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Re: [OM] This looks like a deal - 300mm & 100mm Zuiko glass at $299

Subject: Re: [OM] This looks like a deal - 300mm & 100mm Zuiko glass at $299
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:04:39 -0400
I see KEH has marked the price down from 179 to 159.  I'm quite 
surprised.  I wouldn't have expected to find it even at 179.

Chuck Norcutt


DrT (George Themelis) wrote:
> Not really....
> 
> Suffering from a severe case of Zuikolitis, I have been checking every 
> Olympus OM ebay auction.  So, I know that the same seller sold the same lot 
> for only $208.45 (I was watching it).  Here is the auction:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280378398797
> 
> Now, they are posting the same exactly auction wiith an added $299 "buy it 
> now" as an option.
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280381389101
> 
> I asked what happened to the first auction and did not go through.  Their 
> reply is that the first auction did go through, but they have more than one 
> of these lenses for sale.  "They all look the same", they assured me.
> 
> Any seller who recycles their pictures is not to be trusted IMO.  But since 
> they do not show any details, like clear pictures, serial numbers, etc., 
> then the pictures are "generic" so they can be recycled.  An extra reason 
> not to do business with these people.  (Note: I often don't follow my own 
> advice.)
> 
> Also, you can buy the 300mm lens for around $150 at KEH.  So $299 today for 
> these two lenses is not a bargain.  The "free market" priced this lot at 
> $208.45 a day ago.
> 
> George 
> 
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