Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i am actually tracking the s2 on ebay actively, it seems that under 10k is very true, today an s2p went for 8.6k and a s2 with the grip went for 8.7k. the only problem is finding a buyer u can trust, the s2 with the grip was from a rental studio that was claiming nobody rents it and it is time to sell, he did not have the original charger and boxes. the second one was claimed to have belonged by a pro that was being sold by a ebay retail store . i am now thinking heading over to my dealer and ask him to find me one. ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > What happens during an economic downturn for a product/asset with an > extremely limited and niche secondary market. Not surprising. As ever, as > in investments as well, one will find surprising bargains in all asset > classes during such periods, the more illiquid and limited the niche the > better. You need to have cash, generated and patiently waiting during the > over-hyped periods, to pounce on such deals, though.... > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 3:00 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> > wrote: > > > Apparently we can now pickup a "used" Leica S2 > > for less than $10K. > > > > Kind of amazing given some of the adapters available. > > > > I'm sort of shocked that they've fallen this far this fast. > > And I'd think not good for. > > > > M9 still calling for $4K - down from an original $7 > > S2 calling for as little as $9K - down from $22K > > > > Of course there's also other "medium format" backs > > also selling for well under half of their release cost. > > > > Crazy markets. > > > > Regards, > > George Lottermoser > > george at imagist.com > > http://www.imagist.com > > http://www.imagist.com/blog > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >