What? Nikon and Leica?

Nicole

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• Jun 21, 2005

• #1

Check this out!!! And the shippings costs....!!!!
Where is the name Leica attached to this one?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15234&item=7524946455&rd=1

 

Marc Leest

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• Jun 21, 2005

• #2

Under the cover of a collectors item this is to me plain rediculous - there is always a price and a value...(i bet the seller found that out too by beefing it up by using the brand name Leica)

 

rogueish

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• Jun 21, 2005

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Hmm...
The sellers in Perth, Nicole's in Perth, I find this just too much of a coincedence and just a little suspisious...

Just kidding. Some sellers add little things in the titles to catch those who use specific searches. Those looking only for Leica's will now have this camera pop up too.

 

Dan Fromm

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• Jun 21, 2005

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Scam. See http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15234&item=7520792802

 

colrehogan

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• Jun 21, 2005

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They even tacked on "Olympic Limited edition". LOL!

 

Claire Senft

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• Jun 21, 2005

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For a camera collector this, I imagine, will make a nice item. In about 1967, at Alden's camera in Chicago, I bought one of the last Nikon SP available new. I bought 4 lenses. A 35mm f2.5, a 50mm f1.4, 85mm f2.0 and a 135mm f3.5. It was a nice enough camera but I can only say that lenses are much improved since then. Even with a limited production run of 2500 units it will be years before this camera seriously appreciates in value.

 

clay

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• Jun 21, 2005

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Not necessarily a scam. Probably legit given the amount of positive feedback. Check out this link:
http://www.cameraquest.com/nrfblsp2005.htm

 

Dan Fromm

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• Jun 21, 2005

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Hijacked eBay ID. If you follow the link I posted, you'll see the ID's owner's take on it.

 

Eric Rose

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• Jun 21, 2005

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I had a run in with a ebay buyer who turned out to not be the person whose name was being used at all. Ebay helped me out on it and it appears that this persons ID was hijacked. Probably more along the lines of "family fraud".

 

jjstafford

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• Jun 21, 2005

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Eric Rose said:

I had a run in with a ebay buyer who turned out to not be the person whose name was being used at all. Ebay helped me out on it and it appears that this persons ID was hijacked. Probably more along the lines of "family fraud".

Click to expand...

Was it the usual suspect who suddenly has dozens of two-day listings, always including a crazy cheap Linhof Super Technika V? He has such a pattern, he usually doesn't last a few hours.

 

Dr.Kollig

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• Jun 25, 2005

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The Nikon S3 2000 started selling in Germany for 5000 €+, this spring the last units were cleaned out at 2500 €. Let us see what is going to happen to the SP. There seems to be a strong market for these limited editions in Japan. Anyone remembering the Leica Hermes Edition at 8500 €? Later the unsold european units were transferred to Japan as well.

Wolfram