The problem is assembling it. I'm not confident in opening up the camera...
And I wont pay for a professional repair, its not worth it.

I never said they were idiots.
I also am a buyer, and I'm put off by very long small print and wacky changes of color font size. I think it is made to distract you.
If the amounts are not declared then you shouldn't be charged. If they are sneakily disguised then its bad, but no reason for ebay to make a profit out of it without solving a problem.

I not on an anti-ebay rant, they provide a great service, but it is far from perfect or fair. Its not suppose to be that.

That rule seems completely idiotic. Whos to say why I chose a certain starting bid?
They only do that to get more money.
I never think about they price of an item, I always think price+postage. If postage is ridiculously high, then it might not be such a great deal.
Its a no brainer...
The only thing you must account for is either enforce the display of postage prices or remove obligation of payment if those are not displayed.

I checked the better looking MX and it too has this line through it. It is very faint though and hardly noticeable. I also checked the third MX, the one that's a bit battered (its got a dent on the prism and I can only see a small line in the bottom (see first image), could it be the beginning of a crack?
Did I manage to get 3 MXs, all with the same problem...

Thanks for the replys. I was unaware of this.

One can put a bit more on the starting price. It all comes together in the fact that we have a minimum price we would like to get for the item.

For the case of the sigma I got the minimum price...
For the other lens, I thought 0.99 would atract people, but no... Sold for 0.99... I wasn't expecting much, but come on...

Anyway such is life on ebay.

I now have the Tokina SD on there. Lets see how it goes.

I think you'll find loads of these on ebay...
Were it the 80-200mm F2.8 and you could get a nice price, but these are inexpensive, although your copy seems in vgood condition so might get a bit more.

Hi.
This isn't the best place to do it, but a search on ebay only returned "paypal settlement fees".
Since people have experience with ebay, could you tell me if I have to state that the buyer pays paypal fees?
Two of my listings just ended (for the base price... yupi-do) and neither buyer paid fees.
What a great start... Barely worth the hassle...

It certainly was not dropped by me. It has no dings or scratches to speak of. It doe shave some brassing, like its been rubbed against something metallic (clearly someone forgot to use the case...)

This is losing value fast...
I'm considering keeping this body to myself and work on the prettier one to sell.

Sorry these were the best I could do:







Any ideas?

i would also use magnets if you have them, they are very handy to keep every bit and piece where you can see them. If you have a magnetic screwdriver that very usefull as well.
I'd say I enjoy this dismantling of things, ever since in childhood I opened up almost all my motorized toys. But I too jittery (is that correct), so even with tweezers its hard for me to handle those small parts.

I've gone so far as to do some work inside a light box, so that any parts flying of (there is a ~ 1x4mm spring in there) are trapped. I've been burnt before...