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Billou
Joined: 01 Feb 2013 Posts: 169 Location: Germany
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 11:19 am Post subject: |
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Billou wrote:
Olympus Pen-F camera with the 38mm, 60mm and the 25mm for 300 euros. A classified, but when I called the guy said "sorry I just sold it to the guy who called before you, two minutes ago". |
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philslizzy
Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 4747 Location: Cheshire, England
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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philslizzy wrote:
Gardener wrote: |
I don't look at it this way. A bargain is never a bargain until you have the lens in hand. |
It's still a bargain - only someone elses! _________________ Hero in the 'messin-with-cameras-for-the-hell-of-it department'. Official. |
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Gardener
Joined: 22 Sep 2013 Posts: 950 Location: USA
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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Gardener wrote:
philslizzy wrote: |
Gardener wrote: |
I don't look at it this way. A bargain is never a bargain until you have the lens in hand. |
It's still a bargain - only someone elses! |
What I meant was a bargain is never a bargain until you have a chance to evaluate lens' condition. |
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bhargav
Joined: 24 Nov 2011 Posts: 938 Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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bhargav wrote:
Billou wrote: |
Olympus Pen-F camera with the 38mm, 60mm and the 25mm for 300 euros. A classified, but when I called the guy said "sorry I just sold it to the guy who called before you, two minutes ago". |
ouch! _________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/58547200@N00/ |
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Boris_Akunin
Joined: 22 Aug 2013 Posts: 393 Location: Bremen, Germany
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 1:26 am Post subject: |
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Boris_Akunin wrote:
l missed a Zeiss Biotar 75mm f/1.5 (M42, mint condition) a few months ago, the guy sold it for 30€...
He still had a Helios 40-2 (85mm f/1.5, M42, also mint condition) for me (20€) so I wasn't too sad. _________________ Sony: A7 | Samyang FE 35/2.8 | Sony FE 85/1.8
Pentax: K-5 | K28/3.5 | M50/1.7 | DA18-135/3.5-5.6 | F35-70/3.5-4.5
Minolta: X-500 | XD | MD35/2.8 | MC50/1.4 | MD200/4 | MD75-150/4
Canon: nFD24/2.8 | nFD35/2 | nFD50/1.4 | nFD300/5.6 | nFD35-105/3.5
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Boris_Akunin
Joined: 22 Aug 2013 Posts: 393 Location: Bremen, Germany
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Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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Boris_Akunin wrote:
I just lost a Pentax-F 135mm f/2.8 for 65€* by a couple of minutes...
*worth ~300€ _________________ Sony: A7 | Samyang FE 35/2.8 | Sony FE 85/1.8
Pentax: K-5 | K28/3.5 | M50/1.7 | DA18-135/3.5-5.6 | F35-70/3.5-4.5
Minolta: X-500 | XD | MD35/2.8 | MC50/1.4 | MD200/4 | MD75-150/4
Canon: nFD24/2.8 | nFD35/2 | nFD50/1.4 | nFD300/5.6 | nFD35-105/3.5
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davev8app
Joined: 09 Dec 2010 Posts: 134 Location: UK
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Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 12:42 am Post subject: |
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davev8app wrote:
i lost a vivitar s1 300mm f3 ..it had only been on the bay by minutes and i asked what he wanted for it with a buy it now .he say £15 inc del .. i say YES so he set it up on a buy it now...........but some one else see the buy it now within seconds and buy it _________________ nex-3c MD f3.5 35-70mm macro.. rokkor 50-135 F3.5 FDn 50mm 1.4.. black jupiter 11 135 F4..big list of 28mm 35mm 50mm 135mm to see what are keepers 5D,40D ,20D, MF Tamron SP 90 F2.5 Macro, Canon 17-35 F2.8L, Canon 80-200 F2.8L Magic drainpipe, Tokina ATX 28-70 F2.6-F2.8 Pro11, Canon 17-55 F2.8 IS The slow one Canon 100-300 F5.6L. Lens i wish i never sold>> Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 180 mm f2.8< |
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Gamera
Joined: 16 Feb 2014 Posts: 86 Location: Scandinavia
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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Gamera wrote:
There are many.
Recently: Minolta AF mirror tele (yes that one and I've been in the lookout for it). Local ad by it now price at 80 euros range at a location close enough to pick it up. Nine minutes late... |
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oldali
Joined: 23 Mar 2014 Posts: 14 Location: Hungary
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nandakoryaaa
Joined: 07 Sep 2014 Posts: 95
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 5:34 pm Post subject: Re: What are the biggest bargains you have LOST? |
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nandakoryaaa wrote:
ChromaticAberration wrote: |
Well, frustrations apart, I guess this thread makes as much sense as it's bigger brother!
I'll start then.
This week I lost on eBay a boxed M42 (never seen a minter piece) Sonnar that I was going to get for £15 (+ shipping), why you ask? Because the seller did not set the shipping value for my country and I could not activate the 'Buy Now'.. a minutes later a lucky bastard took it..
