Apparently someone wanted it more than you did. Keep looking; bid more next time.
Many of their sources have dried up. They get a lot of their film camera stock by travelling around to Used Camera shows and buying there.I am stunned that KEH for most of the pandemic cannot keep inventory, especially Hasselblad, but others too.
Yeah, I was at a trade in event at my friend's shop people bringing in all kinds of stuff, lots of it. I used a bunch of stuff to help pay for some new equipment. That was early in November 2019. In less than a year he was out of business. I went from having two, amazing shops, within a 25 mile radius to none.Many of their sources have dried up. They get a lot of their film camera stock by travelling around to Used Camera shows and buying there.
Many of their sources have dried up. They get a lot of their film camera stock by travelling around to Used Camera shows and buying there.
In its early days, fleabay was often a measure of the going market value of a given thing. Partly because of the way it's been managed, it has become a competitive experience--the motivation being to "win" by depriving the competitor of the prize. It has nothing to do with inherent value.Ebay is an alternative in a strange parallel universe. Common sense and logic do no exist there.
Come to think of it, here on earth... never mind.
In its early days, fleabay was often a measure of the going market value of a given thing. Partly because of the way it's been managed, it has become a competitive experience--the motivation being to "win" by depriving the competitor of the prize. It has nothing to do with inherent value.
That's because market value is influenced by uneducated, unable to think for themselves idiots who depend on snotty nosed youtube "influencers" to make their decisions for them.
Market value has a real definition.... it’s not static and it’s not “the price I wish it was”.
Vintage cameras are a diminishing recourse, especially quality ones because there will never be any more, conceqently the prices are rising and as they became even scarcer they will continue to increase.
I determine market value based on age and condition. How much would you pay for a 1980 Cadillac with 100K miles? You probably wouldn't pay much more than that for a 1990 Cadillac with 100K miles. A 2000 Cadillac with 100K miles might be slightly more than the 1990, but twice as much as the 1980. A 2020 Cadillac would be the most expensive of all four. All of them are Cadillacs, and all of them have 100K miles, but there's no reason that the 1980 should be going for 2020 prices.
Sure you can believe that if you want. Ebay is a marketplace just like any other. Sometimes people overpay, sometimes they get lucky.
I find the 'sold/completed' listing to be very accurate as to what is happening in the market.
And remarkably those sold listing tend to show prices lower than what is offered in the classifieds here, or on other enthusiast sites.
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