I did some research on the weekend. I visited eBay.com, an online auction house which many of you have heard of. I just upgraded to an F5 and I wanted to find out how much my F90X gear is worth. I'm still trying to decide if I should keep the F90X as a second AF camera (already have an FE as a true backup) or sell it now for a quick hit of cash. In following table, prices are in USD of used equipment on eBay.com for the 1-month period Dec 15 1998 to Jan 15 1999. Data includes the lowest price paid, the average, the median, and the highest price paid and the number of items sold. Items where bidding failed to meet the reserve price were excluded -- these overpriced items comprised approximately 15%-20% of all listed items. Item Low Avg Med High number sold ---- --- --- --- ---- -- F90X/N90s 570 665 695 717 13 MB-10 138 146 149 153 3 MF-26 152 193 195 234 10 ____________________________________________ Sum 859 1003 1039 1103 In all cases, the sellers mentioned that shipping was extra on top of the final bid price. There is a nominal insertion fee to have the equipment listed. However, eBay takes a 2% cut of the final bid price for their auction fee, which the seller must pay. Quality ranged from "used, sorry no manual" to "mint, still in box, unfilled warranty card". Most were slightly used but with original warranty stub. According to the fine print, the warranty on Nikon gear is not transferable. I would say that it is certainly a seller's market for Nikon gear on eBay right now. The selling prices there are very good. But I still can't decide if I should keep my stuff or not! It's hard to part with such a nice camera, even if there's now a better one in my posession. DavidE
