new retail prices in Russia for things you can see on rugift are very similar to what ruguft charges. maybe there's 10% difference or so, but I am not even sure about that.
of course, if you can buy at factory prices -- that's a different matter... best, mishka On 4/26/07, Sandy Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I paid $185 Canadian, included shipping, from RUGIFT in Russia. > > > > ... > > > My feeling is that the Zenitar 16 had a lot more good quality samples than > > > poor ones. I have yet to read about someone complaining overly about one. > > > > You should have seen some of the ones I looked at in Moscow. > > It was fairly obvious that there were "home" and "export" quality versions. > > No doubt, some of the "home" ones are now roaming freely. > > But what were prices in Moscow? > > Rugift list both the 16/2.8 and a 20/3.5 at US $149. > http://www.rugift.com/photocameras/lenses.htm > > I ask because, at least on used lenses, the difference seems to > be large. I see the 50/1.5 Zeiis copy in Leica mount on Ebay > with "buy it now" price anywhere from $50 to $150, but one > person on photo.net says he paid $5 for his in Moscow. > > -- > Sandy Harris > Quanzhou, Fujian, China > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
