Until about a year ago, when I last looked, SP's and SP 500's and 1000's
were going for about $125Cdn at used camera stores, a bit less at pawn
shops. I don't know why the price went up so much in the interim. Of the
larger local shops that have a used department, only two have a screwmount
section to speak of, and one of them went bankrupt a couple o' months ago.
The other one was always a bit more expensive, but maybe without the
competition around...
Yeah, I agree, $200 for an SP, even in excellent condition, is a lot.
Luckily, I have as many bodies as I need, at least for now.
-frank
petit miam wrote:
> I thought you were talking about Super Programs. How
> do we know? Some people on this list call Super
> Programs "SP" and some call their Spotmatic SP's "SP".
> Can't we have some sort of consistency here?
>
> How can the Spotmatics increase so much in value? I
> got mine (Spottie SP) for NZ$200 (US$80) 10 years ago.
> There was another at the time for NZ$100 (US$40), but
> someone else got that one.
>
> I saw an SP (spottie) just the other day for $NZ150
> ($US60). Your ones sound like rip-offs.
>
> Jody.
>
> --- Frank Theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Hi, James,
> >
> > Update on my post from this morning. I had a few
> > minutes to kill downtown (slow
> > day in bike courier world), and I popped into
> > Henry's, to check on prices for my
> > own purposes, as well as to give you an update.
> >
> > Seems that I was low-balling you this morning. The
> > cheapest Spotmatic they had, an
> > SP, was $150, with lens. The cheapest SPII was
> > $250, and the most expensive SPII
> > was $350 (!!). They also had an F, for around $300
> > or so, if I'm not mistaken.
> >
> > Also walked by a few pawn shops in the area, and one
> > had an SP in the window for
> > about $200.
> >
> > Wow, have prices gone up that much in the last year
> > or so?!?
> >
> > Anyway, FYI...
> >
> > regards,
> > frank
>
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