Dont want to sound rude, but I think youre confusing courtesy with stupidity. What is the justification that "photography hobbists" deserve special treatment/breaks, but "collectors" dont? Bizarre. Camera collecting is just as valid a hobby as photography is....I enjoy BOTH immencely. As far as reselling goes, why not use years of experience and knowledge of a given collecting field to advance your personal collection. All the serious collectors do it, and there is nothing "discourteous" about it. I dare to call it intelligence. JCO
> -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Brogden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 10:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: posting eBay auctions-was:30mm f2.8 on ebay > > > > "Advanced" in what? Making money, yes. Courtesy to others, no. You > obviously missed everything that Bob was saying. > > chris > > > > On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > > I am an ADVANCED collector/hobbiest and user of both screwmount > > and K mount Pentax equipment. By the word ADVANCED collector > > I mean that when I come across very undervalued equipment for sale > > I already have, I buy it again for tradebait or to resell > > at a modest profit to help buy stuff I dont have. > > > > A non-ADVANCED collector/hobbiest passes up on great deals on stuff > > just because "he already has ONE". Big mistake. The more > > stuff you can buy low & trade/resell, the more your PRIMARY collection > > grows for less funds outlaid. That's how advanced > > collectors operate in most fields of collecting, not > > just cameras. I also collect LPs and slotcars. All of > > my veteran collecting friends in those hobbies do the same > > thing. Why not put your knowledge of the fields/values to work > for you??? > > Seems silly ( or Lazy ) not to..... > > JCO > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 9:42 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: posting eBay auctions-was:30mm f2.8 on ebay > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > On the other hand, I like when other PDMLers > > > > mention rare or low BIN items. I recently got > > > > a nice 100-m 2.8 for $50 BIN due to a "heads up" post. > > > > > > JCO, > > > > > > I don't want to pick on you, but consider your example. > > > The M 100mm f2.8 that you got for $50 was a great bargain. > > > It was listed at a BIN (Buy-It-Now) price that was less than half > > > its real > > > value. > > > > > > I saw the lens before you purchased it. > > > I thought about snatching the bargain, but I have two copies now... > > > So, I decided to leave it for the next fellow who wanted one. > > > I put it on my ebay watch list and shortly found it was bought by you. > > > > > > You took advantage of the PDML notice and grabbed it. > > > I don't fault you for it, but you have a lot of screw mount > > > Pentax stuff. > > > You are always buying screwmount on ebay and often selling too. > > > Perhaps you are a collector/hobbiest and support your hobby > by buying and > > > selling Pentax equipment. I've considered doing this myself. > > > > > > And there is the rub... > > > There are dealers on the PDML. There are collector/hobbiests on > > > the PDML. > > > And there are pure photographers on the list. I would rather see > > > a lens go > > > to a deserving hobbyist who was going to use it than to a > > > collector or to a > > > reseller. > > > > > > Regards, Bob S. > > > > > > > >
