Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] stuff
From: Mikiro Mori <mori@titus.u-strasbg.fr>
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 13:20:13 +0100

Hi, Hans.

Please don't do that! The Japanese market for old Leica stuff is so huge
that it will eat up all old Leica in Europe. ;-)  One of the European
LUGgers showed me his nice M3 which cost him 600 euro.  It will sell within
a minute for 1200 euro in Tokyo.....

Cheers,

Mikiro
Strasbourg, Europe
http://arbos.silva.net


At 12:13 pm +0100 9/3/00, Hans Pahlen wrote:
>Jem,
>
>All right, I will look forward to see your new picture!
>
>Well, this Benser bag has been stored in my attic for several years. I decided
>to sell it cheap without reserve, expecting something like 10 pounds... But
>the Japanese are really crazy about the old gear, far beyond any common
>sense...
>
>I have recently learnt that it is possible to pick up used gear in Europe and
>sell to Japan with a nice earning. From now on, I will always be looking for
>chrome lenses in mint or near mint condition, in order to sell to Japan. This
>type of business has been going on for several years by the photo shop
>dealers, but the web has made it possible for people like you and me! New gear
>can be bought in Japan and HK at much lower prices than here, while they have
>to pay premium prices for the used gear because of the very high demand. There
>is a strong retro trend in Japan, and they really like screw mounts and
>M2-M3-M4:s.
>
>My long term project is to finance a Summilux 35 asph in this way...
>
>The Nikon gear and R7 that I am selling is not my own, it belongs to a friend
>of mine, who knows nothing about computers.
>
>Best,
>
>Hans