Profits from Purchases?

No John, the best advice for the web is "dont believe everything you read"

Actually that goes for anything

I saw that. I already have a pentax-A 50/1.2 so I left it.

I put in a few silly low bids in the hope of being lucky but didn't win anything. The K2 was a very good bargain given it was a black model. I would have liked the M120... Oh well. Never mind...

K.

Goodness me, it has been a while I participated here and what a surprise suddenly out of the blue reading the thread I notice my name and that's when suddenly it dawned to me that jimmoore most probably was refering to me.

This is really silly, quite honestly besides the grief and arguments I had to deal with when that episode happened with the Samsung 12-24mm lenses, I stashed a lot of money in them and ended up making about £20 profit on each lens this still haunts me. Gosh there seems to be quite a few unhappy people who just cannot let it go. When I did it I honestly did out of the sense of community I felt here and still feel in fact, hence the reason I still lurk around. I do have very strong bonds here, more than in any other forums even though I have stopped using Pentax more than a year ago.

I was in a position to get a good deal and benefit some fellow members during that episode and I happily did it. I have done similar things for other forum members here also like helping them close a good deal, or driving around London and checking a lens for them and purchasing with my own cash and then posting it to them and all that just out of my good will and because I consider members here as a friendly bunch and deal with me as part of a close community. But heck comments like those just blow it all up.

Even if someone makes money out of a good deal I don't see where is the problem with it. Are we going to tell Chris not to buy things in bulk and sell us at a profit?

By the way George and TonyM thanks for your kind words, its very much appreciated. This is the reason why although not a pentaxian anymore I still lurk here, there is a nice sense of community here even though once in a while an episode like this crops up that leaves a bitter taste in my mouth

Way to go Amin - nice to hear you are about and well................


Tony

Thanks Tony, I always lurk around . Its a nice place to be

I've given stuff away in the past.
I'm wondering if the forum has changed so much that giving stuff away might yield animosity from people trying to sell...
Seriously.

The great thing about this community in the past has been people helping each other out.
So when gear changes hands, sometimes it benefits some more than others, a little profit or a freebee every now and then is all good.

The important thing here is knowing you can trust the buyer and the seller.
That is what makes a small community a pleasure to deal with over something like online classifieds or evilbay.

Just a couple of people can spoil the atmosphere for a while, but it doesn't change the basic nature of the forum and its community.

We can do something with a clear conscience and a good heart, but somebody somewhere may decide to see something wrong with it, for whatever reason doesn't really matter.

It is disturbing but it passes and the good heart remains in things, so don't lose faith Don!

I would like to add my story.

A couple of years ago I was checking the Jessops website and saw that the (only) Sigma 500mm they had was on sale for half price. I bought it and was contacted by another member who asked how much I wanted for it.

Because it was on the (Pentax User) site and it was a quick sale I offered it for a few hundred more than I bought it for but for significantly less than it was worth. We were both satified with the deal.

I did buy this lens purely to sell it, and didn't advertise it on the website (simply because I didn't want to cause animosity) but it would appear some of the members here think my behaviour is wrong.

I buy and sell things as one of my income streams. Usually I make money, sometimes I don't, but as long as people are honest about what they are doing, what is the problem.

(And just to add Amin, glad to see you finally recovered from the stress of the Heathrow deal)

So, Amin, we're all (well, most) of us waiting for another good deal. Any chance you could pop down to Heathrow and come back with a shed-load of K5s for about £700.00 apiece?

We'll grudgingly allow you to make 30 bob on the deal.

G

Are we getting into an amateur v pro, gentlemen v players type of controversy on this thread? I am sure that if a large commercial organisation stared advertising on the classified forum the moderators would step in smartly and insist on proper commercial advertising rates being paid.

I think most of us find it very useful to have an inexpensive way of disposing of our surplus items, usually to fund new and better gear. I certainly do not make a profit but I was happy to sell my old K-7 for more than the going part exchange rate when I traded up to a K-5. My buyer was happy with the deal and was kind enough to PM me to say so.

It is a free market and I think we can leave it to the moderators to deal with any abuses.

I did end up with a stash of G20s a couple of months after the 12-24mm deal through a different contact of mine and might I say a better and more honest one with whom it was a pleasure to deal with, but I sold it by word of mouth amongst acquaintances and friends. Didn't want to risk raising another havoc in the forum and then dealing with silly comments such as some that we can see even on this thread.
I have given away things for free at times, others I have made profit and on a rare occasion made even a killing like in the case of my DA* lenses and the Pentax 1.7x TC and I honestly do not see where is the problem with this. As long as deals are conducted with honesty and seller and buyer are aware of what they are getting involved in why should it raise eyebrows with other members?

If the seller and buyer are happy with the transaction I can't see what the problem is.

Most have probably bought from SRS, why because we can see a good deal and a trail of happy customers. No one would suggest Chris shouldn't make a bit for his trouble.

I know I'd rather buy from people here, where you can see a trail of other satisfied customers and all the regulars are honest about the items they are selling. If they are making a bit, good on them, I'm benefiting from them selling the item to me at a price I am happy with! I think I have always paid the asking price for things I have bought and have always been happy with the transaction.

All in all it's a great place to get kit and that is all down to the people selling it here!

I think this thread is a bit silly, if you'll forgive me saying.

Look at it this way, if someone can buy something at a price that (s)he and the seller are happy with, and then sell it to someone else at a price they are both happy with, and consequently have a few quid to put towards a bit more Pentax gear, what on earth is the problem?

I hereby give my blessing to anyone that sells-on anything they've bought from me, and makes any amount of profit from it.

My sense of community gives me pleasure that they've been able to benefit in that way.

I couldn't have put it better ChrisA. This is precisely what I was trying to imply . Glad some of you see it this way too.
Yup I agree, silly thread