Larry, I've been buying on ebay for 5 years, many transactions. I can't seen to sell the Pentax stuff I buy. Mind games...I'll use this copy of the lens and keep the other as back-up. Anybody want to buy an LX? Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > Here I am, trying to be good and plan and strategize my gear > purchases, taking care to get things that fill in real needs, not just > because they are shiny, or seem like a good deal. > > There are a couple of gear bundles on ebay that are frighteningly tempting. > There's a K10D with a bunch of lenses, and if I didn't already have a > bigma, I'd be all over that auction. It's such a temptation to bid on > the whole kit, to turn around and sell the individual items. > > The K20, with the 16-50 and the 50-135, and some other stuff, with a > BIN of $2000, is giving me fits. The 16-50/2.8 would make a great > indoor zoom, and the 50-135 has been on my wish list for a while. I've > really been trying to hold off on getting a K20 and waiting for a > K30. > > The sad part is the tricks that my mind tries to play on me. Such as > if I bought the bundle, I could probably sell the lenses for enough > that I'd end up with the body for only $400. Like I'd be able to sell > those lenses once I had them. > > I really ought to know better than to scan ebay. > > What's even more peevesome is that it's an absolutely gorgeous day and > rather than playing with my camera, I need to go to work. > > > -- > It's not the steps in the dance, it's the dance in the steps. > Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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.
