Having grown up in the cattle business, I remember the words of a wise old cattleman who said, "There is a very correlation between price and value in purebred cattle." That seems to hold true in used Pentax equipment as well. ;-)
On Monday 21 January 2002 16:47, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 21 Jan 2002 at 10:46, Robert Soames Wetmore wrote: > > This is one very narrow definition of value conditioned > > specifically by an unquestioning allegiance to capitalism. There > > are many other definitions, such as the Marxist definition which > > takes into account the amount of labor that went into making the > > item. There are many better definitions of value as well which > > take into account more than just the crude dollar quantity of > > exchange at a given moment and locale. > > Again referring back to the issue, the Pentax 135f1.8 lens, they are > out of production, who cares what it cost to make them initially, > someone was happy with the price and bought them. There is still a > demand however Pentax don't supply them, previous owners do, so > people pay whatever the cost is to acquire them from said previous > owners, simple. -- Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 Powered by Linux ++ Mailed by Kmail - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
