Biggest "steal" you ever made...

[Kuzano]

Hmmm

Calument Calstar IIN 150 lens in Copal..... $100.... misspelling on eBay. Excellent condition

Toyo 45CF $200...LNIB, at the beginning of the bubble burst... guy leaving town for work

Bronica 6X6 SQB.... $275. LNIB on eBay... no brand on listing

Happens all the time. I NEVER search any auction site by category, but I do search many variations of spellings. Out of category items and misspelled items have made good money for me.

[Jim Peterson]

It's not large format, but got a HoyaR72 67mm infrared filter for my medium format in mint condition for only $20. Thought that was a pretty good deal.

[captivelight]

I bought a Nikon LS-8000 ED Super cool scan with all the negative holders off a guy on craigslist for $200. Then I scanned all my negatives and a month later sold the scanner on eBay for $1600.

Win...

[Jody_S]

I bought a Jobo CPE2 from a fellow Montreal photo buyer: $10 (no lift). I had to re-glue a magnet on a drum, but besides that it was perfect. Sadly, I sold it on fleabay before I started 8x10.

[SAShruby]

Mine happened just yesterday. They just come once in a while. I'm, as some of you might know, a 100% analog guy but...


I couldn't resist to buy EPSON Stylus Pro 7880 with another sets of inks and two rolls of paper for......$1,500!!!!!!! Now, I need to learn to operate that beast!

I'm doomed, the digital just snapped me

How about Epson Stylus Pro 4800 for a $150

My new best!

[Andrew O'Neill]

Really SAShruby? Is that the best "steal" you've ever made?

[SAShruby]

Really SAShruby? Is that the best "steal" you've ever made?

Yup. A guy I bought it from saved the printer from being thrown to dump. Some companies are weird, this came to me out of the blue.

[Brook Martin]

An Anthony Normandie 11x14 field camera circa 1888 w/ matching plate holder/back and a Voightlander #4 Euroscope, 150.00$

[moTmeN]

no 3: Schneider G-Claron 240/9 for 10$
no 2: Durst Laborator 1000 with Schneider Componon-S lens (50/80/150) and proper condenser lens for 50$
no 1: Phase one Powerphase without power supply for free

[C4D]

a couple weeks ago I purchased a 1946 Leica lllc with non pitted chrome finish with a working Leica MR light meter for $10 from a local picker here in the ozarks. He also had 5 rolls of unopened tri-x from 1981 that he charge me more for than the Leica!