AbramG
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 p.7 #10 · Your Sweetest Deal Ever ? | |
One of my best deals was finding an absolutely mint condition Olympus 35RD rangefinder camera (notice it in my avatar?). I paid $20 for it at a thrift store, I sold it 6 months later (after using it quite a bit!) for $350! I knew they were collectible, but not that much! Needless to say, I was very pleased.
Another great deal was a huge chain reaction of trades/sales over a couple years span.
I had bought an epson R-D1 from a local hobbyist who had no idea why he bought such an "absurd" camera and just wanted to be rid of it. I knew the value of the package deal, but quoted him much less, shame on me  ...
It was a new in the box R-D1, and a new Leica 35mm f/2 ASPH for $1200 total. I loved this combo and bought other lenses for it, but at that point I was also trying to hunt down a Hasselblad H1. I sold the R-D1 to a fellow in italy for $2100, and sold the Lens on ebay for $2k, I sold the other gadgets and lenses on ebay too, for random amounts. I bought my H1 kit on KEH for $2700, and with the extra money I bought a brand new 5D (because it had just come out), used the H1 for some time, decided I couldn't afford a digital back and then traded/sold it to a Gentleman in New Zealand for $2100 + a like new Canon 1Ds body (box+ all accessories included).
Used the 1Ds for a while, then sold that and purchased a 1DmkII. I used that 5D + 1DmkII combo from 2005-2008 when I traded it for a new 1DmkIII, which I used until march of this year when I traded the mkIII for a 5DmkII.
Whew! It was a journey! But it's all fun.
Oh and best lens deal ever, for me. Purchased a used 24-70L on ebay for $900, used it for 3 years, made money with it, and then sold it for $1050. I couldn't believe that one
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