eBay Mystery
I have sold all my Canon lenses but the 100 macro. I sold them on eBay. I had setup a spreadsheet with my expected prices, based on an average of recently completed transaction on the same items.
Having bought the most expensive ones new, I expected a moderate loss. I made a profit!
Here is a table of what happened:
| Item | eBay Average | Winning Bid |
Final/Expected as % |
| Canon EF 28/2.8 | 120€ | 125€ | 103% |
| Canon EF 50/1.8 | 72€ | 78€ | 108% |
| Canon EF 1.4x Converter | 187€ | 245€ | 131% |
| Canon 45/2.8 TS-E | 680€ | 785€ | 115% |
| Canon 24/3.5 L TS-E | 723€ | 976€ | 135% |
| Sigma 12-24 | 333€ | 418€ | 126% |
The big ones sold for more than I paid for them new! I mean, if I just bought again the same stuff new, I’d still be left with some change (after the currency exchange loss, eBay and PayPal fees and shipping).
Must be an effect of the current Dollar/Euro exchange rate.
This is great, anyway. It leaves me with the freedom to do much better than I expected. so I went through some painful weeks of thinking about what would be best. I am about to decide 
Stephane :: Mar.05.2008 :: Gear, Lens, Sales :: No Comments »
