NO, it was new in box, unused K10D body for $820. I didnt buy because same day I got the *istDS in same condition for $329. Almost $500 price difference at that point in time. Now its less od course.... jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:28 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: preorder K20D already Ah yes, a 'New' item on Ebay for $80 under list (Note the kit was $999, body-only was $899). Such a deal. And certainly not new, most likely somebody flipping a purchase at a mild loss. -Adam On 1/24/08, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I found K10D body only for $820 new on ebay within a month > of its inital release. Now its $509 a year later. I agree though, the > K10D will probably sell out quite fast. At current pricing its a > steal. jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Adam Maas > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 3:36 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: preorder K20D already > > > On 1/24/08, Charles Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 24, 2008, at 13:52, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > > > > I saw the K10D somewhere recently for $509 New body only. Big > > > difference from $1299 initial price for the 20D. > > > > That's what slays me. K10D would be a swell upgrade (in MOST > > regards) from the DS, but wow the K20D also has some very very nice > > stuff. Is it $700 worth of improvements to this impoverished man > > with kids in college, though? Hmm.... > > > > Methinks if I get a new camera this summer it is going to be K10D > > (warts and all...) if they can be found anywhere. > > > > -Charles > > Don't expect to find a new K10D this summer. They're already supposed > to be out of production and are getting rare on the ground. I expect > most stores to be out of them before the K20D ships in a month or so. > > But also remember that it's $300 in improvements, not $700. K10D was > $999 with the kit lens when introduced. Expect price on the K20D to > drop after the initial demand is filled, probably in late summer. I > don't expect it to ever get quite as aggressively priced as the K10D > though, Pentax somewhat overdid their aggressive pricing there. > > -Adam > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
