Sure, but we pay through the nose.. My 31 cost AU$1830, the 77 cost AU$1150, both bought in late 2004. I seriously doubt that I could get that much for selling them now.
Most I suspect refuse to pay the high local asking price and buy online from overseas. Another example of how we're getting screwed. I bought my AF500 FTZ flash from Canada because locally they were asking AU$950 for it. Even with postage, import duties & taking the currency exchange rate into consideration it cost me about AU$650. Cheers, Dave On 3/1/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been in the market since 1975. In the US, most Pentax lenses are > worth more than they cost new. But I can understand that Australia is a > special case. Of course those lenses are just as expensive for other > Australians. If there's enough of a local market, I would think it's > not that much of a problem. Hell, we have half a dozen Australians here > alone. There must be quite a few heavy users down there. > Paul > On Feb 28, 2006, at 8:48 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > > > On 1 Mar 2006 at 0:28, John Forbes wrote: > > > >> Yes, but Rob has been in the market since 1988, and in Australia, and > >> before the internet, and perhaps buying new. Not many Pentax lenses > >> are > >> worth more than they were new. > > > > Of my late purchases looking at what I paid in AU$ 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 > > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > > > >
