>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. :)
Wouldn't it work better if this guy bought nicer lenses? :oP >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! :) We all better start saving up! Plastic, wow! >Or he could just be a nutjob. that could work. Maybe this guy bought an antique guide that said they were worth money - you know, those books that tell you how much antiques are worth - however, it always seems like you can't really sell things for anywhere near as much as those books claim. If he's getting the older ones, does something from 1985 count as an antique? hmm rg2 On 9/7/07, Malcolm Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P. J. Alling 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). > > A while ago, on another unsuccessful period of bids on eBay for a black MX, > I was outbid on several - also by the same person. He was also buying > standard colour MXs. I asked him why via the eBay message system on > something he was selling and it turned out he was starting some sort of > beginners group and wanted a number of identical cameras. He wasn't paying > daft money for any of them - but more than I wanted too! > > Malcolm > > > -- > 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
