Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Me too. I have been using ebay for 11 years, 90% as a buyer. I have had around 400 transactions with 3 disappointments. Two were condition issues where a camera was not accurately described. Only one was, IMO, outright dishonesty and it was a bit of a shock. I bought a tele-Rolleiflex from a buyer who seemed to be private. It was described as having mild discolouration around the periphery of the front element. To my surprise, when I won the auction the payee was Ffordes, a substantial used camera dealer from whom I had bought a fair bit of stuff over the years. When I got the camera the lens had balsam separation, common with this lens. A private buyer may have been ignorant but he was simply dishonest, and were extremely abusive when I complained, saying the price I paid was cheap. I have never bought anything from them since. It was in 2003 and eBay rules have changed and basil58 no longer exists as a seller AFAIK and the buyer is much better protected now to the extent that selling is a hassle. Goes to show even people you consider trustworthy may not be when anonymous... Frank On 13 Feb, 2011, at 01:49, Richard Man wrote: > I have pretty luck generally, and when you are talking about Leica (or the > Hasselblad XPan etc.) everything is over $500... > > When I buy, I always pay with credit card, even through paypal. This way I > know the credit card company will be behind me. "Membership has its > privileges" and all that. > > Selling is a bit tricky, as someone can always try to screw you over, so I > tend to sell on forums rather than on eBay but I have done both and no > problem so far. > > For gears that I know MUST work, I just go to KEH, popflash etc. > > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 4:37 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at > frozenlight.eu>wrote: > >> I would not buy anything costing over $500 on ebay. >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> http://www.nathanfoto.com >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 12, 2011, at 1:08 PM, Frank Filippone wrote: >> >>> Search "Leica M9 Body" on that auction place.... >>> >>> Between $500 and $1000 Discount for Code U >>> >>> Let's hope the prices for new and used start to drop..... >>> >>> Frank Filippone >>> Red735i at earthlink.net >>> >>> >>> Where, what kind of discounts? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information