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    Well this is just silly.

    Have a look.

    And I can't even sell my Zone VI.

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    Whatever David A. Goldfarb's Avatar
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    Re: Well this is just silly.

    Good heavens.

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    Re: Well this is just silly.

    Ahhh . . . front AND rear lens caps included. How could anyone resist?

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    Re: Well this is just silly.

    So offer the Zone VI with a lens, preferably known to be good. Ready to shoot and all that.

    Good luck, have fun,

    Dan

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    Re: Well this is just silly.

    I think eBay in general is getting crazy. People are bidding more on a some things than you can get them for new! Good for eBay, good for sellers. Oh well.

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    Re: Well this is just silly.

    Barnum really knew his stuff.

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    Re: Well this is just silly.

    Marko beat me to it.

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    Re: Well this is just silly.

    Last week I noticed bids for sheet film which were higher than the everyday 'call up and order some' prices at photo retailers--and some of the film being bid-on may have been out-of-date! It wasn't exotic stuff--just the usual Kodak, Ilford etc.

    I imagined two possibilities:

    1. Some folks are very-poorly informed about the gear--perhaps thinking such stuff can ONLY be found on the bay--and so they go gung-ho for it, thinking 'get it or else'.

    or

    2. Some sellers (employing aliases or via cohorts) falsely bid and thus jack-up the prices in hopes of influencing price trends or to avoid selling their stuff for less than they desire.

    I wish I had something to auction to take advantage of this trend.

    Incredibly rare NON-WORKING Kodak Ball Bearing Shutter (The highly desirable one) from the now extinct Kodak Autographic camera, of which only two were ever made. Black with 24-karat gold lettering. Four-count-em-four shutter speeds. Plus 'B' and 'T' specially engraved thus for Bachman-Turner Overdrive who featured this shutter in their 'Taking Care Of Business' music video. Gotten from the private estate of Ansel Weston. Sold as-is. Handling, Packaging and Misc. Fee of $29.95 additional to bidding price and postage.
    BUY IT NOW PRICE only $199.99

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    Re: Well this is just silly.

    eBayers are buying up new and demo models of the Nikkor 10.5mm fisheye for digital cameras for more than B&H sells the lens new.

    Fun to watch bidding going up to and over $700 for a lens that sells for $599.
    When I grow up, I want to be a photographer.

    http://www.walterpcalahan.com/Photography/index.html

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    Re: Well this is just silly.

    I'll take two. Do you do PayPal?

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