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Gardener
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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
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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
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Location: USA
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Gardener wrote:
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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
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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:
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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
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Location: Essex UK
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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
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Location: In the heart of Europe
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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  !
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calvin83
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Location: Hong Kong
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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
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antico
Joined: 25 May 2015
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Location: Argentina
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antico wrote:
Alpa Kern-Macro-Switar 50 f1.8, 50usd. |
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WNG555
Joined: 18 Dec 2014
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Location: Arrid-Zone-A, USA
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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. 
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Humulus
Joined: 23 Sep 2014
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Location: Poland
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Humulus wrote:
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| 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
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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!
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vanylapep
Joined: 03 Jan 2014
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vanylapep wrote:
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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
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Location: France
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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...
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WolverineX
Joined: 19 Apr 2009
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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€
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thebbm
Joined: 11 Dec 2013
Posts: 294
Location: France montpellier
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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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MaXXXic
Joined: 03 Jun 2015
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Location: Ukraine
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MaXXXic wrote:
Today on a fleamarket.
Real bokeh monster
35USD
Just tested
#1
#2
 st tested
#3
#4
Cosina Cosinon 50/1.4 M42
Or maybe next weekend... |
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fks
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fks wrote:
I usually check craigslist when I know I have a trip coming. A week before one island-hopping trip to Hawaii, I spotted a CZ 35mm f/3.4 Skoparex BM for $35. It was on the second stop of our visit, and I emailed the poster that I wanted to check it out. Sadly it sold the day before we got there. |
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Attila
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Attila wrote:
I forget them promptly, those are gone.. I never look back, next one will come.
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Sony NEX-7 Carl Zeiss Planar 85mm f1.4, Minolta MD 35mm f1.8, Konica 135mm f2.5, Minolta MD 50mm f1.2, Minolta MD 250mm f5.6, Carl Zeiss Sonnar 180mm f2.8
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Boris_Akunin
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Boris_Akunin wrote:
I just missed a (mintish) Minolta MD 85/2 for 20€
The seller posted it to an online classifieds site in the middle of the night (~01:30), I came home in the middle of the night (~03:00) and wanted to check my E-mails before going to bed. I did a quick search for "minolta" on the site (I do that quite often, when I get bored...) and the MD85 was the most recent result. I sent the guy a quick E-mail and went to bed.
I didn't want to annoy the seller in the morning so I called him around 11 but by then he had already sold it (he probably got the phone call before he checked his mail).
Lesson learned: Fuck courtesy.
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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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Gardener
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Location: USA
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 8:58 am Post subject: |
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Gardener wrote:
Won a Nikkormat with Tokina 80-200/2.8 attached for $50. The seller never shipped.
Won a Canon AE-1 with two 50/1.8, FD 50/1.4, FD 70-210/4 and a bunch of accessories for $25 (local pickup). Next days seller cancelled saying he can't find it.
I am not going to bore you with the stories of stuff I was not fast enough to click on, but it's rife with stuff like $50 Rokkor 24/2.8 and such.
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Oldhand
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Location: Mid North Coast NSW - Australia
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Oldhand wrote:
Ebay used to be a reliable marketplace with mostly honourable participants.
Nowadays it seems to have spawned a generation of sellers who list cheaply hoping for a big finishing price and if they don't get it they say that they have discovered a problem with the item and send a refund - listing the same thing later.
As for buyers - don't get me started. There are now commonly found buyers who bid and win but then disappear from the landscape without paying. Ebay won't allow sellers to leave negative feedback on these so-and-sos, and they get to do it all over again
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antico
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Location: Argentina
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antico wrote:
Leica M4 with Super Angulon 21mm and 21mm viewfinder. usd100. |
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Boris_Akunin
Joined: 22 Aug 2013
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Location: Bremen, Germany
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Boris_Akunin wrote:
Someone sold a bunch of Minolta gear with rather low "Buy now" prices:
Minolta MC 21/2.8 - 90€:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/MINOLTA-MC-W-ROKKOR-NL-21-mm-1-2-8-/282022544550
Minolta X-700 with an MD 28/2.0 (the rare 2nd version) - 30€:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Minolta-X-700-35mm-Spiegelreflexkamera-incl-28-mm-1-2-mm-49-mm-incl-Gurt-geb-/282022501578
Minolta MC 50/1.4 - 22€:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/MINOLTA-MC-ROKKOR-PG-50-mm-1-1-4-/282022553890
Minolta MC 100/2.5 - 25€:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Minolta-MC-TELE-ROKKOR-100-mm-1-2-5-55-mm-/282022530972
Minolta MD 200/2.8 - 30€:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/MINOLTA-TELE-ROKKOR-200-mm-1-2-8-72-mm-/282022517966
Minolta MD 300/4.5 - 30€:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/MINOLTA-MD-TELE-ROKKOR-300-mm-1-4-5-72-mm-/282022512661
I came a bit too late, losing out on the MD28/2 really annoys me. I've been looking for one of those for quite a while...
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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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Gardener
Joined: 22 Sep 2013
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Location: USA
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| Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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Gardener wrote:
Not so much lost as lost on: I recently bought a set of Minolta AF gear for $90 - unfortunately the original owner saw fit to store 4 out of 5 lenses in ziplock bags and they developed fungus. The fifth has an oily aperture. |
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kds315*
Joined: 12 Mar 2008
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kds315* wrote:
A damaged UV Nikkor 105mm, damage was a severly dented filter ring only.
Missed it by a few minutes ... bummer
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Lomo Уфар-12 f2.5/41mm
Lomo Зуфар-2 f4.0/350mm
Lomo ZIKAR-1A f1.2/100mm
Nikon UV Nikkor f4.5/105mm
Zeiss UV-Sonnar f4.3/105mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f1.8/45mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f4.1/94mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f2.8/100mm
Steinheil Quarzobjektiv f1.8/50mm
Pentax Quartz Takumar f3.5/85mm
Carl Zeiss Jena UV-Objektiv f4/60mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha II f1.1/90mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha I f2.8/200mm
COASTAL OPTICS f4/60mm UV-VIS-IR Apo
COASTAL OPTICS f4.5/105mm UV-Micro-Apo
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f4.5/85mm
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f5.6/300mm
Rodenstock UV-Rodagon f5.6/60mm + 105mm + 150mm
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