arsenall - Silly ebay prices

[mac_wt]

Russar lens on ebay

I've seen them at 5-600 USD, but this is really crazy. The rare time you see one being auctioned from a low starting price, they tend to go for 300 Euros max. Is there a way to block certain sellers from showing up, when doing searches?

Wim

 

[lushd]

Hi Wim - I must say I agree, even if it is mint and with all the papers, box etc etc. I guess the true test is if anyone is willing to pay that price.

 

[kbg32]

Leicatime has one for sale as well. Just as nice. Luigi is a fantastic seller and sponsor here at RFF.

 

[rxmd]

You can block everything priced over a certain threshold. That's what I do. Irony has it that it's easy to block ArsenalL that way.

He is a second-hand photographic equipment dealer in Nuremberg, Germany. His reputation is somewhat difficult to assess. On one hand he has a good range of equipment on sale, sometimes including extraordinary rarities, on the other hand some of his prices are outrageous and there have been problems with some of his gear in the past (at least one instance with an acquaintance of mine). I think nowadays he's mainly catering to high-end exotica collectors rather than to people who actually use their stuff.

It could be that he's trying to determine market prices for some of his goods by starting from the top, that way he can avoid losing money if it goes away for too little.

Edit:On his website he' selling it for 550 EUR (plus 16% VAT for EU customers!)

Philipp

 

[nikola]

luigi is selling one with ltm-M adapter and viewfinder on ebay, current price 238.50$

but i'm not specially impressed.... 🙂

link

 

[captainslack]

What is he smoking?! You can buy three CV 21mm lenses for that price!

 

[micek]

Arsenall's prices are not silly. They are obscene.

 

[David Murphy]

I think the market will do an excellent job providing the correct price -- a price is a price nothing obscene about prices, whether its the price of bread, milk, oil, wheat, or rangefinder cameras. He has no obligation to provide us with luxuries we can afford.

I think Aresenall might be making some money at this and getting the prices he wants since he seems to have a sustained presence on eBay. I love his stock and would buy from him if I could.

 

[Ergo]

Arsenall is stupid.Floods ebay over and over.
Has other id's with same stuff.

 

[darkkavenger]

If one of you EVER needs a Russar MR-2 20/5.6 in LTM, there are two on sale (with their 20mm viewfinder) at FotoSkoda here in Prague, for 10,500 Kc each. (That's about 470$) Their website is www.fotoskoda.cz and then it's e-bazar, but there's nothing in english.

 

[Rich Silfver]

Arsenall is stupid.Floods ebay over and over.
Has other id's with same stuff.

I'm curious. What are his other id's?

 

[RJBender]

Russar lens on ebay

I've seen them at 5-600 USD, but this is really crazy. The rare time you see one being auctioned from a low starting price, they tend to go for 300 Euros max. Is there a way to block certain sellers from showing up, when doing searches?

Wim

Arsenall has the very same item for sale on his website:
http://www.arsenal-photo.com/cgi-bin/shop.pl?f=NR&c=013651&t=temartic

R.J.