Fri Oct 19 19:12:21 EDT 2007
Doug Franklin wrote:
Bob Blakely wrote:
No, but it's where I'm going to get some of my money. Careful choice of the
best of the most desired has made the value of my collection grow over the
years. If you buy the good stuff that everyone covets, you don't
Of course, if Pentax was making a modern version, or even the same version, the
used ones would not be going that high. It is unavailability that is making it
valuable.
Igor Roshchin wrote:
About 1.5 years ago, at the very last moment I decided not to place
my bid on e-bay for a Pentax 1.7x
It is not just unavailability (lack of supply).
It is rather a (dis-)balance of a demand and supply,
and hence an indicator of the demand.
Indeed, if Pentax were providing reasonable supply the prices would
be lower, but Pentax would be selling their products and hopefully
making money.
As
About 1.5 years ago, at the very last moment I decided not to place
my bid on e-bay for a Pentax 1.7x AF which I would have won for ~$150
or less if I placed that bid.
In the last 2-5 months I saw them going on e-bay for about $300 or so.
This morning one was bought for $610.
Bob Blakely wrote:
No, but it's where I'm going to get some of my money. Careful choice of the
best of the most desired has made the value of my collection grow over the
years. If you buy the good stuff that everyone covets, you don't loose, it
grows in value.
True, but I won't sell some
No, but it's where I'm going to get some of my money. Careful choice of the
best of the most desired has made the value of my collection grow over the
years. If you buy the good stuff that everyone covets, you don't loose, it
grows in value.
Regards,
Bob...
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