OT, is it easier to sell a body with a lens

[Vickko]

OT, is it easier to sell a body with a lens, rather than just a body?

I'm trying to sell an Olympus OM4TI. No interest, even though I think I'm reasonably priced. I suppose it isn't in the cosmetic range to be a collector piece.

So, if it is to go to a user market, is it better to mate it with a lens?

Yes, I would bump the price up to include the lens.

 

[jsrockit]

I always seperate the body from the lens. It allows you to have more potential buyers. Someone may want one or the other, but not both.

 

[dogberryjr]

It can make for a quick sale if you are discounting the set price a good amount. More of a shelf-clearing option than pulling in top dollar, I think.

 

[tunalegs]

Often times a lens can sell the body.

There are a lot of film newbies, and system newbies, and for them having to search for a lens to go with a body is just an inconvenience worth avoiding. Sometimes just sticking on a crappy third party lens is good idea.

 

[sparrow6224]

generally you'll get less for a body + lens than you would for a body and lens separately. I know that I rarely am in the market for both and I find it annoying if I have to pay even a little more than I might have because a lens is attached to the body I want; or a lot more if the body is attached to the lens I want.

Have you checked recent completed sales of OM4Ti 's on eBay? Accounting for conditions and such, you will not get on RFF the higher end of what you get on eBay. The RFF buyers are very selective. A quick check shows that black body OM4Ti are selling on eBay for a brad range of prices: $1000+ for new in box, $400+ for special condition/lenses included, and anywhere from $135 to $235 for the regular used good looking black bodies. With those prices I don't think you'd get more than $150 on RFF.

 

[Vickko]

Yeah, thanks all. All good points. I've set my ebay price to $149, auction 271257317283 if you're interested.

I am thinking of adding a 50/1.8 Zuiko.

 

[Andrea Taurisano]

It certainly depends on what buyer and what body. I have now only a M6 and a Ricoh GR1 but am thinking (for the pure sake of nostalgia) of getting a fully mechanical SLR like the Pentax MX I started photographing with, in which case I'd surely go for a body with a standard lens on and that's it. But if I was to buy a back-up Leica, it'd surely be a body only.

 

[CVickery]

Interesting question since I'm selling my M2 with a Collapsible Summicron as a kit right now on FM...only response I've had so far is for the body only.

 

[Murchu]

Not sure about selling, but it is certainly easier to buy what I am looking for when the seller has not bundled them with something I do not need, and is refusing to split them 🙂

 

[sevo]

Easier, yes, as you'll address people buying the first camera of a type and casual buyers as well as collectors and heavy users. But unless the combination is the fashion of the day, you'll have to discount it considerably, compared to selling each part individually.

 

[Godfrey]

I've often bought a camera body and lens because I was looking for a particular lens, and the combined price is usually mostly what the lens is worth. Bodies go for much less.

Matter of fact, the price I paid for the five lens, two body Leicaflex SL kit I acquired recently basically says I paid low fair market value on average for the lenses and got both bodies for nothing.

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[kxl]

Not sure if you can do thise via ebay, but here at rff, the best option would be to:

1) Sell body and len separately

AND

2) Offer a discount to anyone who buys both.

 

[swoop]

I'd separate them. I'm currently buying into a medium format system and trying to do it piecemeal. I can find the cash for a body here, a lens there, etc. It just makes it more affordable. The prices for the kits are $1200-$2000. I'm not comfortable spending all that at once, so buying the pieces and building it over time is easier.

 

[jsrockit]

2) Offer a discount to anyone who buys both.

I've never understood this or the whole, "can I get a discount because I'm paying cash?"

I can understand giving a break on shipping fees if they buy both.

 

[tempest68]

I'm on the fence about my R3M and heliar 50mm f2, the "250 Jahre" set. Not sure with something like this that was originally a set would bring in more money sold as a set or if sold individually would bring a higher amount. In this case this particular lens was never sold individually new. But sometimes the lens gets separated from the body if the owner doesn't really care about having a complete set and sells either the lens or the body and keeps the other.

 

[robbeiflex]

I think in your case, with an OM4TI, someone who is interested in the camera body is probably already well into the OM system, knows what they are looking for, and already has at least a standard lens but likely more. Probably not so the case for an OM2 or OM10 buyer. Just my take, but I think those who are thinking of getting into / or back to film and / or Olympus kit will experiment with a cheapo, and those who are in with both feet will be willing to spend more on a specific item, e.g body.