I hear you, Peter. Sad, but you're probably right.
Ok, wise and venerable people of PDML - make me a fair* offer. I don't use this camera and it would be just sad to see it turn into electronic dust. If you think you would have use for it - please let me know your offer off list. Boris On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 7:08 PM P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > Boris, > > I think you want too much for the K-5. KEH.com has several in Ex or > better condition selling for less than $290.00 U.S. and they're giving a > 1 year guarantee, and free shipping, something I wouldn't expect you to > do. > > It's a sad fact that no matter how capable the camera or what condition > it's in, and how well built it is, in the new digital age, after a very > few years it's monetary value approaches zero. > > In my humble opinion the capabilities of a K-5, is probably more than > most people really need to make outstanding photographs, and even $300. > is a steal for those capabilities, but the perception is that time has > passed it by. > > Heck, just yesterday, I received a replacement K-5 II that I bought from > KEH.com that cost me less than $270 including sales tax, that looks like > it's brand new, and, if I can believe the file numbers exiftool gives > me, has slightly less than 2900 shutter actuations. The 1 year > guarantee alone is probably worth 25% of the purchase price. > > Bottom line I just don't think you're going to be able to get that much > for yours. Even with the grip, and the other items. I wish that weren't > true but that's just the way the world works these days. > > On 12/14/2018 10:23 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > > Still Friday, Still For Sale: > > > > K-5, with original grip, extra battery (also original), magnifying eye > cap, > > remote and whatever else accessories I would find. I am the original > owner, > > and my daughter Galia used it too a bit. > > > > Slightly more than 20,000 shutter actuations. > > > > How USD 300 sounds, shipping is on me, we split PayPal fees? > > > -- > America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. > America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. > - P.J. O'Rourke > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
