[Leica] Selling gear

[vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko)]

My profile is:
- (i)  read about it
- (ii)  if it catches my imagination, and it has holding value, get one 
and try it
- (iii) if it disappoints, sell it
- (iv)  after selling it, read about how someone else got phenomenal 
results with it, and then search for another unit, often paying higher 
prices

Item (ii) "...holding value..." usually keeps me into Leica gear.  As 
far as my experience has been, it devaluates the least.
I won't admit how many times I've done item (iv)

Ebay to me has been an addictive drug, which I'm undergoing rehab for.   
  ;-)

....Vick

Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> I do not agree with Mark's point. I understand that he objects to 
> people just flipping gear every 3 months, and there are certainly lots 
> of such people around, especially on the Fred Miranda Buy & Sell forum 
> (great place to pick up especially Canon and Nikon gear). I don't do 
> that. But if I realize that I have a piece of equipment that I am not 
> using, then I am quite ruthless--out it goes. You could of course say, 
> "don't buy what you don't think you will use" and I don't, but it is 
> not always so simple. Sometimes I realize after using a lens for a 
> while that this particular focal length after all does not fit my 
> photography, or a new and better one is launched (my recent switch 
> from the Oly 14-54 to the 12-60 is an example).
>
> When I decided to start using a DSLR in 2004, I knew that I would 
> probably never shoot 35mm film again. So what would have been the 
> point of keeping my Leicas? They were not rare, had been used, so no 
> collectors value. If I had not sold them, they would be sitting on my 
> shelf now, for more than 3 years, unused--what would be the point of 
> that?
>
> So there is a middle somewhere between spending every night on ebay 
> and hanging on to every piece of kit. At least for me, my way works.
>
> Nathan