steamer
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The other night while drinking sweet potato liquor (shochu) it seemed real important to know what the reserve on this item was:
http://photography.search.ebay.com/...QfrppZ25QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsacatZ625QQsassZekc
Nobody has bid on this item since then. I need this camera set up like a hole in the head, if some kindly e-boy bidder doesn't snake me at the last moment as almost always happens, it will be mine. I am curious if this set is actually worth a grand.
If anyone knows please tell me.
Steve
http://photography.search.ebay.com/...QfrppZ25QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsacatZ625QQsassZekc
Nobody has bid on this item since then. I need this camera set up like a hole in the head, if some kindly e-boy bidder doesn't snake me at the last moment as almost always happens, it will be mine. I am curious if this set is actually worth a grand.
If anyone knows please tell me.
Steve
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dexdog
Veteran
not being a nikonian, like some RFF folks (brian sweeney, among others), I think that this looks like a decent buy at $1K.
dadsm3
Well-known
Sweet potato liquor...is that like vodka, but orange?
FrankS
Registered User
I was wondering too! 
jaapv
RFF Sponsoring Member.
My kind of fool..... But do you have space in your cupboard for all this?
steamer
Well-known
No room in the dry box and it's been raining so much my shoes are growing mold. As for the shochu, the kind I was drinking is about 50 proof, is made from Thai rice and southern Japanese white sweet potatoes. It looks like Vodka but there is a subtle earthy taste of sweet potatoes. It is dangerous stuff because it goes down easy but it doesn't mix well with on-line auctions.
butch
Established
I'm no expert on Nikon rangefinders but I think it is a good deal. For verification go to Sandy Ritz's classic and colectable cameras or Pacific Rim. Pick out comperables and maybe deduct 60% for what a dealer used to pay. With the decline of film that may or may not work in today's market The variable VF alone usually fetches over $130.00.
NIKON KIU
Did you say Nippon Kogaku
Nikon S with lens $400-$500
3.5cm 2.5 $200-$300
13.5cm f3.5 $75-$150
other goodies(finder,cases,filters...) $100-$200
TO OWN A NIKON RF COLLECTION WITH THE ORIGINAL BILL OF SALE:
PRICE-LESS
KIU
3.5cm 2.5 $200-$300
13.5cm f3.5 $75-$150
other goodies(finder,cases,filters...) $100-$200
TO OWN A NIKON RF COLLECTION WITH THE ORIGINAL BILL OF SALE:
PRICE-LESS
KIU
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Nikon Bob
Guest
It still has a day to go so hang onto your hat and see what it finishes at. It should be interesting at the very least.
steamer
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Thanks Comrades for your replies. I had a feeling the set was worth about 800 to 1000. I find some solace in the fact that never in the 400 year history of e-boy
has an auction finished without a bid being made in the last 12 seconds.
Of course owning a set like that is not exactly a fate worse than death, it's just that I am not a collector and owning the original bill of sale doesn't mean much to a Phillistine like me. One more day--
has an auction finished without a bid being made in the last 12 seconds.
Of course owning a set like that is not exactly a fate worse than death, it's just that I am not a collector and owning the original bill of sale doesn't mean much to a Phillistine like me. One more day--
kully
Happy Snapper
I know exactly how you feel, I bid, drunk, four days before the end of the auction. My credit card cried until about the 12s before the auction you mention and I was over-joyed.
Good-luck!
Good-luck!
steamer
Well-known
Well I'm off to bed, 10 and a half hours until the moment of truth, still no one has made a move. It will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow,
Steve
Steve
NIKON KIU
Did you say Nippon Kogaku
I have a feeling its yours!
Kiu
Kiu
steamer
Well-known
A fool and his money ...
A fool and his money ...
Kiu you are psychic, I have now paid a grand for 600-800 bucks worth of camera gear, :bang: nothing left to do but enjoy it,
Steve
A fool and his money ...
NIKON KIU said:
Kiu you are psychic, I have now paid a grand for 600-800 bucks worth of camera gear, :bang: nothing left to do but enjoy it,
Steve
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butch
Established
Want some or all of your money back?
steamer
Well-known
Yo Butch
As the parking lot crack sellers of my twisted youth used to say watchuwant?
As the parking lot crack sellers of my twisted youth used to say watchuwant?
oftheherd
Veteran
steamer said:
Anything like Korean SoJu? That used to go well at the po-jang-maja, with oysters on the half shell when I was last in Korea.
Congrats on your purchase. I think.
steamer
Well-known
Yes I think shochu is a direct decendant of soju, they say it won't give you a hangover but I know today that's a lie (ouch). I'm kinda glad now that I bought the Nikon set up, but I probably wouldn't have bid that much if it wasn't for the noble sweet potato. Photo shows the site of last night's potato fest.
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steamer
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Nobody's fool
Nobody's fool
Well the S-kit showed up today. After all that whining and sniveling it was love at first sight. The glass looks like it should be in a museum. The S body looks great too and seems to be in fine mechanical shape. It felt like Xmas unwrapping all that good stuff. This kit is a keeper, so from now I'm a member of the Nikon cult and all's well that ends well. If it doesn't rain tomorrow I will take it out and put it through its paces.
Steve
Nobody's fool
Well the S-kit showed up today. After all that whining and sniveling it was love at first sight. The glass looks like it should be in a museum. The S body looks great too and seems to be in fine mechanical shape. It felt like Xmas unwrapping all that good stuff. This kit is a keeper, so from now I'm a member of the Nikon cult and all's well that ends well. If it doesn't rain tomorrow I will take it out and put it through its paces.
Steve