That's right. I've made no secret of the fact that I'm hoping to resell them at a profit.

As it happens, if I hadn't, I wouldn't have been able to afford to get one for my dad, who wouldn't have been able to afford the original Amazon price, let alone the normal full price. I'd been hoping to keep one for myself, but circumstances dictate that now I can't.

I'm not sure it's appropriate to dress up thinly veiled accusations of profiteering as an 'offer'. However, I'm afraid that I do need to make close to my asking price on these lenses.

Wasn't someone here selling one the other day?

Gwyn has both, I believe.

I had a 18-135, but no longer (didn't like the edge performance). I still have a 17-70, which I'll probably keep.

The 18-135 is extremely fast and quiet to AF (by Pentax standards anyway). The fastest and quietest I've had.

In this case, it's a DA 35mm

However, more generally, I guess up to a couple of kg, and a few hundred pounds.

Thanks for your kind words folks

Now that the Jessops deal seems to have disappeared, I just thought I'd give the thread a quick bump

Could anyone suggest the best ways of shipping lenses outside the UK?

Equivalent to RMSD within the UK, is what I have in mind.

Specifically to Germany, in this case, but it may be relevant to other countries too.

Many thanks.

Ok, here's a picture of the two DA35s, just to prove that I own them:

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The lens caps haven't come off yet - I want to keep them as pristine as I can. The buyer can choose between the following options:

- I'll ship the lens 'untouched' (ie, not tried, lens caps remain on) or
- I'll put the lens on the camera, and take a couple of shots, just to make sure that it's undamaged, the AF works, and it's optically as I'd expect.

I'm in discussion with one potential buyer so far.

I don't know. You may have made a mistake. Yet you're big enough to learn from it, and even admit it, in order to stop others from making the same mistake.

In my book, that doesn't make you silly, it makes you a Good Bloke, pensioner or not.

Just out of interest, why?

I'm not surprised - they need to have a stock clearout since they had no sales at the usual price of £250