Canon LTM Why can't my sales end like this!

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Occasionally, you have the right camera with the right picture with the right description and you wind up with a bidding frenzy that makes NO sense. But, you take the money any way :)

I once auctioned a Konica S3 and got $404 for it and then got $278 for a Konica S1.6. The prices were out of line, but the buyers were and still are happy.
 
That is a really good price for a QL17-GIII :D If it was one of the rare "Made in Japan" I could follow the decision to bid so much but here... Lucky seller. Never saw a silver Taiwan model going for this money.
 
I sold a BUTT UGLY - Engraved- Black Canonet QL17 that I picked up in a Antique Mall for $20 for over $200.

If it had been professionally CLA'd, I could see it. New seals... I paid $9 for a seal kit... made my own before that...

That seller looks legit, had a lot of transactions recently so I doubt the ID was stolen. I think he is good at replacing seals and writeing great Descriptions! Anybody remember the Twilight Zone Episode where Ed Wynn (?) cheats Death by selling him all sorts of Stuff?
 
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NOW THIS IS FUNNY!!! THIS GUY IS GREAT!

And what does this seller do with his profit???

Another One!!

I always got a Premium for my Stuff on EBay because I tested it and posted Photo's taken with the camera (or lens) for sell. I have taken a few risks from "I can't see any reason why this camera will not work" type sellers. This guy is getting a premium because you know it is going to work and he offers a money back guarantee.
 
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On the first auction, take a look at the bid history. Looks like two eBay noobs got into a bidding war. As a seller, I'd love these guys. As a buyer... not so much. :)
 
Brian Sweeney said:
I sold a BUTT UGLY - Engraved- Black Canonet QL17 that I picked up in a Antique Mall for $20 for over $200.

If it had been professionally CLA'd, I could see it. New seals... I paid $9 for a seal kit... made my own before that...

That seller looks legit, had a lot of transactions recently so I doubt the ID was stolen. I think he is good at replacing seals and writeing great Descriptions! Anybody remember the Twilight Zone Episode where Ed Wynn (?) cheats Death by selling him all sorts of Stuff?
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The seller is legit. I bought my QL from him. I meant the buyer may have been goofing around. The other bidder had zero feedback.
 
That auction looked funny with such a high starting bid, then
a bidder with 0 feedback bid it up about 6 times...odd..
Looks like he buys them right and sells them once CLA'd.
Nothing wrong with that. All of my rangefinder cameras
I find and rescue I sell cheap to the good folks here.
Rob
 
I am glad that people appreciate the Canonet and are willing to spend this kind of money on it. These cameras will get used, not sit in a collection. So much for the demise of film.
 
Well my last bargain was the Rolleiflex I got, it went to Ebay,
my last Canonet and Konica Auto S2 went to live with Brian..
No other deals on the horizon...
Still looking locally for a Voigtlander Perkeo camera or two...
 
while you're out & about, mind keeping an eye open for a small, simple cds hand meter?
i don't mind the need for a battery in exchange for something easier to use in low light.
and i have to admit, you seem a wonder at finding stuff at good prices.
only if convenient...

joe
 
For some reason, I rarely find CDS meters and if I do they
use the mercury cells...I did find a Sekonic Selinium style
that is accurate that I use. I recently saw another Pilot 2
cheap also...I assume you have been using the one I
sent you but need one for low light conditions now?
Rob
 
rob,
i now have 3 pilots.

but have been thinking, because it's winter and i spend waaaay more time indoors, that a meter for lower light might be better.

joe
 
>my last Canonet and Konica Auto S2 went to live with Brian..

and I wish to add that I LOVE the S2!
 
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