Hi John I often wondered before: On some parts of the world you really have to pay premium prices, I'm sorry for you... I saw what prices Frank quoted for Canada for example and I could make a small profit buying used equipment here and sell it to KEH if they really pay their suggested trade in prices.
BTW, has anybody sold to KEH and what where your experiences? We seem to really have very low prices here in Switzerland especially for used equipment but also for new items in normal stores. I paid ca. $30 for my new 58mm Hoya circular polarizer at MediaMarkt, and $2 for a 52mm second hand b+w circular pol filter in my favorite second hand store. Normally the want $$5-7 per filter there but I know the staff quite well and usually get some extra discount. As written before, I got an nearly unused SFXn + Data Back FB + Makinon zoom 80-200 + M50mm 1.4 lens + manual for less than $70 and nobody was bidding on that on www.ricardo.ch. Instant buy price was ~$110. I see a *fabric new* Pentax K 300mm 4.0 lens now for "instant buy price" of ~$200 and a minimum price of ~$ 70. No biddings so far.... Maybe all the photo lovers are still on vacation but I see some pretty attractive prices here for Pentax stuff. Maybe it is simple a side effect of that move to digital. On the other side, I see higher prices in Germany on www.ebay.de for Pentax stuff. I get the filters mostly from second hand stores or flee markets and never pay more than $5-7, when I buy more than one I even get a nice discount. I even started to sell some again with a small profit over the internet. I never would buy filters new anymore, I can wait for the "second hand chance" :-) I got Skylight, ND4, colored filters, close up lenses and much more in 49mm, 55mm, 58mm and even 77mm for these prices, all brands like HOYA, B+W, Nikon, Olympus, Tamron and even 1 Pentax yellow filter lately :-) I must live in photographic (filter) heaven here:-) greetings Markus > > What $30 filter? B&H want $95.50 for the 58mm B+W MRC circular polarizer, > and $59.50 for the uncoated version. The Hoya HMC is $70.50, or $122.50 > for the S-HMC variety. Larger sizes, of course, cost somewhat more. > > Like I said - a polarizer plus 2X & 4X ND filters in 58mm and 77mm sizes > will end up costing me pretty much the same as a full copy of PhotoShop. > > > > Hi Shaun > > does it really make sense replacing a $30 circular pol filter > with software > > costing much, much more and > > having all the work done in Photoshop? > > > > I prefer having 2 polfilter in different filter sizes. > > Some people must love sitting in front of a computer :-) > > Just wondering > > greetings > > Markus >