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Kind of same story with me. It was Tomioka 55/1.2 lens for just $200, I was on the mobile phone and there was suddenly no "buy" button, and there were only 30 seconds left. I could do it from a PC no matter what country, but on a phone it was total disaster. |
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Gardener
Joined: 22 Sep 2013 Posts: 950 Location: USA
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2014 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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Gardener wrote:
Can't really say I lost it but here's a bargain someone else got: http://www.ebay.com/itm/221626436320 |
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nikono
Joined: 04 Nov 2014 Posts: 38
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 12:25 am Post subject: |
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nikono wrote:
I got a quality zoom lens but I considered that I lost it because I stopped using it. It's sitting on a shelf in a sealed plastic bag right now.
The lens was owned by a smoker, perhaps a very heavy smoker. The smell of cigarette's smoke was deep in the rubber grip, in the plastic. Each time I used it, it took me a while to wash the smell off my hand after.
No offense to smokers. I was once a heavy smoker, too. |
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Gardener
Joined: 22 Sep 2013 Posts: 950 Location: USA
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 2:10 am Post subject: |
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Gardener wrote:
nikono wrote: |
I got a quality zoom lens but I considered that I lost it because I stopped using it. It's sitting on a shelf in a sealed plastic bag right now.
The lens was owned by a smoker, perhaps a very heavy smoker. The smell of cigarette's smoke was deep in the rubber grip, in the plastic. Each time I used it, it took me a while to wash the smell off my hand after.
No offense to smokers. I was once a heavy smoker, too. |
I once received a lens that someone wiped with some some sort of odor-masking cleaner - it had this super-annoying laundry smell - "mountain freshness", "cool breeze" or whatever bs name marketing people gave. Drove me nuts. I tried everything. In the end, I peeled off the grip and hanged it outside on the sunny side of the house for the entire warm season. After 5 months the stench was gone |
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Oldhand
Joined: 01 Apr 2013 Posts: 6006 Location: Mid North Coast NSW - Australia
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 2:44 am Post subject: |
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Oldhand wrote:
nikono wrote: |
I got a quality zoom lens but I considered that I lost it because I stopped using it. It's sitting on a shelf in a sealed plastic bag right now.
The lens was owned by a smoker, perhaps a very heavy smoker. The smell of cigarette's smoke was deep in the rubber grip, in the plastic. Each time I used it, it took me a while to wash the smell off my hand after.
No offense to smokers. I was once a heavy smoker, too. |
Extended exposure to fresh air and sunlight can help get rid of this smell.
Worth a try - even if it takes all summer.
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DConvert
Joined: 12 Jun 2010 Posts: 901 Location: Essex UK
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Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2014 1:39 pm Post subject: |
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DConvert wrote:
guardian wrote: |
I lose eBay auctions all the time. The most difficult losses come when only one bidder outbids me. That happens too often.
But my toughest loss came with an auction I actually WON! Here is the story:
I was doing my early morning scans, as usual, of the many e-mails from eBay that come in early every day. I saw a brand new Tamron 01A at a really good "Buy It Now" price. I could scarcely believe my eyes!! That's a lens I target. Finding a new one, at any price, is amazing. The BIN price was quite reasonable, considering. While the auction listed the lens as brand new, the photos showed only the box and a lens wrapped in a Tamron-imprinted plastic bag - the original packaging.
I bought the lens instantly. The seller had good (100%) feedback. I was thrilled to be able to buy that item new. Heck, when I can get a 01A even in good used shape it's a great day.
Fast forward several days and the lens is delivered. Opened the package and it was a dirty, old, heavily used, 01A!!!! It was a disaster.
Contacted seller who had sold lens on a "no returns" basis. Seller said he had never looked at the lens. First he denied a return privilege. Then, later, he allowed return, but only at my expense. It cost me over $8, and a lot of time, to ship that piece of junk back. Thank goodness most eBay sellers are not jerks like that guy was!
I surely wish somebody else had seen that lens before me, but I was early. Sometimes the early bird ends up with a rotten worm. |
Comming second is indeed a pain. Especially when the bid entered was as a marker, and the intension was to return near the end of the auction. This has happened to me many times and I've lost out because I forgot to check that evening, or the auction has been ended early...
The only consolation in comming second is the winner may have bid vastly more than you we're willing to pay & got a bargain.
With your Tamron, you should have raised a not as described case against them. I've had a lens that came out very different to the description and IMO the lens value was less than the return postage. The seller was unreasonable about returns, so the case got escalated, then when E-bay found in my favor they got me a full refund & paid the returns postage for me. The 'no returns' basis has no standing if the goods are clearly not as described. |
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Marek
Joined: 13 Apr 2014 Posts: 903 Location: In the heart of Europe
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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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Marek wrote:
LOL, I just lost Trioplan 100 for €100 just for checking its condition or if it's not a sick joke. Obviously, the item was gone just after refreshing site. What a stupid idiot I am. Might have stopped attending my job for a week ! _________________ Angry young man !
Flickr | Juzaphoto | Ebay sales
marekfiser [at] gmail [dot] com |
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calvin83
Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 7548 Location: Hong Kong
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2015 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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calvin83 wrote:
Saw this DALLMEYER lens. I don't know why I don't click the BIN button ASAP.
