"New" lens from Ebay

[CMoore]

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]

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]

452 sold?

 

[choiliefan]

Appears genuine to me as well.
Go for it.


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

 

[mshchem]

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]

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

 

[BrianShaw]

453 sold!

6 remaining available.

 

[mgb74]

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

 

[ic-racer]

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

 

[TheRook]

That's about what I paid for mine.

 

[mgb74]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Good point indeed.

 

[mgb74]

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]

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