Price Increase...Unsure of the Logic

[dazedgonebye]

I've been tracking a 240mm f5.6 on dabay. It recently closed unsold with a buy it now or best offer price of $299. It's listed as a Symmar-S, branded Caltar.
I was prepared to offer the seller $250, but he's relisted it at $399.

Didn't sell at $299, re-listed at $399.

Did he dodge the bullet by not selling at $299 and is he now correctly listed at $399?
It'll be interesting to watch.

[Steve Hamley]

Why not ask him?

Steve

[cdholden]

I've watched a seller relist a Deardorff V8 for $1250 a few times (unsold). It was recently relisted at $1450. Go figure.

[Brian Ellis]

There's a segment of most markets that thinks the more they pay the better the product must be. Maybe he's trying to catch that segment of the LF lens market.

[eddie]

it happens. like brian said...if the price is too low people do not think it has value.

i see you have been watching for some caltar lenses. they are great lenses! i love mine. great value for buyers...liability for sellers.

to bad you missed the one i was trying to sell here, super nice too......ended up going on dabay for $150. keep your eyes out. they routinely sell for 100-150.

keep your eyes out for the 8 1/2 f4.8. it is convertible. they say it BARELY covers 8x10 as well. i have a very nice one that i have yet to try out.

good luck. be patient. you should be able to get one for less that 150.

[seven]

there is no logic in ebay sales imo.

[Turner Reich]

Some of the people on the auction sites are the sharpest tools in the shed. Send the seller a note and tell him/her that you would be willing to buy the lens for xxx and see what they say. It could go well for you but anything that even begins to sound wrong, pass and find another.

[dazedgonebye]

He changed his listing a bit too...included something about the book value being $650.
I'll wait (if I don't buy something else) for his listing to expire again. If it sells at the higher price, more power to him. If not, he'll likely be open to offers around his original price.

[Larry Menzin]

I offered the seller $200 for that lens last time around, since I needed the shutter more than anything else. He turned me down and re-listed at a higher price. Since the lens has marks on the glass, his new price is too high.

[venchka]

Reason #847 why I quit ebay.