Click here to see on Ebay _________________ https://lensfever.com/
https://www.instagram.com/_lens_fever/
The best lens is the one you have with you. |
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antico
Joined: 25 May 2015 Posts: 175 Location: Argentina
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2015 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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antico wrote:
Alpa Kern-Macro-Switar 50 f1.8, 50usd. |
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WNG555
Joined: 18 Dec 2014 Posts: 784 Location: Arrid-Zone-A, USA
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 12:23 am Post subject: |
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WNG555 wrote:
There have been few, but the one still stuck in my mind was from a few months ago...
Estate sale of a wealthy gear hoarder. All sorts of stuff. Cameras....many bodies, two of every lens, one being a spare.
Two near new MTO 1000mm f/10 mirror lens kits, free shipping.
My internet service provider went down minutes before the end of bid, and my last bid didn't reach and it sold for 152.00 USD.
1/3 less than other used models. _________________ "The eyes are useless when the mind is blind."
Sony ILCE-6000, SELP1650, SEL1855, SEL55210, SEL5018. Sigma 19/30/60mm f2.8 EX DN Art.
Rokinon 8mm f3.5 Fish-Eye, 14mm f2.8 IF ED UMC. Samyang 12mm f2.8 ED AS NCS Fish-Eye.
And a bunch of Manual-Focus Lenses
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Humulus
Joined: 23 Sep 2014 Posts: 130 Location: Poland
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 6:21 am Post subject: |
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Humulus wrote:
Marek wrote: |
LOL, I just lost Trioplan 100 for �100 just for checking its condition or if it's not a sick joke. Obviously, the item was gone just after refreshing site. What a stupid idiot I am. Might have stopped attending my job for a week ! |
I lost a rare MS Helios-77M couple days ago the same way. |
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duckrider
Joined: 11 Dec 2013 Posts: 437 Location: Germany
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 10:10 am Post subject: |
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duckrider wrote:
Ha ha, seeing this thread for the first time:
Had highest bid on the two classical Zeiss 1.4 35mm & 85mm for Rollei QBM in mint condition, both together less than 1000.-€ some yrs ago.
Those bl...dy bast..ds form German DHL lost the parcel!
Shipment was insured for 500.-€, no cent more.
Can You imagine the trouble to recieve even that half money from DHL back?
This is a lost! _________________ T*homas
(from the origin land of Zeiss, an obligation )
Zeiss ZF 3.5/18, 2.8/25, 2.0/35, 2/50macro, 1.4/50, 1.4/85, 2/100macro
Nikon Df, F2AS, F2A, F3/T, FM
ALPA 11Si, Angulon 2,8/35 ; Xenar 1,9/50 ; Tele-Tessar 4/200
Leica R3 SAFARI Safari Lenses 2.8/28 ; 2/50 ; 4/180
Rolleiflex SL 350 , Zeiss 2,8/16 ; 4/18 ; 2,8/25 ; 2,8/35 ; 1,4/35 ; 1,8/50 ; 2,8/85 ; 1,4/85 ; 4/135 ; 4/200
Leica M9-P, Leica M4-2, Tri-Elmar "Wate", Distagon 2,8/21, Biogon 2,8/28, Biogon 2/35, Planar 2/50, Tessar 4/85, M-Elmar 50mm, Summicron 90
Sony alpha 7r & adapters for all lenses above |
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vanylapep
Joined: 03 Jan 2014 Posts: 312
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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vanylapep wrote:
duckrider wrote: |
Ha ha, seeing this thread for the first time:
Had highest bid on the two classical Zeiss 1.4 35mm & 85mm for Rollei QBM in mint condition, both together less than 1000.-� some yrs ago.
Those bl...dy bast..ds form German DHL lost the parcel!
Shipment was insured for 500.-�, no cent more.
Can You imagine the trouble to recieve even that half money from DHL back?
This is a lost! |
I just cried. |
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BurstMox
Joined: 04 Dec 2011 Posts: 1998 Location: France
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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BurstMox wrote:
Most of time I lost auction because I forget about them... last time I lost a rare soviet macro lens Korrektar... it's gone for 7 euros... _________________ Pierre
sovietlenses.fr
Soviet lenses Facebook group |
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WolverineX
Joined: 19 Apr 2009 Posts: 1694 Location: Zagreb , Croatia , Europe
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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WolverineX wrote:
the one that got away... Olympus OM-3Ti with OM 35-80mm/2.8 lens...for around 200€ _________________ my tools:Oly E-M5 + 45mm/1.8 + Oly E-520 + 12-60 + 14-42 + 70-300 + Sigma 105mm + FL-50R + EC20 + SRF-11 ring flash
http://forum.mflenses.com/wolverinex-testing-my-lenses-series-link-list-t39524.html |
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thebbm
Joined: 11 Dec 2013 Posts: 295 Location: France montpellier
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:16 pm Post subject: |
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thebbm wrote:
better to don't remind all the losts bargains...
leica summicron 35mm R for 80e
zuiko 50mm 1.2 for 50e
And a lots more
my last catch up : zeiss pc distagon 35mm 2.8 with shift : 310e !! it is in way to me, hope it's in great condition |
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