Another pointless thread
Is it me, or are EBay prices a lot higher than they were before Christmas and UK'Freedom'?
I know they fluctuate through the year but...
Can you give some examples ? I am not seeing any difference in completed-sale prices over the last month.
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A pair of rear footrest adaptors have gone from £25 to £33.
As well as the above, prices that are usualy low at this time of year are higher than they were last summer, 35mm bulk film comes to mind.
It might be the items I'm watching come from China that's the problem, but aren't they supposed to be cheaper now we're a 'free trade country'?
K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.
Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...
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We don't have a trade agreement with China, and there wasn't one when we were in the EU so there should be no change on that front. The EU did sign an Investment Agreement with China last month. Not a full trade deal, but could pave the way for one.
Transport logistics may be playing a part too. Coronavirus is causing problems with shipping items from all over the world, and combined with brexit bottlenecks at UK ports may persist for a number of months yet.
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And of course, if Covid precautions mean that your costs have gone up and output gone down, you might just see whether you can sell at a higher price to compensate.
Steve
Steve
Some people call me 'strange'.
I prefer 'unconventional'.
But I'm willing to compromise and accept 'eccentric'.
Anyone else going to do the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch 29-31 January?
Steve
Oh yes.
Don't have a garden.
The RSPB says it can be done from a balcony or through a window looking onto a green space or courtyard.
Steve
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Anyone else going to do the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch 29-31 January?
Steve
Yes definitely. I actually have been doing this through the year as during the lockdown in March I signed up for the British Trust for Ornithology Garden Birdwatch, being retired, aside from our daily walk and photography, there wasn't a lot we could do. The BTO Garden Birdwatch is the same as the RSPB's but you record the maximum numbers of each bird variety seen in your garden each week. It does make you look more regularly each day and I then photograph anything new that I see.
K1000, Espio 140, ist, istD, K70, K3iii and numerous lenses, just don't tell my wife.
Anyone else going to do the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch 29-31 January?
Steve
Yes definitely. I actually have been doing this through the year as during the lockdown in March I signed up for the British Trust for Ornithology Garden Birdwatch, being retired, aside from our daily walk and photography, there wasn't a lot we could do. The BTO Garden Birdwatch is the same as the RSPB's but you record the maximum numbers of each bird variety seen in your garden each week. It does make you look more regularly each day and I then photograph anything new that I see.
How do you know you aren’t counting the same birds more than once?
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