I have an imitation Gorillapod bought on ebay for a fraction of the price but I think it works just like the real one. I have to say that I have never found it very useful as I never seem to find anywhere suitable to position it safely. At that sort of money I would look for a lightweight travel tripod. I picked one up in the USA for $20 and provided I am very careful, it does the job.

Mike - you know more about this than I do, so I stand corrected!

Yes I suspect that you might be right as sharing both your account number and name could be a problem if the person involved had evil intent - so if I decide to sell my lens, I shall probably stipulate Paypal or cheque.

It has taken a bit of time to join this forum although I have been a member of the other one for some years. My first Pentax was a P50 in the 80's which I sold when autofocus was introduced. Since then I have had a variety of cameras both film and digital and my first foray into that was with a 3MP Pentax Optio which cost an arm and a leg back in 2001. In retirement I thought I would take photography more seriously and invested in a Ricoh GX100 but soon found that I needed a DSLR to compete at Camera Club level. My first DSLR was a much loved K200D which I then traded for a K7 which was not so loved. I am back on track with a K5 and am currently very taken with the Ltd series of lenses I have the 21mm, 35 and 70 and am trying to resist trading in my Sigma 10-20 against a 15mm Ltd. I love the small form factor and the handling as well as the IQ of these lenses, but I intend to retain my sigma 17-70 and pentax 55-300. I also have the two WR kit lenses.

Many thanks for reply.A choice might well be the answer, although my gut feeling is that Paypal could well be the simplest way. I will now give some thought as to whether I go ahead with selling the lens in question!

Thanks Mike - I had forgotten that and I guess that wariness cuts both ways. I am fortunate in having a solid ebay record but as you say I would start afresh here. Many thanks

Miles

Thanks very much for that - I never thought of that as I have never used it but that has to be the answer I guess.

I am new to the forum ( although I have been a contributor to a pentax forum in another place for some years). I am toying with the idea of possibly selling a lens to finance another and selling via this forum has the advantage on not incurring ebay fees. I was wondering how payments are handled. In person is of course OK if buyer and seller are not at opposite ends of the country. Paypal is I believe possible provided both buyer and seller have accounts. Otherwise one falls back on cheques which means working on trust if there is to be prompt despatch of the goods. I guess it must work pretty well as I have seen no complaints posted!
Any enlightenment would be much appreciated

miles