Re: Curious about price differential on 50-135/2.8
On 2015-02-15 23:22 , Darren Addy wrote: There is one for $625 on Denver's Craigslist right now *cough* People tend to sell for less than whatever they bought it for, which may be quite disconnected from the current new prices. With any SDM lens, I would be suspicious of AF motor problems unless I had the opportunity to try it out in person. SDM lenses are not something I would recommend purchasing online, at least without a good Return Policy, due to such concerns. i do think SDM creates some price-depressing FUD; i am not too troubled by it because i know these can can be converted to screw drive, which i might even prefer; but in the end i'm not sure there's any SDM liens i really need; i priced mine based on market, the fact i don't have the box and i'm not the original owner, and to encourage an in-person sale — demand seems a little low in Denver area currently -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Curious about price differential on 50-135/2.8
Darren, Yes, I thought of the issues with the SDM. As for the previous lower prices, - I do not think that's really a factor here. If it were a single case, I would understand, but it is really the market price. The market adjusts to the prices going up. The prices being this low consistently, - means that there are plenty of offerings (and those are at this low price). Since this is not a kit lens (and more over, it's a great lens; in my opinion, it is the best of the DA* zooms that I've tried), I am not understanding why. Igor Darren Addy Sun, 15 Feb 2015 22:22:57 -0800 wrote: There is one for $625 on Denver's Craigslist right now, which would be tempting if I hadn't just blown a lot of moola on silver Limiteds. People tend to sell for less than whatever they bought it for, which may be quite disconnected from the current new prices. With any SDM lens, I would be suspicious of AF motor problems unless I had the opportunity to try it out in person. SDM lenses are not something I would recommend purchasing online, at least without a good Return Policy, due to such concerns. On Mon, 16 Feb 2015, Igor PDML-StR wrote: The extremely good Pentax 50-135/2.8 lens is priced at around 1000 USD or slightly higher, and could be bought at or slightly below $900 during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales. However, I see that used they go much below that point. E.g. I saw one listed at $620 or so on PF, and there is one BIN at $650 on ebay. So, I am curious why there is such a big difference between the new and used prices on this lens? Any thoughts? I am not on the market for this lens, as I have it. So, my question is purely academic at this point. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Curious about price differential on 50-135/2.8
The extremely good Pentax 50-135/2.8 lens is priced at around 1000 USD or slightly higher, and could be bought at or slightly below $900 during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales. However, I see that used they go much below that point. E.g. I saw one listed at $620 or so on PF, and there is one BIN at $650 on ebay. So, I am curious why there is such a big difference between the new and used prices on this lens? Any thoughts? I am not on the market for this lens, as I have it. So, my question is purely academic at this point. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Curious about price differential on 50-135/2.8
There is one for $625 on Denver's Craigslist right now, which would be tempting if I hadn't just blown a lot of moola on silver Limiteds. People tend to sell for less than whatever they bought it for, which may be quite disconnected from the current new prices. With any SDM lens, I would be suspicious of AF motor problems unless I had the opportunity to try it out in person. SDM lenses are not something I would recommend purchasing online, at least without a good Return Policy, due to such concerns. On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 12:10 AM, Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org wrote: The extremely good Pentax 50-135/2.8 lens is priced at around 1000 USD or slightly higher, and could be bought at or slightly below $900 during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales. However, I see that used they go much below that point. E.g. I saw one listed at $620 or so on PF, and there is one BIN at $650 on ebay. So, I am curious why there is such a big difference between the new and used prices on this lens? Any thoughts? I am not on the market for this lens, as I have it. So, my question is purely academic at this point. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
