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Second-hand Fujifilm shortage on ebay & prices going up?

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OP Tak K New Member • Posts: 22
Re: Second-hand Fujifilm shortage on ebay & prices going up?
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Jeff Biscuits wrote:

I’ve been buying and selling a lot over the past 18 months and yes, prices have gone up a bit. All the X100 models seem to often fetch around £100 more than they did a year ago, but that’s certainly not always the case. In the last week or so I’ve seen at least two original X100s go for just over £200. My belief is that the shortage of new X100Vs has buoyed used prices and that’s trickled down through the older versions. But, to be fair, other X System models have been attracting higher prices too.

But you do have to bear a few things in mind with eBay. Firstly, asking prices aren’t selling prices: lots of people aim for crazy money and fail to sell. Secondly, you can absolutely still get a bargain if you’re canny—but you have to put the effort in. But thirdly, despite what you might expect, eBay isn’t the cheapest place to buy and never was. I rarely buy from eBay but I always sell there… 😉

Just keep plugging away; if you’re prepared to spend time watching then you’ll find what you want at a good price.

Thanks. My perception is that there used to be a lot of private seller auctions of Fujifilm cameras on eBay. Now, it's full of "Buy it now" at very high prices. So maybe, as you say, I just need to keep looking for a good find...

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