It's not "extremely high". This lens sells for £1,209 new. People are
quite happy to pay up to 70% or 80% of new price if it's something they
want, and the item is rare. Examples are many of the FA primes,
especially the 20mm up until recently, the 85mm 1.4, the 24-90, and either
of the 200mm lenses. The 16-45 is also going for much more than 50% of
new price, as are the Ltds.
John
On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 09:14:04 +0100, Kostas Kavoussanakis
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, John Forbes wrote:
One was on Ebay UK recently. It failed to attract any bids, although
the starting price was not that high. Rarity has no bearing on the
matter at all; supply is irrelevant if there is no demand.
<http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pentax-SMC-Shift-Lens-28mm-f3-5-Rare-Lens-No-Reserve_W0QQitemZ7543881998QQcategoryZ4688QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem>
<http://tinyurl.com/aaz2e>
The price is extremely high, even for the UK. The last I saw in my local
shop was 399.
Also our Jarek:
<http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SMC-Pentax-28mm-1-3-5-SHIFT-lens-mint-no-reserve_W0QQitemZ7546442508QQcategoryZ4688QQssPageNameZWD2VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem>
<http://tinyurl.com/d4z8b>
Kostas
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