Ebay prices for used Canon L glass! More than new!

[wildbill]

I mentioned this in another thread and here are examples:

new $1659.95@b&h

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7554734784&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1

$1114.95@b&H

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7553443830&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7553443830&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1



I don't know why i was expecting to get some deals on used canon glass.
Now's the time to sell and buy new stuff.

 

[Travis Nunn]

I've never figured out why people pay so much for L Lenses on ebay. Sometimes I just want to email the winners and ask them what the hell they're thinking.

 

[Dave Parker]

Bill,

About the only thing I can tell you .....Don't bid, let the goofs do this crap..

Dave

 

[panchromatic]

lol!

 

[Paddy]

Yawn,...twas a newbie, is all. Caveat Emptor, as they say.

 

[noexit]

Can anything bad happen if you do email them? You probably wouldn't get a response, only the satisfaction of knowing that their head is banging against the wall.

 

[127]

This isn't an issolated incident with canon glass - I suspect Canon mark it up, and then some shops mark it back down again (or ship grey imports which I'm totally fine with). When I was after the 55mm 1.8 prime every single one (and there were perhaps 3 a day in the UK) was >£60+postage. In then end got one new for £55 all in! (and these were all the MkII version - the MKI does go higher as it's barrel is metal).

Ian

 

[removed account4]

canon glass, schneider lenses speed graphics ...
people often pay more on ebay than buying either new or from a rep. dealer ... i guess they gots ebay-fever!

 

[Struan Gray]

I've been trying for ages to get hold of a piece of toast with a picture of the Virgin Mother on it, but those newbie idiots keep running the price up to stupid levels.

 

[laz]

LOL, thanks for my morning chuckle!

 

[wildbill]

Here's another that went for over $200 more than the item sells for new.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7555188284&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1

 

[Dave Parker]

Here's another that went for over $200 more than the item sells for new.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7555188284&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1

Seems to be normal sometimes, uninformed buyers, of course so many of the stores list that a lens retails for a certain amount, unfortunately the amount they list is not street price, but full manufactures suggested retail price, which is always far more than it really sells for.

Dave

 

[TomWB]

Here's another that went for over $200 more than the item sells for new.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7555188284&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1

what's really funny is to check out what else they have bought, for instance the guy on this link that bought the lens $200 over, also recently purchased an almost $1200 portable heart defibrillator. Go figure.

 

[Amund]

also recently purchased an almost $1200 portable heart defibrillator. Go figure.

He probably started reading this thread