I've been in the market since 1975. In the US, most Pentax lenses are
worth more than they cost new. But I can understand that Australia is a
special case. Of course those lenses are just as expensive for other
Australians. If there's enough of a local market, I would think it's
not that much of a problem. Hell, we have half a dozen Australians here
alone. There must be quite a few heavy users down there.
Paul
On Feb 28, 2006, at 8:48 PM, Rob Studdert wrote:
On 1 Mar 2006 at 0:28, John Forbes wrote:
Yes, but Rob has been in the market since 1988, and in Australia, and
before the internet, and perhaps buying new. Not many Pentax lenses
are
worth more than they were new.
Of my late purchases looking at what I paid in AU$ including freight
and taxes
and converting the AU$ value to US$ at todays rate I paid:
US$1294 for my 31LTD and US$988 for my 77LTD (both purchased new Feb
2002)
As you can see that there is no way I will see sale prices even
approaching my
purchase prices.
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
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Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
