Look what $60 bought me!

I was once offered two excellent lenses by a widow after her husband passed away. She had no clue at all about the value, and she trusted me 100%. I insisted that she pick a camera store owner in town and that she ask him [in front of me] for fair market value. I then paid what she asked me to pay.
 
memphis said:
she would have gotten about the same at a pawn shop --- but she was definitely screwed on the deal.
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Not around here. Pawn shops won't take film cameras anymore. If it ain't a digi it ain't worth nothing. I bet she took it to the pawn shop first and they told her they wouldn't take it so she tried the camera store to feed her crack habit. It's probably hot.
 
You are a thief!!!!!

You took advantage of someone asking for honest advise and you played the thief...
 
I go to Wolf Camera to buy my expired film. I get great deals. Deals like Kodak HIE for $2.49 a roll. TMax for $1.49. My point is this. If his Wolf Camera is like the ones I frequent here in N.C. they don't give a damn about someone coming in with a old film camera. Wolf Camera stores around here are so uppity they don't carry used gear. They are interested in selling you one thing. A nice new digital camera. I'm sure his boss wouldn't have cared less that he bought the camera for his self. MOF I would be willing to bet his boss don't even know what an F2 is. My big question is this....Do you always leave your money in your car?
 
Holy crap, this scares me. How many guy's wives know how much their husband's minty M3's and summicron's are really worth? Not many I bet...
And if they take it to my camera shop after I unexpectedley kick the bucket some members here think it's morally acceptable (and even laudable) for the owner to lowball them rather than offer a fair price, or to ebay it for them for even a 20-30% commission?
Wow, I was going to suggest my wife sell my stuff here since I assumed there was a higher ethical standard.
Maybe ripping widows is OK in some parts of the world, but it sure as hell isn't here in Ontario.
Very disappointed in some members responses.
 
Geez, will you guys get off your high horses already?!!

So the kid barely gypped the crackhead old lady in a semi-lukewarm deal.

If this is the worst thing you ever heard of consider yourselves lucky.
 
I have not read the full thread here, so someone may have menioned this already....I love the old story (read -urban myth) about the woman who advertises a top of the range Mercedes / BMW / Lexus (you name your choice of car) for a grand. When someone queries why so cheap, the answer is that it belonged to her husband who had ran off with his secretary. He had asked her to sell the car on his behalf and send him the money. Someone picks up a bargain and the husband gets $1000 credited to his bank account in exchange for a very valuable car. Not very likely I know but a good story. Hmmmm, maybe this lady selling the camera gear.............
 
about the widow idea:
the moral of the thing is, you should marry a photographer (or a camera collector).
 
dadsm3 said:
Holy crap, this scares me. How many guy's wives know how much their husband's minty M3's and summicron's are really worth? Not many I bet...
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In my case it would be ok, it would fall more in line with what I claimed to have paid for it to keep out of trouble :) If she found out its true value she'd dig me up just to kick my rear.
 
Actually, the Uniform Commercial Code is not a set of federal laws, it is a model code containing various provisions that have been adopted by most of the states.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Commercial_Code

So, to the extent that UCC provisions have been adopted by the state that you're in, it most assuredly does have an effect on the modern marketplace.

bmattock said:
Utter nonsense. The UCC is a set of federal laws promulgated to achieve uniformity between commercial laws of the various states and possessions of the United States. It is applied under the "Commerce Clause" of the Constitution, and has no effect on businesses that do not do business across state lines, or on individuals. It is most assuredly NOT how the modern marketplace works.
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This is sad. it's one thing to get ripped off on the bay, but we should all hold to a higher standard here. To get back to the original thread. What was this kid thinking by posting his prize here? Did he think we'd all slap him on the back and say "great ripoff kid!" Anyway, I hope he's just a kid, because that's his only excuse, that he will learn honesty in time! By the way, it doesn't look like he has chimed in to defend his actions. That should say something.
 
Well, as I pointed out earlier. If this had been an e-bay transaction, or a street transaction, or most other kinds of transaction, than I wouldn't have a problem with it. The woman selling the camera did not go into a Wallgreens or a Starbucks to find out what she could sell it for, she went to a photo/camera store. She went to someone she thought would give her an accurate price. Camera stores often offer 1/3 or so of what they resell an item for, so does anyone here think that any camera store would resell that kit for $180! Would KEH offer her $60 for it? The kid knew he was ripping her off, and that's where the ethics comes into play.
 
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