taylorb48 wrote:
A few weeks ago on craigslist, Canon 70-200 2.8 and Canon 100-400 for $1125 total (525 for the 70-200, 600 for the 100-400
The guy was the original owner and I suppose didn't know the current market value or just really needed the cash
Turned around and sold the 70-200 on ebay a couple of days later for $975 and I'm still holding onto the 100-400
That was an awesome deal on those lenses.
That sounds like my 40D situation where he, I know him, was really hurting for money and sold it to me for a deal. I suggested craigslist to get the most money for the items and he did not know how to use it. Instead he mentioned 800 bucks and I got it.
Sold the 70-200 2.8 for 625 ( it had some issues otherwise I would have let it go for over 900 bucks) and still have the 40D. He wanted to buy back the 40D and I quoted market price of about 750 dollars.
I remembered years ago, in 2001, buying a mamiya Rb67, a 127mm-(coated) and a 90mm (uncoated) with 2 backs, a prism, and a Pelican case for 600 bucks!
The guy I got it from was an alcoholic photographer who owed someone else $400 dollars and the camera gear was mixed up in the situation. I paid $600 to the guy who loaned the $400 and walked away with a deal.
The drunk photog first offered it to me about 6 months earlier for $1500 dollars and I said NO! Later he wanted to buy it back and I said $1300 ( i really did not want to sell and knew he had no money at the time!)
trenchmonkey wrote:
100K and I put another 33K on it before selling....and it still looked new.
Deals pop up all the time, ya just gotta be very quick.
I've gotten three rangefinders at this one general thrift store near me (not all at the same time): an Olympus 35 SPn for $6.50, a Konica IIIa for $20 (the advance lever I actually find faster than the top lever, I just wish it wasn't double stroke), and a Voigtlander Vito III for $25, all in pretty much perfect condition; they all go for about 10 times what I paid for them on ebay. I personally like the Vito III the best, but I'm too afraid to scratch/smudge it.
dirb9 wrote:
I've gotten three rangefinders at this one general thrift store near me (not all at the same time): an Olympus 35 SPn for $6.50, a Konica IIIa for $20 (the advance lever I actually find faster than the top lever, I just wish it wasn't double stroke), and a Voigtlander Vito III for $25, all in pretty much perfect condition; they all go for about 10 times what I paid for them on ebay. I personally like the Vito III the best, but I'm too afraid to scratch/smudge it.
Dirb9,
They look like sweet deals! The Olympus kinda resembles the Canonet17 and have two of those.
June, 1992. Passing conversation with a stranger turned to photography. The girl said her father was a photographer and recently passed away. She was going to dispose of all his junk. The junk included 4 prisitine Speed Graphics, about 8 LF lenses, 2 doz film holders, 12 dozen Press 25 flash bulbs, a mint 35mm Stereo camera w/case, a M3 Leica body, Omega D2 enlarger, and tons more misc other stuff. 5 cardboard boxes full. She tried to give me the items but finally accepted $75.
Vertigo2020 wrote:
June, 1992. Passing conversation with a stranger turned to photography. The girl said her father was a photographer and recently passed away. She was going to dispose of all his junk. The junk included 4 prisitine Speed Graphics, about 8 LF lenses, 2 doz film holders, 12 dozen Press 25 flash bulbs, a mint 35mm Stereo camera w/case, a M3 Leica body, Omega D2 enlarger, and tons more misc other stuff. 5 cardboard boxes full. She tried to give me the items but finally accepted $75.
P.S. I know...I'm going to hell for that one.
No, you just got the deal of the centiry. I knew there had to be a deal like that somewhere and you found it. OF all of that, how much do you have today?
canonet wrote:
No, you just got the deal of the centiry. I knew there had to be a deal like that somewhere and you found it. OF all of that, how much do you have today?
I don't have any of it today. Kept the M3 the longest. Most everything else I sold within a year. Not including the Leica, the total sales amounted to a little over $2700.
