Re: This was *not* a good deal, if you ask me ..

[Feroze]

I suppose it depends on where you live as well, I few years ago I would not 
have bought as much as I did the last 2 months. In U$D those items might be 
expensive, but when converted to my local currency they are half to a third 
of local prices. I paid US113 for a Pentax-F 1.7 50mm, US180 for a Pentax 
F-2.8 28mm and US349 for a Pentax F-2.8 100mm Macro, they were much cheaper 
in dollar terms 6 months ago, but not when converted to South African Rands. 
I've spent about US1000 on ebay since december, not much, but a second hand 
100mm Macro costs about US900 here, thats more than the new 100mm macro.

Feroze

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kostas Kavoussanakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: This was *not* a good deal, if you ask me ..


On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Peter J. Alling wrote:
Damned if I know.  KEH usually sells the for between 60 and 120 bucks.
(That's USD to those not conversant with US slang).
I know I wouldn't pay that much for one.
Madness. I paid 50 GBP from a shop.
Kostas (worth every penny, but not 3 times as much, I don't think!)
Mark Erickson wrote:
>So, is demand for used lenses and teleconverters like this one
>being driven up by new *ist-Ds purchasers?  Inquiring minds want to
>know....
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>--Mark
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