Help - reasonable price for a Canonet QL17 GIII?

[titantoadd]

New to rangefinder and was offered a functional Canonet QL17 GIII for USD100.

It looks pretty clean in and out and all levels, dials, buttons, light functioned as they should.

Is that reasonable price to pay?

Thanks 😛

 

[Sonnar Brian]

That is a little on the high side, unless it has had a professional CLA lately. Several Canonet's with its dedicated Flash have sold for $75 and under here at RFF. These units were typically cleaned and had the seals replaced by the sellers (me included).

 

[titantoadd]

Brian,

Thanks for the tip.

I'm located in Malaysia, and the offer I got was from a local. He did mentioned that it was serviced by himself. My problem is that buying from the US would incur feight cost between USD15-25 from the States to here, which I guess would bring the price to around USD80-90.

Thanks

 

[Jon Goodman]

I will have one to sell as soon as I swap better lens elements into it. Shipping via Air Mail Parcel Post to Malaysia usually costs me about $16 for a 2 pound package. I think $100 is a little expensive. The last one I sold traveled to Japan, and I sold it for $65. It was a pretty nice one, too.
Jon

 

[Kim Coxon]

Hi,
If you know this guy and trust him, it would be worth paying a little more for a camera you "know" is good. If you don't know him, it would still be a good buy if he can offer a waranty that the camera is good. Why not try to get it for a deposit to test it for a day or so and pay the balance when you are happy. As you may have seen from the number of threads on the subject, there are far more faulty Canonets on the market than good ones!

Kim

Brian,

Thanks for the tip.

I'm located in Malaysia, and the offer I got was from a local. He did mentioned that it was serviced by himself. My problem is that buying from the US would incur feight cost between USD15-25 from the States to here, which I guess would bring the price to around USD80-90.

Thanks