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Question on pricing for Nikon F4 body
Hello all. I'm in the market for a Nikon F4 (or F4s) body and one is available locally. They're asking $650 for this F4s; looks and feels in great shape, has had an overhaul recently, and has no blemishes to talk about. It is, however a 21xxxxxx serial number, so is among the oldest produced. I've noticed the prices for F4s bodies in eBay going down a little in the past few months. The store said the price is not firm and we can work something out. Now, the prices on eBay have been bracketed between $400 and $635. For a good shape, but low serial number F4s, do you think I should try to get them down to around $450 - $550 in price? I want a good deal, but I also want them to meet me on the deal. They know the bottom price they're willing to take, I don't. Much appreciated!! Chris |
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"Chris Eller" wrote in message ... Hello all. I'm in the market for a Nikon F4 (or F4s) body and one is available locally. They're asking $650 for this F4s; looks and feels in great shape, has had an overhaul recently, and has no blemishes to talk about. It is, however a 21xxxxxx serial number, so is among the oldest produced. I've noticed the prices for F4s bodies in eBay going down a little in the past few months. The store said the price is not firm and we can work something out. Now, the prices on eBay have been bracketed between $400 and $635. For a good shape, but low serial number F4s, do you think I should try to get them down to around $450 - $550 in price? I want a good deal, but I also want them to meet me on the deal. They know the bottom price they're willing to take, I don't. Much appreciated!! Chris Chris, When I am negotiating with a dealer who expects a hefty profit for something like this, I start with an offer, perhaps a lowball one, such as $450, explaining that such cameras have sold for that amount. Then, if not accepted, encourage a counter-offer. You'll have a better idea of what they will accept. Even if you have to counter their offer, you'll get a good idea of what they will finally take. Usually, they will be reasonable, figuring that some profit is better than no profit. If they don't move significantly from their first price, I go elsewhere. After all, they likely got it for much, much less. I don't begrudge them a profit, but I see many dealers buying used goods for half of what they try to sell it for. Ken |
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In article , Ken Rosenbaum wrote:
much, much less. I don't begrudge them a profit, but I see many dealers buying used goods for half of what they try to sell it for. It depends. Some dealers buy cameras and stick for sale signs on them without even looking at them. Others (usually repair shops) check out the cameras before they put them up for sale. In any case they are willing to provide a warranty, which IMHO may be worth half the price of the camera. When I lived in the U.S. (up unitl 1996) I bought my cameras from a store that paid half of what they sold cameras for. In exchange, they checked out every used camera they bought and CLA'd many of them, provided a one week (as long as it was not damaged) return policy ("I don't like it" was good enough), and a six month warranty. AFIK you don't get that kind of service from EBay. I am not interested in buying cameras for a collection, I'm interested in buying cameras to be used. So for me a warranty, especialy on a 15 year old camera (which just about describes the F4) or even older cameras such as the FM/FM2/FE/FE2/FA (the FM2n could be older or newer) is esssential. What makes me laugh is the dealers that sell on Ebay with a minimum bid well over the going price for a camera. I assume that in the heat of the moment at a camera show, they tell a prospective buyer, "I sell these for $xxx on Ebay". Not lying, but how many do they actually sell? Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson 972-54-608-069 Icq/AIM Uin: 2661079 MSN IM: (Not for email) |
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