Oh, and wait till he starts bidding on all those 28-80 plastic lenses! Geesh, we'll all be watching in astonishment as they go for $1k and up! :)
On 9/7/07, Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He's cornering the market on 50mm 2.0 A lenses, like the Hunt brothers > did with silver a long time ago. Then once he has a monopoly on them, > he will let them out like diamonds, a few at a time, at exhorbitant > prices. :) > > -gonz > > On 9/7/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been interested in buying a particular lens lately, (Curse you Mark > > Roberts), so I've been haunting eBay. When I bid on an item I 'll often > > will check out a competitors previous purchases, to get some idea of > > what I'm up against. Here's something I've noticed. Some buyers buy > > multiple specimens of the same item, often bidding considerably more > > than it's actually worth. I mean what the hell? How many 50mm f2.0 A > > lenses does one need, one bidder, (and I wish I'd saved the feedback > > page for this guy, so the curious could look), had bought more than 20 > > in the past three months, in some cases paying almost $200.00 for a lens > > that even KEH usually doesn't get more than $20.00-$35.00 for. Is there > > some kind of equipment acquisition derangement I'm not aware of. (There > > are all kind I am aware of, after all I'm a member of this list). > > > > Sheesh! > > > > -- > > Remember, it's pillage then burn. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
