That's been my experience as well. Although I had to return leses a few
times (I have been lucky with the sellers so far)
I guess it's easy to explain: the lens is easier to check -- if it
looks good, it's probably good (anyone can see fungus, scratches, dust
inside, finish wear, tight rings etc,
Julia,
A man who runs a Konica repair shot told me that in his experience, most lenses bought
off EBay are in fine shape, but most cameras need some work. He gets much of his
business from EBay customers who bought a camera that had been described in glowing
terms.
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quality of their gear at all.
John
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> Hi Everyone,
>
> Really enjoying the conversations here. Just reading a lo
http://www.theonion.com/onion3530/ebay_drunk.html
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Julia,
I may be not the most active ebayer here, but I have to say, it seems to be
*the* place to look for equipment. Most of my photo gear came from there
(LX, a bunch of lenses, a 6x7...). The general rule -- get in touch with the
seller. If he's the guys who ignores questions -- forget about hi
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Hi, Julia,
Ask questions if you're not sure about everything. If it just says "seems
to work well", or something vague like that, write the ve
It happens only when I bid on something, then JCO, that
ruthless sniper costs me more money ;)
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
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Hi, Julia,
Ask questions if you're not sure about everything. If it just says "seems
to work well", or something vague like that, write the vendor and ask
specifically if the meter works, for instance. Ask if all the shutter
speeds work, how many rolls he's put through the camera, if it was his
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 19:10:27 -0400, J. Gerace wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
>
>Really enjoying the conversations here. Just reading a lot right
>now.
>Butyou all got me thinking about buying lenses and stuff, so
>I've
>been checking out E-Bay.
That's what we're best at.
>There's a couple of K1000 p
Julia-
I'm new here too, but after speaking to fellow PDMLers, I've gotten some
stuff on ebay to fill out my system- got another Super Program on the
way,
got my AF280T flash today, probably will pick up some lenses at KEH
shortly.
Personally, if you don't already have screwmount lenses, I wouldn
Hi Everyone,
Really enjoying the conversations here. Just reading a lot right now.
Butyou all got me thinking about buying lenses and stuff, so I've
been checking out E-Bay. There's a couple of K1000 packages that come
with a few lenses (that seem nice to me) and a SP1000 with a few as
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