FS: Nikon D200 with Kit Lens

RogersDA · January 8, 2010

Harold is selling a lot (most, if not all) of his gear due to some recent financial problems. To start he is "auctioning" his D200 with a kit lens.

He is asking $1,200.

Post your name in the asking thread. The winner will be randomly selected by Harold.

The total cost for each person will be = $1,200/Total Bidders. The more people that bid the lower each person's cost will be!!

So, if 100 people bid the cost per person is $12.00. The winner will only have to pay $12.00 for the camera and lens!

Each bidder is required to honor their commitment.

So - help a fellow photographer!

GH41 · January 8, 2010

RogersDA wrote:

Harold is selling a lot (most, if not all) of his gear due to some recent financial problems. To start he is "auctioning" his D200 with a kit lens.

He is asking $1,200.

Post your name in the asking thread. The winner will be randomly selected by Harold.

The total cost for each person will be = $1,200/Total Bidders. The more people that bid the lower each person's cost will be!!

So, if 100 people bid the cost per person is $12.00. The winner will only have to pay $12.00 for the camera and lens!

Each bidder is required to honor their commitment.

So - help a fellow photographer!

You have got to be kidding! First off a D200 w/ what kit lens? The body is maybe worth $500 if mint with low clicks! You don't mention what kit lense. To me it means a $100 lense! You should have said you were raffleing off a $600 dollar camera and selling tickets! This is unreal!!!!!!! Depending on where you are you could serve time for doing this! GHGH

System · January 8, 2010

My BS meter just maxed out. I paid $599 for my D200 brand new from Best Buy last year. I never knew there was a kit lens for that camera. This sounds like a good screwing about to happen...
My momma always said, "If it's too good to be true, then someone is gonna get screwed."

RogersDA · January 8, 2010

Well I am so sorry that I did not obtain YOUR (GH41) approval before posting this.

And I am not the seller.

Perhaps instead of being so negative you could have asked nicely for more information in the linked thread.

Qarik · January 8, 2010

RogersDA wrote:

Well I am so sorry that I did not obtain YOUR (GH41) approval before posting this.

And I am not the seller.

Perhaps instead of being so negative you could have asked nicely for more information in the linked thread.

heh..perhaps the seller could have posted/explained the auction directly as well. Not saying their is any dishonesty going on but "I am posting for a freind" and very unusual auction process and lack of info already has too many alarm bells going off for me to consider if I were looking. just sayin...

angevin1 · January 8, 2010

captain78 wrote:

My BS meter just maxed out. I paid $599 for my D200 brand new from Best Buy last year. I never knew there was a kit lens for that camera. This sounds like a good screwing about to happen...
My momma always said, "If it's too good to be true, then someone is gonna get screwed."

Actually, there were several offerings for kit's with (different) lenses~

And if you follow the link, it looks legit to me at least...but then, I am only one of the few people remaining in the U.S. that believes honesty still exists~ Giving it daily and expecting it back~

What'd be even more cool was if he gave the overage amount to a charity~

Seymore · January 10, 2010

My sniffer's still working, sorta/sometimes
David... did the regulars there not think of how buying/selling works in the 21cnt? Do you really think that I would give up $2 in a raffle to a person I have no clue about for a camera that may or may not work... and I could go on. Just saying...

Please give serious re-consideration before passing around things like this... and especially on the WEB, they are ill-advised. You know the old saying... if it smells like dung and it looks like dung...

sparkeyjames · January 10, 2010

This is more like a raffle plus pay the difference up to my price if not enough
people buy into it. Not the way to sell a camera IMHO.

System · January 10, 2010

sparkeyjames wrote:

This is more like a raffle plus pay the difference up to my price if not enough
people buy into it. Not the way to sell a camera IMHO.

Not the way to buy a camera either...
If the seller doesn't get enough people to "bid" on his camera to come up with the $1200, the rest of the poor slobs that bid have to pick up the remainder of the cost. This could end up costing someone $1200 for a $600 camera with some sort of unknown lens.

EDIT:I just went to the site and they have closed the thread. Wonder why?

glockman99 · January 10, 2010

Please don't try to turn this into another auction site...We (I) don't need another eBay.

alexf · January 10, 2010

Can you spell rip-off?

Nikonic1 · January 10, 2010

This thread is awesome. :ivar:ivar:ivar

DoctorIt · January 11, 2010

Boy, that was exciting, eh?

Folks, I just want to point out that David is a regular poster here, and while I'm glad you all did a mature and respectable job policing this type of sale, let's remember that it was not David himself. Let's give him the benefit of the doubt in that he didn't read his "friends" auction so closely, and move along. As someone has pointed out, the other site has closed down that thread.

thanks,

scotty2 · February 7, 2010

captain78 wrote:

My BS meter just maxed out. I paid $599 for my D200 brand new from Best Buy last year. I never knew there was a kit lens for that camera. This sounds like a good screwing about to happen...
My momma always said, "If it's too good to be true, then someone is gonna get screwed."

I am wanting to get a d200 ... d300 seems to be about double the $600 price.
Was $600 some sort of super / super special ?
Folks who work there say they can't buy at that price.

thank you,
scott

FS: Nikon D200 with Kit Lens

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