"New" lens from Ebay

CMoore · Dec 28, 2019

Is this a Kosher advert.?
The seller seems to be a real store with a long and reputable history.
Used models are selling for about 70 dollars.
100 bux for a new lens sounds like a good deal.
My wife needs one for her N80
Thank You

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nikon-AF-N...6277?_trksid=p2349526.m4383.l4275.c1#viTabs_0

Ariston · Dec 28, 2019

I don't know why it wouldn't be. That's about what I paid for that lens a few years ago. It is an awesome lens at a great price, and will match up well with N80.

I got it so I could use it with my film or DSLR cameras. The G lenses are not so good for that for older film Nikons.

BrianShaw · Dec 28, 2019

452 sold?

choiliefan · Dec 28, 2019

Appears genuine to me as well.
Go for it.

"452 sold?"
Making way for the new Z lenses?

mshchem · Dec 28, 2019

I bought a new sealed in box, made in Japan, Fuji XF 18mm lens from a fellow in Thailand. Perfect 260 bucks delivered by DHL in 3 days. Same lens is over 600 bucks in USA. No different than prescription drugs . This fellow bought a pallet of these lenses, he had 4 left when I bought mine.

Obviously this isn't true of the highest end equipment.

CMoore · Dec 28, 2019

Yeah... OK... i bought one
Thanks everybody.......

BrianShaw · Dec 28, 2019

453 sold!

6 remaining available.

mgb74 · Dec 28, 2019

It's a greymarket lens. Read the "about product" tab.

ic-racer · Dec 28, 2019

Maybe sellers like this are the reason Nikon service in the USA is not available for imported items.

TheRook · Dec 30, 2019

That's about what I paid for mine.

mgb74 · Dec 30, 2019

ic-racer said:
Maybe sellers like this are the reason Nikon service in the USA is not available for imported items.

I could understand that for warranty work. But for non-warranty work, it's just excessive protectionism.

AgX · Dec 31, 2019

If a manufacturer wants to establish a certain price (wholesale or retail, with prescribed retail prices (today likely obsolete) or not) in a region, he has to deter grey-imports. Denying service is such way.

mgb74 · Dec 31, 2019

AgX said:
If a manufacturer wants to establish a certain price (wholesale or retail, with prescribed retail prices (today likely obsolete) or not) in a region, he has to deter grey-imports. Denying service is such way.

It is a way to do that but, IMO, it's an overly draconian approach. Particularly when it's combined with a program to limit parts availability and repair by non-Nikon shops. Further, in this increasingly mobile world, what happens when someone moves to the US with their Nikon gear? Is it suddenly "2nd class"?

CMoore · Dec 31, 2019

I might not understand all the specifics, but......it is hard for me to foresee a 100 dollar, 50/1.8 gray market lens ever being a future problem.?

AgX · Dec 31, 2019

Good point indeed.

mgb74 · Dec 31, 2019

CMoore said:
I might not understand all the specifics, but......it is hard for me to foresee a 100 dollar, 50/1.8 gray market lens ever being a future problem.?

That might well be the case for a $100 lens where, if repair by Nikon is needed, the cost to repair exceeds it's value. On a more expensive lens or a higher end body, perhaps it would be. The important thing is to understand the trade-offs to make an informed decision on what's best for you.

CMoore · Dec 31, 2019

mgb74 said:
That might well be the case for a $100 lens where, if repair by Nikon is needed, the cost to repair exceeds it's value. On a more expensive lens or a higher end body, perhaps it would be. The important thing is to understand the trade-offs to make an informed decision on what's best for you.

10-4..... Thank You

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