I've previously
>mentioned a $ubstantial Finder'$ Fee will be paid for someone pointing me to
>an 8/2.8 with usable rear elements. Note that my front element is fine... I
>have to figure one somewhere ended up on that front element and still has a
>good rearmost elements... but I'm still looking.
>--
>
>Jim Brokaw
>OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
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>One fisheye off the short list...
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